General Safety Tips
Safety alert: Woman biking was repeatedly accosted on Robinson Canyon Road, Carmel Valley
Remain vigilant, even if someone is arrested in response to this horrific incident. If you have any information that might help with this investigation, please contact the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office: http://www.montereysheriff.org/contact-us/ Watch the video below from KSBW. The woman accosted on Robinson Canyon Road commented afterward that she had read Gavin de Becker’s book The Gift…
“A Right to the Road”: Understanding and addressing the safety of people who bike
As State Farm spokesperson Vicki Harper told Washington Post writer Ashley Halsey III—speaking about a State Farm-funded report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, released 8/24/17—“When we bike, we have as much right to the road as when we drive.” For an intro to the report, see Halsey’s story—http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/bike-riding-isnt-childs-play-anymore-and-cycling-crash-deaths-are-soaring/2017/08/23/abbcb22e-8773-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html. Then check out the 75-page report, “A Right…
Monterey Bay Region Leaders: San Benito County support for kids who bike or walk to school
San Benito led the way for the Monterey Bay tri-county region in providing “Suggested Walking and Bicycling Routes to School”—in English y en español for elementary, middle, and high schools http://sanbenitocog.org/SRTS.php. Although since 2011 that’s been highlighted in Bicycling Monterey’s BicycleMaps section, as well as being highlighted in Bike San Benito tips, many people haven’t spotted that yet (hey,…
National School Walkout —because Safe Routes to School aren’t just about infrastructure improvements
As Safe Routes to School, Bicycling Monterey, and many other bike advocates emphasize: Safe Routes is about more than infrastructure improvements! Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/WalkOutGunReform Related post: March 24 March for Our Lives – Monterey. http://www.instagram.com/p/BhzbCg4nz57/ For more Monterey County participation, see “Monterey Peninsula students participate in National School Walkout day on anniversary of…
It’s Not About Wearing a Helmet—The HER Helmet Thursdays Project
Part I: You may be surprised to hear that we oppose—for a variety of reasons—the proposed California law mandating bicycle helmet use for adults. Yet we personally wear a helmet 99% of the time. Huh? Learn more in this post. Part II: If you want the HER Helmet Thursdays discount at educational, entertainment, restaurants, and…