Bike Buzz: Summer 2026

We encourage biking or carpooling to the June 24, 6-8pm kickoff meeting / workshop at Hartnell College in Salinas for the 2027 Active Transportation Plan for Monterey County, the first ATP since 2018. Another option is to participate via Zoom. https://bikemonterey.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Phase-1-Flyer_ATP_v3.pdf  To carpool from the peninsula, phone us on or before June 23.

Why do we care so much about better infrastructure? Just one recent example: https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/116769328485277609

Statewide, note two proposed bills impacting infrastructure, and why the California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike), Bicycling Monterey, and so many other CalBike partners support that legislation: https://bikemonterey.org/calbike-coalition-support-for-proposed-ab-2168-and-sb-569.html

ICYMI, Senior Transportation, Access, and Mobility Planner Devon Jackson of the California Coastal Commission’s Central Coast District Office welcomes your input on specific areas in Central Coast counties that need safety improvements or enhanced Complete Streets facilities. https://bikemonterey.org/california-coastal-commission-bike-advocacy.html

June 27 is Bicycling Monterey’s next biker’s ed session at the Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center. In that session, we’ll be providing bike-friendly drivers training to all the youth residing at the YC.

Very special thanks to Frank Henderson and Luciano Rodriguez for making 14 years, and counting, of the YC’s bike tech aka bike maintenance and repair program possible. https://bikemonterey.org/fourteenth-anniversary-of-youth-center-bike-program.html

Thank you also to William T. Reckas and Diana Kay Johnston Reckas for donating parts/supplies for this class in May 2026. Photos directly above and below (provided courtesy of Frank) show items that were donated and the first load delivered to the class, by instructor Frank Henderson, a Marina-to-Salinas bike commuter.     

If you’d like to see the Bicycling Monterey site and projects continue in this 18th year—a grassroots volunteer effort since founded in May 2009—please make a donation today. How to donate, and FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations.

And if you have tech skills to contribute, or might be able to make a larger donation for essential tech updates, please phone us to discuss. Thank you! 

Monterey-Salinas Transit repped at Bike Chat

Above: We closed out Bike Month, and Bicycling Monterey’s 17th anniversary month, with a wonderful ride in to Monterey for Bluegrass Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, followed by Bike Chat in FPC’s Jay Bartow Memorial Garden. There we met Monterey-Salinas Transit’s CIO face to face, after following him on Mastodon (https://sfba.social/@NoRomBasic@mastodon.world), where we appreciate his tech news. He was accompanied by his wife, Evelia, an active community volunteer with Kindness Closet and more.

Bike Monterey on Mastodon

Misc posts

https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey

Misc media

https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/media

Gracias to Carol, Lana, Carlos, Paola, Kathleen, Nancy, Sieg, and all who are roll models on the bikeways! https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-17th-anniversary-edition.html