Bike Monterey County

  • Bike Buzz: Summer 2018

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/Summer2018BikeBuzz This post features a summary of new Bicycling Monterey posts, plus some updated ones, since the Spring 2018 newsletter to subscribers went out. This is a partial list. For complete list, check the Archives window in the sidebar. To learn about a stellar volunteer—Justin Leong—scroll to the end of this post.…

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  • Project: Boosting Bike Equity

    One of the many Bicycling Monterey projects is devoting time and resources toward what many bike advocates refer to as bike equity. Dr. Adonia Lugo, manager of the Bike Equity Network, wrote to Bicycling Monterey’s founder: “You put your region’s diversity front and center in your work.” Bicycling Monterey’s equity efforts since 2009 have included—but are…

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  • Fourth of July week in Monterey County

    Bike or bike-and-ride to 4th of July fun–in Carmel, King City, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Spreckles, or elsewhere in Monterey County. See what’s happening this 4th of July weekend, and get tips for people who bike to the festivities.

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  • Completion! — Castroville Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/CastrovilleBridge Related posts: http://bit.ly/espanolInfraArte, http://bit.ly/InfraArt Meet the new Castroville Bicycle/Pedestrian and Railroad Overcrossing Bridge. These night scenes were photographed June 1, 2018. When I went to see the completed bridge, the day after its ribbon-cutting ceremony, I thought I’d be traversing it alone at night. But a family with young children was…

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  • “If you build it, they will come”: Helping visitors, and residents, use sustainable transportation

    Increasing numbers of people are eager to bike.  The Bicycling Monterey website, which marks its 16th anniversary in 2025, is used by visitors from Canada, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey (like the couple below), Ukraine, and many other places. See what they say. Travelers from Australia, China, England (like the trio above), France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and other countries, and from all…

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  • Support the bicycling revolution: Be part of the Bicycling Monterey work

    Journalist Karen Kefauver (below, forefront at left) wrote in Bicycling Monterey’s’ third year: “Your website has started a revolution in Santa Cruz. We want to launch a site like yours – but we imagine we need 10 people at least to launch what you have done.” The Monterey County visitor at left below exclaimed: “Monterey is very bike…

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