Ben FultonCommon sense approaches to traffic engineering
This is a thoughtful,, and not preachy, article on some things that Santa Monica is doing and not doing to improve safety and convenience.
"Santa Monica...has already identified where our streets are most dangerous. We do not need another study to tell us that. What we need is a practice that turns the evidence our streets are already generating into faster, smarter interventions."
https://santamonicanext.org/2026/03/why-santa-monica-needs-more-agile-streets/
Why Santa Monica Needs More “Agile” Streets - Santa Monica Next
If you drive, walk, or bike around Santa Monica, you’ve seen them: white and yellow plastic bollards—those flexible posts meant to protect bike lanes or tighten corners—lying flat on the ground, mangled by the tires of a passing SUV or a delivery truck. To a frustrated resident, a mangled plastic post looks like a failure