Children, Teens & Schools
Going in circles, just trying to find answers to your bicycling questions?
Sometimes the World Wide Web can be an information overload. A person can feel like they’re in the dark, going in circles—like the rider below—and just can’t find what they’re looking for. Want reliable info on bike laws, riding skills and safety? Bicycle maps? How about tips for Monterey County communities, from Pebble Beach to…
FAQs: Are bicycle helmets required in Cali?
Confused about bike laws? Feel free to phone Bicycling Monterey. Bicycle helmet requirements for California Youth. California DMV VC Section 21212 states that people younger than age 18 are required to wear helmets when biking on “a street, bikeway, as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other public bicycle path or trail.” Youth,…
Salinas: East Market Street Safe Routes to School Project, including Protected Bike Lanes
An East Salinas business owner told me that the infrastructure changes on East Market Street mean it takes them about five minutes longer to get to work, as of March 5, 2018. For that reason, many people allow additional time for their driving commutes on East Market, or they take an alternate route. Most don’t mind, because…
Biking in the Rain
Check out our “Rainy Weather Tips for People Who Bike.” /rainy-weather-tips-for-people-who-bike.html Does anyone really bike on rainy days? Of course! Among them is this student of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. I first spotted him leaving the NPS campus, literally biking under a rainbow. When I caught up with him, I asked if he’d…
Remembering Bicycling Victims of Violence, 2012-2018: Juan Angel Perez, and Señores Amezcua, Cardenas, Martinez, Ramirez, Sanchez, Suniga, Trujillo
In this post, we remember eight individuals—a boy and seven men—who were biking when violence resulted in their deaths. Photo courtesy of the photographer, Michael Deighton. The boy, who had no record with the police, was Juan Angel Perez, 16, a student of Everett Alvarez High School. Juan Angel Perez (1999-2015) Juan Angel Perez was…