Parts of the Santa Monica Airport (SMO) runway will be removed this summer, almost two years after City Council decided to replace the excess pavement with a grassy area.
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Santa Monica already has a strong current of electric vehicles. You can buy a Tesla on the Promenade, rent an electric bike on the beach, battery-powered skateboards are common sights
How short can an airport's runway be before it is no longer an airport?
A 1948 agreement between City Hall and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) — called the