County of Monterey

  • Bike Buzz: 2023 Donors and Total 2023 Donations

    Donations to the Bicycling Monterey work in any amount are appreciated. For how to donate, and FAQs, go to “Donate to Bicycling Monterey.” Below, see the names of all 2023 financial donors to the Bicycling Monterey site and projects, and the total amount of all 2023 donations. Thank you to each of these donors for…

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  • Boosting small businesses via discounts for people who bike—e.g., The HER Helmet Thursdays Project!

    The HER Helmet Thursdays Project November is anniversary month for Monterey County’s HER Helmet Thursdays Project, launched by Bicycling Monterey in 2009. To help restore the project’s database, and otherwise reactivate the project, please phone us. Although the HER Helmet Thursdays Project in Monterey County remains in place, beginning in 2020 the hundreds of participating…

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  • Bicycle Map for Monterey County / el mapa de bicicletas del condado de Monterey

    El texto en el mapa de bicicletas delcondado de Monterey es bilingüe, español-inglés.Habla español:  Maria Montielhttps://www.tamcmonterey.org/maria-montiel-administrative-assistant Monterey County Bike Map 2023 (the first new map since 2016) is available online and in print from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County. The printed maps are in a Z-fold format. You may submit a request for up…

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  • Honor the Life of Roy Wiegand

    Roy Wiegand was killed in a traffic collision while bicycling in Monterey County on July 29, 2023. Roy was in the final stretches of his 2,500-mile charity bike ride to support Dig Deep’s Navajo Water Project. To honor Roy’s life by making a donation to that project, or to share his fundraising page, see “Roy…

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  • County of Monterey Supervisors support designation of U.S. Bicycle Route 95

    The County of Monterey Supervisors from all five districts—Luis Alejo (D1), Glenn Church (D2), Chris Lopez (D3), Wendy Root Askew (D4), and Mary Adams (D5)—voted unanimously on July 25, 2023 to support the designation of the proposed United States Bicycle Route 95 through the County of Monterey.  https://monterey.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6296375&GUID=006F8774-513D-49DD-BA7C-60321077C9E8&Options=&Search=&FullText=1 As the Board Report states, this “supports…

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  • Attitudes, behaviors, infrastructure, and more: What makes biking better—or worse—for you?

    Update: Responses to the questionnaire have been compiled for a new series, “Voices of People Who Bike.” The first post in that series, “Part 1: Who bikes, why, and memories,” was published June 14, 2023, followed by “Part 2: Encouragement, support, barriers, bullying”; “Part 3: Including, inviting, drivers, and inspiring places”; and on May 24,…

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