City of Salinas

  • Bike Buzz: Summer 2024 News from Bicycling Monterey

    This issue of Bike Buzz has items of interest locally (Monterey County), statewide (including a new survey), and nationwide. It’s updated occasionally, with new event dates through end of summer (Sept 22)—plus some “save-the-dates” for autumn. Missing buzz? To subscribe to Bicycling Monterey, click here. For tips on Monterey County beaches, see Bike to the…

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  • Bike Buzz: Spring 2024 News from Bicycling Monterey

    This edition of Bike Buzz includes some sections about law enforcement; look for the four dark blue “Law Enforcement” headers. Those sections include pursuing justice, cops on bikes, traffic citations and alternatives to fines, and how to avoid citations—and help others avoid them—through bike law education. May 31 ended Bike Month, but it won’t be…

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  • Rideout or Rude Out? Make your bike party courteous, safer, legal, and fun

    Group social rides are a favorite for many teens and adults. Why? Bike parties can be FUN 🚲🎉🥳🚲🥳 ! We’ve participated in bike parties that we loved, including in Salinas and Santa Cruz. Bike parties don’t have to = 🤕🩹❤️‍🩹injuries, 👨‍✈️✍️😭🤑citations, and 🚳shutdowns. Want to prevent citations or injuries, gain support of decision-makers for better…

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  • Complete Streets in California: Survey on state-controlled roads

    Update: Survey results published by CalBike on Nov 13 https://www.calbike.org/results-from-calbikes-complete-streets-survey/. Respond by Tuesday, October 10, 2023 (deadline extended from October 6) to a survey from the California Bicycle Coalition aka CalBike about California’s state-controlled routes that also serve as surface streets in local neighborhoods. Here’s a link to the survey:https://form.jotform.com/CalBikeCoalition/completestreets Why is CalBike seeking your…

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  • Ciclovía Salinas 2023 – Open Streets in Monterey County

    ¡Donde las Calles son Suyas! Where the Streets are Yours!  Still just an annual event! Enthusiastic youth volunteers who launched Ciclovía Salinas with the inaugural event on Sunday, October 6, 2013 expressed that they’d love to have it every week, or at least every month! However, it remains an annual event since 2013 (apart from…

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  • Pump Track Dreams in Monterey County—and a dream fulfilled in Marina

    Marina: May 13, 2023, Grand Opening of the Glorya Jean Tate Park Pump Track at Glorya Jean Tate Park, 3254 Abdy Way, Marina. The nearly 30,000 sq ft paved pump track will feature two separate wall rides—one 40 ft and one 20 ft. https://cityofmarina.org/25/Recreation-Cultural-Services / https://www.cityofmarina.org/1140/Glorya-Jean-Tate-Park * * * This post was first published September 1,…

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