Bicycle Lifestyles
10th Anniversary of the HER Helmet Thursdays Project in Monterey County
Along with the many other benefits of bicycling, reducing fossil fuel consumption is a vital way to help change climate change! As stated in “Wheel the Earth: HER Helmet Thursdays cuts carbon emissions and costs,” the Earth can’t wait until we all have enough time.
Why get involved in infrastructure planning: North Fremont, Monterey— and other projects
Some may wonder why Bicycling Monterey has not effusively praised a particular City of Monterey infrastructure project, North Fremont, which incorporates Class 4 lanes with a physical barrier. Normally we would celebrate such lanes with gusto! The North Fremont design, with those Class 4 lanes within the median, are reported to be the first such…
May 2019: Marina and Seaside Safe Streets Demonstrations
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/SafeStreetDemos USA Bike Month 2019 includes Safe Streets Demonstrations in Marina and Seaside, California. For details, see James Herrera’s 4/23/19 story in the Monterey Herald, “Marina and Seaside to have Safe Street Demonstration events in May—Measure X Safe Routes to School program is aimed at developing better and safer options…
Gordon McCall, cofounder of Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Cycling Club
Even though the lead in The Wall Street Journal’s 4/23/19 story about Gordon McCall (“The Classic Motorcycle He Sneaked Past His Mother” by A. J. Baime) reports that he sold his 10-speed bicycle, here in Monterey County we know McCall still values bicycling! Gordon McCall cofounded and is a sponsor of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Cycling Club, which also receives strong, steady support from…