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    Resources on Riding Skills, Laws, and Safety for People Who Bike

    Click any link below to access Bicycling Monterey’s primary tips about riding skills, bike laws, and safety. California CA Bike Law Summary (8.5 x 11 flyer) Leyes de ciclismo de California  (bilingual, 8.5 x 11 flyer) BIKING ON SIDEWALKS, plus examples of ordinances around Monterey County ANDAR EN BICICLETA EN LAS ACERAS además de ejemplos de…

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    Bicycle Lanes and Parking Big Rigs: Truckers Sharing the Road / Bus Drivers Sharing the Road

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/BigRigsBikes Bicycle lanes are for…bicycles! And a big rig driver who is a parking pro—like the Reliable Carriers professional below— knows how to park their truck (or bus) in a way that doesn’t intrude on bike lanes. Wherever you ride, when you see a truck or bus whose driver is…

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    Monterey Museum of Art: A HER Helmet Thursdays Participant

    A reminder from Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey: They are a participant in the HER Helmet Thursdays Project. They provides 50% discounts on Thursdays to people who help HER / Mother Earth by biking there. Click here for FAQs. http://www.instagram.com/p/BmRnqEVAV69/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=19pif0z6rk48s Photo below courtesy of Monterey Museum of Art. Used by permission. Below, a…

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    Traveling by train in Monterey County, and beyond: new Salinas train station; “future commuter” train trip; more improvements ahead

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/TrainsMRY [9/25/20 update: Scroll down for comment from TAMC staff member.] Salinas, the Monterey County seat and its largest city, will have a new train station—and more! The Salinas rail extension project is planned to integrate new rail service with existing Amtrak, Monterey-Salinas Transit, and Greyhound service (all bike-and-ride options). Associated bicycling-related…

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    Bike Buzz: Midsummer 2018 News from Bicycling Monterey

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/Midsummer2018BikeBuzz This post features some new Bicycling Monterey posts, plus some updated ones, since the Summer 2018 newsletter to subscribers went out. Included too are a selection of Bicycling Monterey and HER Helmet Thursdays Project social media posts. For posts after Aug 2, 2018, such as “Traveling by train in Monterey County, and…

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    Ciclovía Gonzales, Monterey County’s second Open Streets location

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/CicloviaGonzales Help support biking year-round: Advocate for bike-friendly local ordinances in Gonzales and elsewhere. More Open Streets: http://bit.ly/OpenStreetsMRY. More Gonzales tips: Bike Salinas Valley / South County communities – including HER Helmet Thursdays spots. The inauagural Ciclovía Gonzales is Sunday, September 9, 2018, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (revised from previously scheduled hours of…

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    Ciclovía Salinas 2018 — an Open Streets event in Monterey County

    For the latest info on Ciclovía Salinas, see /resources/ciclovia-salinas-resources Scroll down for Call It What You Will’s audio interview with some of the youth volunteers who put on Ciclovía Salinas 2018. Reports following the 2018 event include, e.g., photo gallery by Joe Szydlowski in the Salinas Californian http://www.thecalifornian.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/10/08/plenty-fun-go-around-2018-ciclovia-salinas/1561566002/; video by KSBW, reported by Sierra Starks http://www.ksbw.com/article/6th-annual-ciclovia-event-in-salinas/23632361; video by Monterey County…

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