Tag Archives: Santa Monica

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”