Families
Greenfield & South County: Bike Resource Event
What: Bike Resource Event Why: To provide free bike repairs and resources, along with fun family activities, for residents of Greenfield and South Monterey County When: 16 August 2025, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Where: Market at the Gazebo, Greenfield
Advocate for active transportation—bicycling and more—in Salinas, and elsewhere in Monterey County
If our world is to have public streets that are safe, appealing, and accessible to all, it’s vital to get input from each area’s own active transportation users—the people who bike, walk, skate, or scoot there. It’s also helpful to hear from people who’d like to use active transportation, if only the infrastructure were better!…
Twilight Cycling at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
See why Velo Club Monterey challenges Salinas High School Cowboy Racing Mountain Bike Team, Ghost Tree and Monterey Bay Racing, Monterey Off Road Cycling Association, and others to race around the track–and why many more turn out simply to enjoy a mellow cruise on these family-friendly rides.
Speak up for bicycling and other active transportation: Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Bike-Ped Committee
Click here for more info about TAMC’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, including 2025 meeting dates.For a gallery of some related photos, scroll down this post. As of February 13, 2025, TAMC’s BPAC committee had 6 women and 16 men, and 32 vacant seats. It’s quick and easy to rant online! It takes more effort…
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…
Safe Routes to School: Parking lots and pick-up zones
Back on February 7, 2014, at the invitation of the Monterey County Health Department, Bicycling Monterey’s founder made a presentation to the Safe Routes to School Committee at King Elementary in Seaside. Sadly, attendees didn’t have any interest yet in promoting walking and biking to school. It makes sense that King’s SRTS committee had a…