Photos of a camping trailer stuck under a gate to the ramp of an underground parking structure.
Category Archives: Mobility
Yet another reason to reconsider those crazy bike lanes we’ve seen sprouting up around town.
The 17th Street and Broadway improvement projects in Santa Monica are good examples of bad street design. In addition, Measure HLA would require the installation of hundreds of miles of new bike lanes and “other transportation improvements on designated boulevards that undergo major repairs,” the L.A. Times reported. Los Angeles firefighters oppose street modification measure Continue reading “Yet another reason to reconsider those crazy bike lanes we’ve seen sprouting up around town.”
Imagine Trolleys on Third Street Promenade
A streetcar would whisk you up 3rd, all the way from the Starbucks at Santa Monica Place to the … Starbucks … at 7th and Montana. EDIT: I guess this ties in with my post on Steampunk Santa Monica. I don’t want to get bogged down in the history of “Third Street”, (a.k.a. “The Promenade”);Continue reading “Imagine Trolleys on Third Street Promenade”
The Lotus 79
I’m only just now learning about the Lotus 79. I’ve been doing some research on it, and had learned that it took the checkered flag at the 1978 Belgian Grand Prix. When I went looking for video footage of that race, I was able to locate a copy of the entire event. It’s a bitContinue reading “The Lotus 79”
Alphabet Tests WeWork Business Model
“Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut costs” – TechSpot TechSpot reports it has seen an internal memo announcing a company-wide cost-saving measure in the form of sharing desk space areas. My first reaction was “WTF”, so I was pleased to see that the article began with this very exclamation asContinue reading “Alphabet Tests WeWork Business Model”
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