Bicycle Lifestyles
Castroville Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project
For photos of the completed bridge, click here. * * * Hang on, it’s coming! Top two photos show the construction on May 4, 2018. On Thursday, May 31, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to celebrate the opening of the bridge. The event will be on the east side of the crossing, the side…
Memorial Day concerts on the lawns — at Naval Postgraduate School and at Colton Hall
Free outdoor Memorial Day concerts take place on two dates in 2019, at two Monterey Peninsula historic locations: Hotel Del Monte (on the Naval Postgraduate School campus) and Colton Hall (City of Monterey). Both locations are near the Monterey section of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail. Get tips on bikemonterey.org for using active transportation…
Safety alert: Woman biking was repeatedly accosted on Robinson Canyon Road, Carmel Valley
Remain vigilant, even if someone is arrested in response to this horrific incident. If you have any information that might help with this investigation, please contact the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office: http://www.montereysheriff.org/contact-us/ Watch the video below from KSBW. The woman accosted on Robinson Canyon Road commented afterward that she had read Gavin de Becker’s book The Gift…
Deadline for public comment on Monterey County’s draft Active Transportation Plan
The draft Active Transportation Plan (an update to the Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s 2011 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan) is available for public review through May 31, 2018. Get details on the TAMC website: http://www.tamcmonterey.org/programs/bike-pedestrian/bike-ped-plan/ Questions? Contact TAMC — habla español.
Fecha límite para recibir comentarios del público sobre el Plan de Transporte Activo del Condado de Monterey
¿Preguntas? Contact TAMC — habla español. El borrador del Plan de Transporte Activo (una actualización de la Agencia de Transporte para el Plan Maestro de Bicicletas y Peatones 2011 del Condado de Monterey) está disponible para revisión pública hasta el 31 de mayo de 2018. Obtenga detalles en el sitio web de TAMC: http://www.tamcmonterey.org/programs/bike-pedestrian/bike-ped-plan/
“A Right to the Road”: Understanding and addressing the safety of people who bike
As State Farm spokesperson Vicki Harper told Washington Post writer Ashley Halsey III—speaking about a State Farm-funded report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, released 8/24/17—“When we bike, we have as much right to the road as when we drive.” For an intro to the report, see Halsey’s story—http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/bike-riding-isnt-childs-play-anymore-and-cycling-crash-deaths-are-soaring/2017/08/23/abbcb22e-8773-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html. Then check out the 75-page report, “A Right…