Safe Routes to School
Monterey City Council approves $6.6M to encourage biking and walking
Bike, bus, drive, walk in City of Monterey? Public comments will be received before Commission reaches decisions in 6/30 conclusion of three-day Transportation and Parking Charrette. The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be held at the Monterey Conference Center, Ferrante Room.
Transportation Agency updates: (1) Via Salinas Valley – Pathway to Health; (2) Wayfinding Signage and Updated Bicycle Map; (3) Bike and Skateboard Parking and a Bike Repair Station Coming!
Infrastructure improvements in Salinas and South County will result from a California Transportation Commission $4.6M grant. Learn what else is up to make biking and walking better in Monterey County.
Rio Road, Carmel vicinity bike lanes get the green light!
Thanks to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors for voting unanimously to approve ORD 15-009, giving the “green light” to bike lanes on Rio Road. Like that? Express gratitude to the Supervisors for helping to create a more bike-friendly county! Over a hundred people signed an online petition supporting ORD 15-009. In addition to other…
Complete Streets Workshop at CSUMB, Earth Day 2014
This workshop is appropriate for professionals and the community at large. Featured speakers include Arianna Green, Transportation Planner and Complete Streets Project Manager, Transportation Agency for Monterey County; Jeff Condit, Monterey Regional Stormwater Management, Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency; Tom Hardy, Board Chair, Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Plan; and Nourdin Khayata, City Engineer, City…
Three Feet for Safety Act is CA law
Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill passed by California legislators. And in Monterey County, the CHP is immediately getting the word out about this new bill, which takes effect 9/16/14, and will help people who bike and motor vehicle drivers share the road more safely. Learn how.
Volunteers needed for bike safety trainings at local elementary schools
For 2015, the Community Foundation for Monterey County and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation are funding Bike Smart, a program of Ecology Action of Santa Cruz, to work with more schools in Salinas, and this year, in Castroville too. Bike Smart is seeking local volunteers to help them carry out this work.