Update 7:30am: We are still on!!

It’s cloudy but we will bring rays of fun to our Sunday Morning – Join us!
Coffee, bagels and morning munchies for everyone! Fun activities and crafts!

January 30 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Meet the Bike West LA and Central LA Bike Ambassadors, local bike shop owners, cycling clubs, mobility advocates, bike geeks, public transit fans and safe street allies at our 2nd annual mobility mixer. We’re transforming LA from, “the most dangerous city to cycle in” to something that we can all be proud of for walkers, runners, strollers, rollers and more.

Light refreshments and beverages

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Click HERE to see the event page

Join Bike MS and Team SM Spoke for our kickoff training ride hosted by Rapha Santa Monica. Ride options include 25 and 45-mile routes with various terrain (routes to be announced). This no-drop ride experience is lead by the world-renouned Rapha Club members. Doors open at 8am and light breakfast and coffee is available. Bike stands will be provided and quick service is available. Wheels up at 9 AM.

Register HERE
Join or Donate to Team Santa Monica Spoke HERE

At the conclusion of the ride, you are invited to stay for post-ride refreshments and fun.

*Please use parking structures if necessary – NO on-site parking

A coalition of youth-driven groups are organizing a LA regional climate strike on November 29th, Black Friday, at Tongva Park in downtown Santa Monica, 12-3PM.  Alexandria Villasenor, the Fridays For Future activist from New York, co-founder of US Youth Climate Strike and founder of Earth Uprising will attend and be one of the speakers at the strike.  A march is planned through Downtown Santa Monica, a die-in, live performances, networking time, tabling for organizations and media presence.

Regardless of why you ride a bicycle – our beloved bicycles are zero emission and part of climate crisis solutions!

“We would love to turn out a contingent of people of all ages – with all kinds of bikes – to make the point that bicycles are part of climate solutions”

Click here to RSVP or volunteer!

Find out more in our calendar event HERE

The strike is organized by multigenerational activists from all different organizations, ally businesses, and schools including Paul Revere Middle School, Santa Monica High, Pali High, Venice High, Loyola Marymount University and Santa Monica College.

Join us for a discussion on the future of mobility in Santa Monica, and on the vitally important role that sustainable and equitable transportation options play for tackling the climate crisis, addressing equity issues, and improving mobility and quality of life for all. 

Santa Monica already leads the region in so many ways on mobility issues — but as Santa Monica’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan notes there is still much more progress to be made. Join us for what promises to be an enlightening, wide-ranging, and fun discussion as we think big and look to the future of what’s possible.

Panelists: 

• Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Santa Monica
• Cynthia Rose, Director, Santa Monica Spoke
• Douglas Curl, Regional General Manager – West, Spin (Ford Smart Mobility)
• and more TBA

Just a few of the themes to be addressed:

• expanding protected bike lanes: Santa Monica already has some protected bike lanes in limited locations, but their spread pales in comparison to green bike lanes, which are great but offer far less protection
• positioning Santa Monica to take advantage of a Green New Deal: strategies for getting the extension of the Metro Purple Line (“D Line”) to Downtown Santa Monica in the pipeline to take advantage of a possible federal Green New Deal down the line in the future
• what’s next for scooters and micromobility more broadly in Santa Monica: lessons from the Shared Mobility Pilot Program as the City prepares for the next permit program in 2020
• autonomous vehicles: how will the change Santa Monica, and how do they help or hurt environmental and equity issues?
• the Big Blue Bus battery-electric bus pilot
• lessons from other cities around the world
• mobility as a human right: ways to further address equity issues relating to mobility (from micromobility to transit to EV carsharing, and beyond)
• an update on next steps on implementing the transportation components of Santa Monica’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, and the latest on the work of the Task Force on the Environment and Subcommittee on the Electric Vehicles (including the  Electric Vehicle Action Plan)
• and more!

About:
2:30 pm: doors open, 3–4:30 pm: panel discussion

Venue: Santa Monica Public Library (Main Library) Multipurpose Room (2nd Floor)