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Rally at Santa Monica City Hall for a Great Park Tuesday July 8th

Tuesday, July 8:​
Rally for a Great Park starts at 4:30PM
• City Council Meeting starts at 5:30PM

If you’ve already written to City Council to express your support for an LC-compliant Great Park, thank you!  

If you haven’t written yet, tonight’s the night! Written comments are due by NOON on Tuesday. This is the most important moment so far in our journey-to-park together and it is critical that EVERYONE participate. Seriously, everyone!

Get it done in just 10 seconds
Click this link to start a draft in your email client, and feel free to start with your own story to advocate for your preferred park-related uses.

Subject: Item 7.A. SMAC Project
To: councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, dan.hall@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, barry.snell@santamonica.gov, natalya.zernitskaya@santamonica.gov, ellis.raskin@santamonica.gov, amber.richane@santamonica.gov, elaine.polachek@santamonica.gov.

Dear Mayor Negrete and City Councilmembers:

Please move forward, for the benefit of all, the creation of an inspirational LC-compliant Great Park with financing that prioritizes existing on-site revenue sources with no sale or other privatization of the land. As our park-poor city densifies, the more connections to nature we must also create and maintain to support a vibrant and healthy community. it is paramount that we plan for the creation of sufficient open, recreational, and regenerative spaces that can restore habitat and meet the needs of both current and future generations.

Sincerely,

Amplify The Message! Please share with a friend and ask them to write to Council as well. Thank you for taking action — and we look forward to seeing you at the rally and in Council Chambers!

Sincerely,
The Great Park Coalition Leadership Team

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

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

HandleBar Happy Hour Tonight!

HandleBar Happy Hour Specials:
• 5-6PM:  $5 Core Beers and $1 Off All other Draft Beer
• 6-7PM: $1 Off All Draft Beers continues for our group!
Our Happy Hours support local businesses and BuyLocalSM like Santa Monica Brew Works  food service Emmy Squared Pizza


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Celebrate #BikeLocalSM, our Buy Local SM businesses, happy hour + new friends at our Bike Month events! Learn about upcoming local bike events and projects + find out about and connect with us at SM Spoke as we visit and introduce you to some of our Buy Local SM businesses. Eat Local, Drink Local, Buy Local AND Bike Local SM!

PCH Pavement Rehabilitation Project

Virtual Community Meeting
For the City of Malibu Pacific Coast Highway (SR-1)

When: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 
from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: https://signin.webex.com/join
Meeting number: 24953134230
Event password: 2022
Or by phone: (408) 418-9388
Access code: 24953134230

Caltrans is proposing a project to rehabilitate distressed pavement, improve ride quality, upgrade existing safety features, upgrade existing nonstandard curb ramps to comply with current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, and construct Class II bike lanes on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) State Route 1 (SR-1) from Serra Road near Malibu Lagoon State Beach to the Ventura County Line near Leo Carrillo State Beach.  The current design proposes bike lanes that may eliminate parking in some areas on PCH.  Caltrans is holding this virtual meeting to receive input from the community on this proposed project.  Community participation is greatly appreciated as we will be collecting feedback.

One of our questions: Is a Class II bike lane sufficient where vehicles travel in excess of 50mph or is protected infrastructure what we need / want?  

For any questions regarding this meeting, or if you would like to receive an email with the meeting link, please contact Caltrans Public Information Officer, Alisa Almanzan or Caltrans Project Manager, Jane Yu. 

Email: alisa.almanzan@dot.ca.gov  or   jane.yu@dot.ca.gov