Bicycle Lifestyles
Free MST fares on Election Day, Nov 5, 2024
MONTEREY COUNTY and beyond, systemwide: On Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Monterey-Salinas Transit will be providing free fares. MST’s press release states: “We understand that transportation can often be a barrier for many in our community, making it difficult to access polling locations. In an effort to ensure everyone has the opportunity to vote,…
Bike advocacy, state and local: Mark Thomas, Monterey; CA SR 68; and elsewhere in California
Short link to this post: https://bit.ly/MarkThos This post was republished October 8, 2024 to bring attention to David Schmalz’s reference to “The Mark Thomas Project” in his Oct 8 article in Monterey County Now, “The North Fremont bike path will go somewhere, eventually.” https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/the-north-fremont-bike-path-will-go-somewhere-eventually/article_b9e81400-85d2-11ef-bd05-03d31885376f.html David’s article notes, “Projects of any kind locally take a long…
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…
“It’s the best thing to happen”
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition / SF Bike published today a video message relevant for all of California, and beyond. Thanks to SF Bike, one of our California Bicycle Coalition / CalBike local partners, for this inspiring, motivating message. Support the work of SF Bike, Bicycling Monterey, and all advocates making biking and other active transportation…