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Bike Boxes for safer intersections
A BIKE BOX is an area at the head of traffic lanes that is designated for people on bicycles. It gives bicyclists a way to get ahead of cars in a safer, visible manner while waiting for a traffic signal to turn from red light to green light. Short of bikeways with a physical barrier,…
Directional Requirements for Biking on Sidewalks in Monterey County
For other info about sidewalk riding, refer to our post BIKING ON SIDEWALKS, plus examples of ordinances around Monterey County. Guest post by Anon, Esquire Note from Bicycling Monterey: Since 2009 occasionally we’ve heard conversations or seen a media report referring to someone “pedaling the wrong way down a sidewalk.” We asked a local attorney who is…
Who’s biking Monterey County in 2024?
This post provides a sampling of visitors and residents enjoying bicycle life in Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, and other Monterey County locations this year. Over the past fifteen years, we strive to cover our entire big county (3,771 square miles) as best we can. In 2024 we couldn’t cover…
Bicycle Map for Monterey County / el mapa de bicicletas del condado de Monterey
El texto en el mapa de bicicletas delcondado de Monterey es bilingüe, español-inglés.Habla español: Maria Montielhttps://www.tamcmonterey.org/maria-montiel-administrative-assistant Monterey County Bike Map 2023 (the first new map since 2016) is available online and in print from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County. The printed maps are in a Z-fold format. You may submit a request for up…
Monterey County Weekly on King City, Monterey, Salinas, and Seaside stroads
The cover story for the Monterey County Weekly’s March 9-15, 2023 issue, “Stroad Rage,” features stories by four Weekly staff writers, as highlighted below. Here’s an Intro by staff writer Tajha Chappellet-Lanier: https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/street-road-or-stroad-the-answer-will-greatly-impact-your-experience-of-downtown/article_218ceeb6-beea-11ed-81bd-2b39df35cbec.html https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/streets-roads/collection_e1e49e48-bdeb-11ed-91e3-b3a9cf6cde17.html Photos in this post, shot in those cities in past years, are by Bicycling Monterey. Celia Jiménez, on King City “Lastly…