Founder’s Mix
Santa Cruz scene: Just love everybody
One day in Santa Cruz, along my regular bike-to-work route, I paused to photograph this billboard on Soquel Avenue near Branciforte. There was another billboard just like it on Ocean Avenue. This photo was previously published, along with my essay “God Bless the Vandal,” in the November 29, 2001 issue of Good Times, a Santa Cruz weekly. Santa Cruz…
“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…
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…
Laguna Seca Racetrack — home of world-renowned bicycle, motorcycle, and automobile events — renamed WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/WeatherTechRaceway Adieu, Mazda. Welcome, WeatherTech. The County of Monterey and WeatherTech of Bolingbrook, Illinois have announced a naming rights agreement for the sports and entertainment facility known the past 17 years as Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. As of April 2018, the track will be known as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Details: http://mailchi.mp/mazdaraceway/weathertech-raceway-naming-rights…
March 24: March for Our Lives – Monterey
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/MRYMarch4RLives For April 20, 2018 National School Walkout, click here. Update: At the bottom of this post, see photos from March for Our Lives Monterey As Safe Routes to School, Bicycling Monterey, and many other bike advocates emphasize: Safe Routes is about more than infrastructure improvements! March for Our Lives…