Advocacy and Infrastructure

  • Bike Buzz: Bike Week, Bike Decade, and More

    The Bicycling Monterey fundraising campaign by Laurel Thomsen and nine other women has been updated regarding the completion of the 10th year (May 1, 2009 – May 1, 2019) of this public service, with a new goal set. Many people are unaware that this has been unpaid work for ten years—even though widely praised, award-winning, and linked by organizations nationwide, from…

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  • League Cycling Instructors: Why, and Who in Monterey County?

    Bicycling Monterey is a grassroots volunteer effort. To spread the word and help support this work,  see /empowering-more-biking-bicycling-montereys-16th-year.html * * * Update to the post below: An LCI seminar open to the public is scheduled for August 2-4, 2024 in Salinas. Registration closes July 12. Details: /aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html For a partial list of Monterey County residents…

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  • Bike Decade: 1 May 2009 – 1 May 2019 — Bicycling Monterey Site & Projects

    Bicycling Monterey is a local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition. For ten years, the founder’s work on this website and on all other Bicycling Monterey projects has been done as an unpaid volunteer.

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  • North Fremont, Monterey bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure changes, including Class IV lanes

    Related update, 6/18/24: “TAMC seeks $10.4M grant to close trail network ‘gap’ near Seaside,” by James Herrera, Monterey Herald https://www.montereyherald.com/2024/06/18/tamc-seeks-10-4m-grant-to-close-trail-network-gap-near-seaside/. * * * https://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/1203499041419489281?s=20 See Bicycling Monterey’s 12/13/19 post “Why get involved in infrastructure planning: North Fremont, Monterey— and other projects.” https://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/1187482961781747712?s=20 The photo directly below shows construction progress as of August 30, 2019. Note…

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  • Voices of Bicycling Advocacy

    Here’s a sampling of 2009-2019 guests posts. Check out the authors’ posts, and thank them for sharing the joys, and challenges, of bicycling! /family-bonding-the-warwick-sisters-on-keeping-up-with-dad.html /welcome-home-devian-gilbert.html /musician-sarah-factor-has-a-bike-story-to-tell-listen-up.html /bike-month-profile-b-is-for-bipedalism-the-bike-jones-of-mindy-surratt.html   /bike-inspiration-from-around-the-world.html /ciclocross-carreras-de-bicicleta-de-carretera-carreras-de-mountain-bike-gran-fondo-sin-bicicleta-y-festival-18-21-abril-2013-el-sea-otter-classic.html /monterey-park-cycling-kids-bike-salinas.html /youth-who-bike-dani.html /spinning-spokes-and-telling-jokes.html /mad-sos-erics-dad-ride-to-stop-distracted-driving.html /418-carmel-hwy-1-lets-get-that-bike-path-in.html /why-support-ciclovia-salinas-gregg-brady-shares-his-reasons.html Voices via video include… /detox-sea-otter-classic-can-be-for-anybody.html And in 2019, Susan Ragsdale-Cronin contributed second publication rights to her story below, first published…

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  • Presente un informe anónimo sobre colisiones de tráfico y problemas generales de seguridad de tráfico en California

    La versión en línea de Street Story actualmente solo está disponible en inglés. Una versión en papel de Street Story está disponible en español y se proporciona a continuación. The Street Story online version is currently only available in English. A paper version of Street Story is available in Spanish and is provided below.

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