City of Santa Monica – Better Bike

Santa Monica Leads, Beverly Hills Hardly Follows

October 18, 2019September 20, 2022 Mark Elliot Aaron Kunz, City of Santa Monica, Complete Streets plan process, Susan Healy-Keene

Santa Monica continues to be a regional leader when it comes to supporting multimodal mobility and enhancing street safety. It has installed many miles of bicycle lanes (included protected bikeways) and has emerged as a municipal leader with development policies crafted to put a lid on new vehicle trips downtown. Not least, City Hall is working with the community advocates to bring Vision Zero principles to bear on the transportation planning process. What about Beverly Hills?

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Beverly Hills OKs Bike-share Feasibility Study

February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 Mark Elliot 0 Comments bikeshare, City of Santa Monica

Beverly Hills City Council recently gave its preliminary OK to city bike-share and authorized a feasibility study to explore the

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Bike Parking Opportunity: The Dayton Bike Corral

August 28, 2013December 10, 2015 Mark Elliot 0 Comments City of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Portland, rack corral

Bicycle parking is in short supply in Beverly Hills. Fewer than 30 bicycle racks have ever been installed on sidewalks

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What Role Will the Westside COG Take on Bike Share?

July 11, 2012April 11, 2019 Mark Elliot 0 Comments City of Santa Monica, Westside Cities COG

With news breaking that Santa Monica is embarking on a bike share program, we can’t help but think back to

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How Open are Cities to Public Records Requests?

June 22, 2012May 14, 2020 Mark Elliot 0 Comments Beverly Hills, City of Burbank, City of Glendale, City of Los Angeles, City of Malibu, City of Santa Monica, City of West Hollywood, Culver City, Los Angeles County, Public Records Act

Government code section 6250-6270 (a.k.a. California Public Records Act) requires that public agencies (broadly construed to include cities, counties, school