Road Advisories
Completion! — Castroville Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/CastrovilleBridge Related posts: http://bit.ly/espanolInfraArte, http://bit.ly/InfraArt Meet the new Castroville Bicycle/Pedestrian and Railroad Overcrossing Bridge. These night scenes were photographed June 1, 2018. When I went to see the completed bridge, the day after its ribbon-cutting ceremony, I thought I’d be traversing it alone at night. But a family with young children was…
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.
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…
Bikes at Traffic Signals: How does it work?
Matthew Perryman Jones isn’t the only one waiting on the light to change. So are lots of people on bicycles! Here’s how it works at some intersections around the Monterey Bay….