Commuter

Posted by Founder, Bicycling MontereyPublished 20 August 2018 · One or more updates on 17 June 2019
Bicycle Lanes and Parking Big Rigs: Truckers Sharing the Road / Bus Drivers Sharing the Road
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/BigRigsBikes Bicycle lanes are for…bicycles! And a big rig driver who is a parking pro—like the Reliable Carriers professional below— knows how to park their truck (or bus) in a way that doesn’t intrude on bike lanes. Wherever you ride, when you see a truck or bus whose driver is…
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Posted by Founder, Bicycling MontereyPublished 9 August 2018 · One or more updates on 25 November 2019
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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Posted by Founder, Bicycling MontereyPublished 4 August 2018 · One or more updates on 25 September 2020
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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Posted by Founder, Bicycling MontereyPublished 1 August 2018 · One or more updates on 10 September 2018
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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Posted by Founder, Bicycling MontereyPublished 19 July 2018 · One or more updates on 6 October 2019
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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Posted by Founder, Bicycling MontereyPublished 8 July 2018 · One or more updates on 3 June 2026
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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Commuter

Bicycle Lanes and Parking Big Rigs: Truckers Sharing the Road / Bus Drivers Sharing the Road

Monterey Museum of Art: A HER Helmet Thursdays Participant

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

Ciclovía Gonzales, Monterey County’s second Open Streets location

Ciclovía Salinas 2018 — an Open Streets event in Monterey County

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