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Five Monterey County military veterans remembered with California highway signs
Five Monterey County military veterans who gave their lives in Afghanistan remembered with California highway signs in their honor.
Castroville Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project
For photos of the completed bridge, click here. * * * Hang on, it’s coming! Top two photos show the construction on May 4, 2018. On Thursday, May 31, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to celebrate the opening of the bridge. The event will be on the east side of the crossing, the side…
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…
Seaside’s West Broadway Urban Village – Plus Seaside places that reward people who show “bikes mean business!”
Dig the West Broadway changes, and wish East Broadway had similar improvements? As announced by Transportation Agency for Monterey County on March 24, 2021, they’re coming! https://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/1378391571624652801?s=20 * * * http://www.instagram.com/p/BixU6GXg5yc/?taken-by=bikemonterey https://www.instagram.com/p/BixSs9vAfka/?taken-by=bikemonterey What’s the purpose of bike boxes—like on Seaside’s West Broadway (pictured on Bicycling Monterey’s Instagram)—and how are people who drive, or people who…
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,…