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Santa Monica Blvd Safety Study

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Community Outreach:

The City of Santa Monica is seeking feedback for the Santa Monica Blvd Safety Study. The Study seeks input from the community on their experience when traveling on or through Santa Monica Blvd, especially when it comes to traffic safety, speeding, and congestion. The final product will include design recommendations to improve safety on Santa Monica Blvd for people walking, rolling, driving, and taking transit.

Please share your input on the study to improve safety for all road users on this critical corridor in Santa Monica.

How to get involved:
Take the Online Mapping Survey
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2025 
January 11th: Pop-up at Douglas Park, 10am-12pm
February 22nd: Community walk audit to observe how people use the street and driving behaviors
July 2025: A community workshop to learn about proposed improvements and enhancements

Great Park SMO Community Engagement Event

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This Saturday Dec 7th

The City of Santa Monica has invited the community to see how its feedback impacted the Draft Guiding Principles for the Airport Conversion Project.

WHEN: Saturday, December 7th, 1pm – 4pm
WHAT:  The City of Santa Monica Phase 2 SMAC Project Community Event 
WHERE: Memorial Park Gym, 1401 Olympic Boulevard (entrance on 14th Street)

Stop by anytime 1pm – 4pm for a variety of activities to fit your schedule. 
You can give feedback on the Draft Guiding Principles, which incorporate input from Phase 1, the Survey 2A results, and the Community Conversations. 

The event will feature:
• Open house-style exhibits for you to explore and provide your feedback on at your leisure.
• Three engaging activities designed to gather your input on potential future site uses, trade-offs, the scale of uses, and future site aesthetics (each will take approximately 5-20 minutes to complete).
• A Teen Forum and kid activities. Please feel free to bring your children!
• Refreshments!
• Bring your friends and neighbors!

Big 13! On this day in 2011 we passed our Award Winning Bike Action Plan! The work had already begun!

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This was just the beginning!!
Join us and help keep the momentum going – creating a Safer Santa Monica for Walking, Biking
and Everyone!

Circa November 11, 2011
Santa Monica has a new Bike Action Plan!

An enthusiastic mayor, council and City staff were all pleased when last night council voted unanimously to approve the Bike Action Plan with all the amendments recommended by the planning commission and supported by the bike community.

click to download .pdf

Amendments suggested by Planning Commission, supported by Spoke and adopted by council:

  • Add to the 20 year vision the opportunity for a recreational cycle track at Santa Monica Airport – with connections to the remaining and proposed bike networks.
  • Pursue implementation of Bike Share prior to the Metro-funded project in 2016
  • Establish criteria to measure bicycle mode share to inform on-going investments and activities
  • Include at least one “central” east-west and north-south separated bike facility in the 5-year instead of the 20-year vision.
  • Establish a much greater priority for working with schools and Safe Routes to Schools programs
  • Provide annual reporting on the plan implementation
  • Highlight language about the potential for “open” street events like CicLAvia

Free Event Oct 23: The Street Project Film Screening & Panel Discussion

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Still time to register/rsvp for free – links below

Please join us October 23rd at Santa Monica College Orientation Hall (in the Student Services Center) for a free movie screening event hosted by the City of Santa Monica, the SMC Bike Club and Sustainable Works to present: The Street Project Film Screening and Panel Discussion.

THE STREET PROJECT is the story about humanity’s relationship to the streets and the global citizen-led fight to make communities safer. Click to watch the trailer

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Colleen Stoll, Transportation Demand Program Manager at City of Santa Monica, Jeff Snyder, Advocate for safe and cheap muti-modal commuting and Dylan Neumeyer, SMC Bike Club President will follow the film. The panel will be moderated by Cynthia Rose, Director Santa Monica Spoke, Co-founder of the Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance and Board Chair, California Bicycle Coalition & Bike LA.

The event is FREE to ALL but you must register. More event information and link to rsvp HERE

Light refreshments will be provided in addition to prize drawings for great bikey accessories!

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Register / RSVP

Tonight: SM Mobility Projects Update Meeting with City Staff — plus Airport2Park update

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Virtual on ZOOM: RSVP for Zoom link

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Zoom link will be emailed to rsvp’s October 16th

NEW Update added–
Airport Conversion Process update: Airport2Park – Michael Brodsky (15 minutes)

  • Brief park history of the airport site
  • Santa Monica parks statistics
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian options in the Airport Conversion Process Questionnaire

Submit your questions in advance to rsvp@SMSpoke.org.
During the meeting we will use the Q&A tab for questions.

SaMoDOT Mobility Staff will present updates on bike and pedestrian projects and safety campaigns. City Staff will review recent and upcoming project work followed by a Q&A.

Mobility projects to be discussed:

  • Michigan Ave/ 20th Street bike and pedestrian connection completion
  • Construction updates for:
    – Bergamot Safety Improvements
    – 6-Schools Pedestrian Improvements,
    – Colorado Ave and Broadway Protected Bike Lane Projects,
    – East Pico Safety Improvements
  • Santa Monica Boulevard Safety Study
    – Outreach and Engagement Schedule
  • Santa Monica Neighborhood Greenways Grant application
  • Share Mobility Status and Deployment Update
    More topics could be added

Looking forward to catching up with you all tomorrow, October 16th!