Bicycling
Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway (FORTAG) Project: About the Del Rey Oaks segment
May 1, 2024 update on FORTAG projects in process: /fort-ord-regional-trail-greenway-fortag-update.html David Schmalz, April 6, 2023, “An agreement between Del Rey Oaks and TAMC, which looked settled, is now in limbo.” https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/an-agreement-between-del-rey-oaks-and-tamc-which-looked-settled-is-now-in-limbo/article_8a513e6a-d4ee-11ed-a41e-0fa33ec306a5.html Staff, December 29, 2022, “We revisit the moments in Monterey County that grabbed our attention this year.” (Refer to June 7.) https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/we-revisit-the-moments-in-monterey-county-that-grabbed-our-attention-this-year/article_7e8aead6-86ec-11ed-b157-b360d1e892b0.html David Schmalz,…
A Decade in the Life of a Bike Advocate
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/DecadeBikeMRY A 10th year of bike advocacy volunteering has been completed. A local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition, Bicycling Monterey—the website and all projects—have been provided as a public service by an unpaid volunteer for a decade, from May 1, 2009 to May 1, 2019. To recognize this work with a one-time…
“If you build it, they will come”: Helping visitors, and residents, use sustainable transportation
Increasing numbers of people are eager to bike. The Bicycling Monterey website, which marks its 16th anniversary in 2025, is used by visitors from Canada, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey (like the couple below), Ukraine, and many other places. See what they say. Travelers from Australia, China, England (like the trio above), France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and other countries, and from all…
Scenes and Tales from the 2017 Sea Otter Classic
In this post see Monterey County visitors and residents who were among the approximately 70,000 attendees at Sea Otter Classic, a Celebration of Cycling, for the 27th event (April 20-23, 2017). The post includes 38 photos along with news snippets and links to more stories. Save the dates for the next SOC: https://www.seaotterclassic.com/about/. Below: The Clifton family of Salinas—the Monterey…