King City
Vision Zero for Monterey County
Para obtener información relacionada en español, visite: /plan-regional-de-vision-cero-del-condado-de-monterey.html What is Vision Zero? “Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. First implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has proved successful across Europe—and now it’s gaining momentum in major American cities.”https://visionzeronetwork.org/about/what-is-vision-zero/…
Monterey County bike infrastructure news
Carmel “[Police Chief Paul] Tomasi proposed reducing the number of green zones to 42 and adding 31 commercial loading zones and eight bicycle/scooter spaces.” Details in “Crews busy painting dozens of curbs to comply with ‘Daylighting Bill’” on page 16A, Carmel Pine Cone, December 13, 2024 https://carmelpinecone.com/241213PCA.pdf King City Key features include a dedicated bike…
October calendar: Open Streets and more
REMINDER: Oct 6 in Salinas and Oct 13 in King City, enjoy car-free Open Streets! ICYMI, Summer Bike Buzz included save-the-date notices for some special Monterey County events happening in October. Among those aretwo Open Streets / Ciclovia dates! For more Calendar Notes for Autumn 2024 (Sept 21 – Dec 20)—including any October additions—refer to…
Salinas Valley Active Transportation—Safe Routes to School and elsewhere
Update: Torstein Rehn, April 5, 2023, KSBW, “Gonzales to create [a pilot project, scheduled for April 7 – June 30, 2023 —see purple box below] bike routes, increase crosswalk visibility for school kids.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/gonzales-to-create-bike-routes-increase-crosswalk-visibility-for-school-kids/43521167 * * * The information below was previously published 17 September 2022, with some subsequent updates. * * * Update: Ryan…
Monterey County Weekly on King City, Monterey, Salinas, and Seaside stroads
The cover story for the Monterey County Weekly’s March 9-15, 2023 issue, “Stroad Rage,” features stories by four Weekly staff writers, as highlighted below. Here’s an Intro by staff writer Tajha Chappellet-Lanier: https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/street-road-or-stroad-the-answer-will-greatly-impact-your-experience-of-downtown/article_218ceeb6-beea-11ed-81bd-2b39df35cbec.html https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/streets-roads/collection_e1e49e48-bdeb-11ed-91e3-b3a9cf6cde17.html Photos in this post, shot in those cities in past years, are by Bicycling Monterey. Celia Jiménez, on King City “Lastly…