Sidewalks
Advocate for bike-friendly local ordinances in Gonzales and elsewhere in Monterey County — or wherever you live
This piece was first published in the Gonzales Tribune, as “Bicycling Gonzales, and elsewhere in Monterey County.” If you are outside Monterey County, learn about bike-related ordinances where you live by contacting local bike advocacy groups elsewhere in California and around the USA. The article is reprinted below with links to additional info. Text © by…
Lighthouse Avenue, Monterey: Bike parking, riding tips, and more
Sometimes good things do come to those who wait: like no more parking hassles on Lighthouse Avenue, Monterey! Soon after the first businesses on Lighthouse joined the HER Helmet Thursdays Project in 2009, we began advocating for bicycle parking racks on Lighthouse. Lack of bicycle parking on that street was a gap in the bike friendliness…
Remembering Charles Lewis
North Main Street at Casenti Street in Salinas is a four-lane street with no bike lanes (e.g., Class II, or better yet, Class IV lanes). As is not uncommon in such situations, Charles Lewis, age 60, was choosing to ride his bicycle on the sidewalk rather than share the street’s travel lanes with motor vehicles. That is…
Carmel and elsewhere: Sidewalk confusion abounds
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/CarmelConfusion For a different sort of Carmel confusion, see http://bit.ly/CarmelConfusion2 In 2017, why the buzz about sidewalk riding in Carmel? First, some background. 2014: Repeated inaccurate reports in the Salinas Californian in summer 2014 led to Bicycling Monterey contributing to the Californian “Bicycling on sidewalks: misconceptions and advisories,” published October 15, 2014.…
Local ordinances on sidewalk riding and more: Monterey County cities and unincorporated areas
NEW RESOURCES provided April 2023: Watch Bicycling Monterey’s 7-minute video and read text about sidewalk riding, in Spanish ANDAR EN BICICLETA EN LAS ACERAS además de ejemplos de ordenanzas del Condado de Monterey, California – /andar-en-bicicleta-en-las-aceras-ademas-de-ejemplos-de-ordenanzas-del-condado-de-monterey-california.html. For the corresponding info in English, see: /biking-on-sidewalks-plus-examples-of-ordinances-from-monterey-county-california.html * * * Below is info originally published in August 2016,…