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Bike Buzz: Autumn 2024 News from Bicycling Monterey

Bike Buzz has items of interest locally (Monterey County), statewide, and nationwide. Through the end of autumn (December 20), this Autumn 2024 Buzz will be continually updated with more event dates and other news. News updates are typically posted at the top of each section. Missing buzz? To subscribe to Bicycling Monterey, click here. You may also wish to follow @bikemonterey on social media.

Calendar Notes

If you have a Monterey County bicycling or bike-related activity, event, or meeting scheduled that is open to the public, contact us to have it added to this “Bike Buzz: Autumn 2024” post (dates through the end of autumn, December 20) and/or shared on @bikemonterey’s social media.

Volunteer opportunity

To carry out Bicycling Monterey projects such as this one benefiting Monterey County families, volunteer help is needed for a variety of tasks. For example, if you might be able to volunteer to compile Calendar Notes additions for Oct-Dec 2024, please contact us.

New posts since Summer Bike Buzz was published

Aug 2024 https://bikemonterey.org/2024/08

Sept 2024 https://bikemonterey.org/2024/09

For Oct, Nov, Dec 2024, check Archives in sidebar.

Support the Bicycling Monterey work

If you have a Monterey County bicycling or bike-related activity, event, or meeting scheduled that is open to the public, contact us to have it added to this “Bike Buzz: Autumn 2024” post (dates through the end of autumn, December 20) and/or shared on @bikemonterey’s social media.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: We’ve too many bike to-dos! Contact us if you can round up more Monterey County bike calendar notes for Aug-Dec 202For October, November, December 2024 posts, check back here later, or check Archives in sidebar.

Share items from our Tool Kit, as the teen above did, or make a donation to support the work of Bicycling Monterey projects.
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If donating via PayPal, you also have the option of setting up an automatic monthly donation. On Bicycling Monterey’s financial contributors page, anyone making an automatic monthly donation of ten dollars ($10) or more is recognized as a Pedal Pusher.

California News

UPDATE, 9/25/24: “It was Chevron that sued Monterey County and a voter initiative [Measure Z, Protect Monterey County],” Governor Newsom stated in a 9/25/24 signing ceremony. He was signing his approval of California’s Local Environmental Health and Safety Act, AB 3233, along with AB 1866 and AB 2716. To watch the ceremony, including an intro by Physicians for Social Responsibility, go to https://www.youtube.com/live/J2sAAls_Ljc?si=4NN3W2Yftrsj79E_.

NOTE: You may want to do as we do: Make use of Duck Duck Go’s Duck Player. The Duck Player “lets you watch videos on YouTube without privacy-invading ads, and keeps what you watch from impacting your recommendations.‌” Details: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duck-player/

California Bicycle Coalition turns 30 this autumn.

“To be a bicycle advocate is to know disappointment….The car-centered mindset that built much of our state is difficult to change, and progress is sometimes painfully slow. But if we keep coming back, eventually, we win.”—Kendra Ramsey, executive director, CalBike: https://www.calbike.org/celebrating-30-years-of-better-biking/. Californians, find your local partner for the Central Coast, Central California, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, or Southern California: https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/

California Bicycle Coalition End-of-Session Legislative Recap: https://www.calbike.org/end-of-session-legislative-recap-big-wins-for-safer-streets/

National news

Photo above courtesy of Monterey County visitor Gregg Havens. A resident of a Southern state, Gregg and his wife drive an EV, ride e-bikes regularly (e.g., as above, taking them along on travels), and make use of solar energy at home—all to help create a brighter future for their children, grandchildren, and future generations.

Standing Up to Big Oil

Bike the Vote
I bike, I vote!

Nov 5, 2024 U.S. General Election—and voter registration deadlines

From @bikemonterey’s Mastodon stream

First, our favorite way to connect with people is IRL (in real life), whether in person or in a phone conversation (https://bikemonterey.org/contact-me). Nevertheless, since @bikemonterey left the Twittersphere in November 2022, we are still on social media, although less often. Mastodon is where @bikemonterey is currently most active: https://sfba.social/@BikeMonterey. (Now and then we also log in to Instagram, @bikemonterey – https://www.instagram.com/bikemonterey/.) Are you new to Mastodon? For some tips on using that decentralized social network, refer to our Contact page. As active transportation professional and advocate Barb Chamberlain of Spokane, WA wrote: “I opened a Mastodon account [at https://toot.community/@BarbChamberlain] and entered the fediverse. It deliberately avoids global search, and hashtags are essential.” #BikeTooter is among the most common hashtags on Mastodon.

Thank you, Monterey Police. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113199735065454654

Gracias to Ricardo y Susana Eyre of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113133931043182351

When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency by Anna Leticia Zivarts. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113162313346523655

Valencia Street, San Francisco followed Monterey’s lead on center bikeway design (Monterey’s, on North Fremont Street, was the first in the state), then regretted it. SF residents advocating for “Better Valencia” infrastructure design shared resources: https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113117195186927883

North Fremont, Monterey, 9/8/24

Whether on North Fremont Street (which lacks sufficient bicycle parking for shoppers and others) or wherever you bike, the kindness of business managers and others can help. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113145554309346347

North Fremont Monterey – September 15, 2024

Sadly, when it comes to bicycle parking, Del Monte Center, Monterey has gone backward: https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113052967731078328

Del Monte Center, Monterey, Aug 30, 2024

Shout-out to Salinas Police
https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113054872357150631

Equity, inclusivity? As we chimed in at a recent Mastodon #BikeNite: Our eyes have now been opened wider. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113054790396729752

The Tern NBD P8i—which we first saw at Sea Otter Classic 2024—has no throttle and is a Class 1 e-bike per CA’s classifications: Tern (https://www.ternbicycles.com/en/bikes) is among e-bike brands available from Monterey Bay locally owned Current eBikes: https://currentebikes.com/local-ebikes/.

Rest in Peace

Bill Ragsdale-Cronin of Del Rey Oaks
https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113054702279921526

Patrick (“Pat”) R. Perry of Salinas
https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/113133964875682853



This post was published on 21 September 2024. One or more changes last made to this post on 26 September 2024.

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