Fort Ord Regional Trail & Greenway (FORTAG) update

People often ask for updates about the Fort Ord Regional Trail & Greenway (FORTAG). A report about the FORTAG projects in progress is on the agenda for the May 1, 2024 Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting. TAMC Director of Programming and Project Delivery Mike Zeller will be making the presentation. He plans to report on progress for Segment 1, Canyon Del Rey Blvd / CA State Route 218 [see 5/28/24 update May 28, 2024, from Monterey County Now: David Schmalz,  “A bike and pedestrian trail more than a decade in the making marks a groundbreaking milestone.” https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/a-bike-and-pedestrian-trail-more-than-a-decade-in-the-making-marks-a-groundbreaking/article_2a7b7e40-1d51-11ef-9290-d3bdb7b03cbc.html]; Segment 2, Imjin Road to Jerry Smith Corridor; Segment 3, California Avenue from Patton Parkway to Imjin Road; and Segment 4, Laguna Grande Regional Park.

https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/d3d29e53b/BPC+Agenda+Packet+May+2024+Meeting.pdf.

Public welcome at TAMC Bike-Ped meetings

As always with TAMC’s BPAC meetings, the public is welcome to attend, either in-person or via Zoom or phone. The May 1 meeting is in Greenfield.

For details and instructions on participating in TAMC BPAC meetings, refer to each month’s agenda packet (found in the meetings section at https://www.tamcmonterey.org/bike-and-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee), or contact TAMC. Instructions include:

• how to make a public comment, after committee members have first done so, about an item not on the agenda (which is welcomed at beginning of the meeting)
• how to make a public comment about an item on the agenda, after committee members have first done so (which is welcomed after each agenda item is presented)
• how to make a public announcement and/or additional comment, at the end of the meeting
  
  You may also wish to refer to: https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

What the heck? I don’t understand the vocabulary and acronyms!

Bilingual Glossary of Transportation Terms / Glosario Bilingüe de Términos de Transporte 

A partial history about FORTAG

On the TAMC website:

https://www.tamcmonterey.org/fort-ord-regional-trail-greenway. As noted there, “The FORTAG project is a grassroots proposal; more information on the background and development can be found here: http://fortag.org/.”

On the Bicycling Monterey site:

https://bikemonterey.org/who-rides-ca-sr-218-canyon-del-rey-boulevard.html

https://bikemonterey.org/122-fort-ord-trails-symposium-regional-trails-transit-economic-vitality.html

More Monterey County bike-related events

For more Monterey County bike-related events for spring 2024, see https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-spring-2024-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html.

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