Advocacy and Infrastructure
Salinas: East Market Street Safe Routes to School Project, including Protected Bike Lanes
An East Salinas business owner told me that the infrastructure changes on East Market Street mean it takes them about five minutes longer to get to work, as of March 5, 2018. For that reason, many people allow additional time for their driving commutes on East Market, or they take an alternate route. Most don’t mind, because…
Signs of a Bicycling-Friendly Monterey County
Where would you like to see “one-way, bikes excepted” signs in Monterey County? And have you seen the latest sign on the multi-use path? It’s one more sign that Monterey County is an increasingly bicycling friendly place.
Remembering Bicycling Victims of Violence, 2012-2018: Juan Angel Perez, and Señores Amezcua, Cardenas, Martinez, Ramirez, Sanchez, Suniga, Trujillo
In this post, we remember eight individuals—a boy and seven men—who were biking when violence resulted in their deaths. Photo courtesy of the photographer, Michael Deighton. The boy, who had no record with the police, was Juan Angel Perez, 16, a student of Everett Alvarez High School. Juan Angel Perez (1999-2015) Juan Angel Perez was…
Youth Who Bike: Dani
This Monterey County native began biking in childhood, with her dad. Now, as a young college student, she often bike commutes. She tells why, and what some of biking’s challenges are.