Advocacy and Infrastructure

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    Monterey Museum of Art: A HER Helmet Thursdays Participant

    A reminder from Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey: They are a participant in the HER Helmet Thursdays Project. They provides 50% discounts on Thursdays to people who help HER / Mother Earth by biking there. Click here for FAQs. http://www.instagram.com/p/BmRnqEVAV69/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=19pif0z6rk48s Photo below courtesy of Monterey Museum of Art. Used by permission. Below, a…

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    Traveling by train in Monterey County, and beyond: new Salinas train station; “future commuter” train trip; more improvements ahead

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/TrainsMRY [9/25/20 update: Scroll down for comment from TAMC staff member.] Salinas, the Monterey County seat and its largest city, will have a new train station—and more! The Salinas rail extension project is planned to integrate new rail service with existing Amtrak, Monterey-Salinas Transit, and Greyhound service (all bike-and-ride options). Associated bicycling-related…

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    Bike Buzz: Midsummer 2018 News from Bicycling Monterey

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/Midsummer2018BikeBuzz This post features some new Bicycling Monterey posts, plus some updated ones, since the Summer 2018 newsletter to subscribers went out. Included too are a selection of Bicycling Monterey and HER Helmet Thursdays Project social media posts. For posts after Aug 2, 2018, such as “Traveling by train in Monterey County, and…

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    Ciclovía Gonzales, Monterey County’s second Open Streets location

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/CicloviaGonzales Help support biking year-round: Advocate for bike-friendly local ordinances in Gonzales and elsewhere. More Open Streets: http://bit.ly/OpenStreetsMRY. More Gonzales tips: Bike Salinas Valley / South County communities – including HER Helmet Thursdays spots. The inauagural Ciclovía Gonzales is Sunday, September 9, 2018, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (revised from previously scheduled hours of…

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    Ciclovía Salinas 2018 — an Open Streets event in Monterey County

    For the latest info on Ciclovía Salinas, see /resources/ciclovia-salinas-resources Scroll down for Call It What You Will’s audio interview with some of the youth volunteers who put on Ciclovía Salinas 2018. Reports following the 2018 event include, e.g., photo gallery by Joe Szydlowski in the Salinas Californian http://www.thecalifornian.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/10/08/plenty-fun-go-around-2018-ciclovia-salinas/1561566002/; video by KSBW, reported by Sierra Starks http://www.ksbw.com/article/6th-annual-ciclovia-event-in-salinas/23632361; video by Monterey County…

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    Bicycle touring / bikepacking through Monterey County: Pacific Coast Bike Route and other routes

    We met the above two bikepacking individuals in city of Monterey in June 2026. Learn a bit about them in Bike Buzz: 17th Anniversary edition. Above: Bikepacking is also second nature to Rob Smolund, who we met biking Garden Road, Monterey in October 2024. Rob has biked from Oakland to San Diego eleven times since…

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