December 2024

  • Wrap up 2024 with a gift you won’t need to wrap!

    💚🌈🚲💚🌈🚲💚🌈 As a 🎁 gift in honor, or in memory, of someone you love, make a donation to Bicycling Monterey. We’ll be happy to promptly send a greeting card on your behalf, in addition to acknowledging the gift on our donors page. Your donation will help inspire and empower more people to bike in the…

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  • Monterey County bike infrastructure news

    Carmel “[Police Chief Paul] Tomasi proposed reducing the number of green zones to 42 and adding 31 commercial loading zones and eight bicycle/scooter spaces.” Details in “Crews busy painting dozens of curbs to comply with ‘Daylighting Bill’” on page 16A, Carmel Pine Cone, December 13, 2024 https://carmelpinecone.com/241213PCA.pdf King City Key features include a dedicated bike…

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  • California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders

    Bicycling Monterey is among signatories to a Statement on E-Bike Safety from California Bicycle Advocates, released Dec 10, 2024, for reasons including: widespread confusion and misinformation about e-bikes, the need for education, the need for safer infrastructure, and the critical contribution of active transportation toward meeting the state’s goals to reduce carbon emissions. The transportation…

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  • Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else?

    Related post, “California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders.” Heads-up to Californians who are shopping for a legitimate e-bike. Be careful not to be misled by a seller who may be falsely advertising or promoting other products, e.g., electric motorcycles, as e-bikes. The following California Highway Patrol (CHP) webpage entitled (as…

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  • Bonos de incentivo para bicicletas eléctricas destinados a los Californianos con ingresos limitados

    Update, 11/1/25: “California pulls the plug on flawed e-bike project.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/california-pulls-the-plug-on-flawed-e-bike-project-once-run-by-investigated-san-diego-nonprofit/  For English, click here. El Proyecto de Incentivos para Bicicletas Eléctricas de California ofrece vales deincentivo en puntos de venta para ayudar a los residentes de California calificados porsu nivel ingresos a comprar una bicicleta eléctrica nueva. La primera ventanilla de solicitud de incentivos para…

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  • California E-Bike Incentive Project accepting first consumer applications

    en español, haga clic aquí Update, 11/1/25: “California pulls the plug on flawed e-bike project.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/california-pulls-the-plug-on-flawed-e-bike-project-once-run-by-investigated-san-diego-nonprofit/  (The information below has not been updated.) The California E-Bike Incentive Project is funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). As announced on the project website, the first e-bike incentive application window opens Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6 p.m.…

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