Bicycle Lifestyles

  • Monterey Regional Airport

    Helping aviators go from the skyways to the bikeways, Monterey Jet Center provides bikes and vehicle bike racks to their customers at the Monterey Regional Airport. Also at this airport in bicycling-friendly Monterey County: The Golden Tee Restaurant, a HER Helmet Thursdays participant (providing discounts on Thursdays to males and females who bike).

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  • Roundabouts on Holman Highway 68 and elsewhere — including how to navigate them

    The video below, showing people with bikes traveling through a roundabout, may at first appear to you—as it did to me, before enlarging it—to be an example of “do as I say, not as I do.” Watch it once without enlarging, then read my remarks below the video. The video, created by the Minnesota Department…

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  • CA SR 68, the Monterey-Salinas Highway

    It’s dreamy on Hwy 68 in April–gazing at lupines, that is. But biking between the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas has its challenges. Get tips from experienced riders about Monterey-Salinas Highway 68, and Blanco Road.

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  • Remembering Charles Lewis

    North Main Street at Casenti Street in Salinas is a four-lane street with no bike lanes (e.g., Class II, or better yet, Class IV lanes). As is not uncommon in such situations, Charles Lewis, age 60, was choosing to ride his bicycle on the sidewalk rather than share the street’s travel lanes with motor vehicles. That is…

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  • Where to report a bikeway maintenance need: California State Highways and all Monterey County locations

    Para informar una necesidad de mantenimiento de ciclovías en el condado de Monterey en español https://www.tamcmonterey.org/contact-us For public roads or other public bikeways, report conditions needing attention, such as: vegetation overgrowth, traffic signal not triggered by bicycles (no bike detection), potholes, debris on shoulders or bikeways, bikeways not clearly marked, damaged or missing bikeway signs,…

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  • July 2017 to Fall 2018: Brief delays on rec trail at Hoffman Ave, Monterey

    Will you be traveling on the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail’s City of Monterey section, AKA Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail? At Hoffman Avenue, expect periodic, brief delays of about five minutes. Why? Because people stop to kiss there? No, sillies. It’s because the Monterey Bay Aquarium is constructing a new Center for Ocean Education…

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