May 28, 2024, from Monterey County Now: David Schmalz,  “A bike and pedestrian trail more than a decade in the making marks a groundbreaking milestone.” https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/a-bike-and-pedestrian-trail-more-than-a-decade-in-the-making-marks-a-groundbreaking/article_2a7b7e40-1d51-11ef-9290-d3bdb7b03cbc.html

May 1, 2024 update on FORTAG projects in process: https://bikemonterey.org/fort-ord-regional-trail-greenway-fortag-update.html

For more about the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway (FORTAG), check the project’s website, fortag.org. Short link to this post: https://bit.ly/FORTAG

Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway (FORTAG) Project: About the Del Rey Oaks segment –https://bikemonterey.org/who-rides-ca-sr-218-canyon-del-rey-boulevard.html

From Monterey County Weekly: David Schmalz, January 5, 2023, “Marina residents will have a smooth – and safe – bike trail to CSUMB, and beyond.” https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/marina-residents-will-have-a-smooth-and-safe-bike-trail-to-csumb-and-beyond/article_5a596b04-8c70-11ed-9ea3-739e57e3ec4d.html

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Info below was previously published January 31, 2019, with some subsequent updates.

From Caitlin Conrad on KSBW:

• 4/4/19 “TAMC moves forward with Fort Ord greenway trail system“

From David M. Schmalz in the Monterey County Weekly:

• 1/31/19 “State awards TAMC $10.3 million to build the first segment of FORTAG.” Note: As Schmalz reported, this segment of the trail “will travel parallel to Highway 218 (also called Canyon Del Rey) in Del Rey Oaks.” For a related post on this site, see 2/1/19 “Who rides CA SR 218 / Canyon del Rey Boulevard — slated to be first segment of Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway (FORTAG) Project?“
• 4/19/18, “While pros dominate at Laguna Seca this weekend, long-term trail projects – and questions – for local cyclists are inching forward.”
• 12/29/16 “Measure X paves way for new trail network from Monterey to Marina.”
• 12/17/15 “Peninsula-wide trail network gains traction in Marina.”

Also in the Weekly:

• 3/3/16 “Good Week / Bad Week.”
• 12/4/14 “Two CSUMB professors envision a trail network connecting the former Fort Ord to the sea.”
• And an ad by Transportation Agency for Monterey County in the Weekly, 5/11/17, “FORTAG.”

For more info on FORTAG, visit the Ford Ord Rec Trail and Greenway website.

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Archived content 2015-2017

The info directly below was previously published January 20, 2017.

As listed on Bicycling Monterey’s Master Calendar for Bicycling Monterey County, the annual California Trails and Greenways Conference is in Monterey April 19-21, 2017. The 2017 conference location is the Hyatt Regency Monterey, a HER Helmet Thursdays lodging and dining participant.

Welcome to Monterey County, conference attendees. See Tips for Bicycling Monterey County, a 20-section guide, and Bicycling Monterey’s Monterey County bicycling resources directory for starters. Questions? Feel free to phone.

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The info directly below was previously published January 20, 2015.

Fort Ord Trails Symposium – Regional Trails, Transit & Economic Vitality

Bike advocates and the general public are encouraged to attend this free event at California State University Monterey Bay on Thursday, 1/22/15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

National urban and trail design professionals will discuss how communities around the nation turn bike, pedestrian and equestrian infrastructure investment into regional economic engines.

Keynote speaker is Mia Birk, author of “Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet,” the behind-the-scenes story of how a group of determined visionaries transformed Portland into a bicycling mecca. Additional speakers include People for Bikes President Tim Blumenthal, formerly executive director of the International Mountain Bicycling Association; and Peter Katz, Laura Thompson, Dena Belzer, John Wentworth, and Bryan D. Jones.

For speaker bios, event schedule, directions (CSUMB campus map), and to RSVP (assuring adequate food and space availability), refer to the FORA website: http://fora.org/Symposium.html

A working lunch will be provided.

• Biking to the event? CSUMB and other area bike maps here.
• Bike-and-ride tips here, including for Monterey-Salinas Transit.

As stated in the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) 1/13/15 press release, “With significant open space available at former Fort Ord and within many existing county and city areas, outdoor recreation and the enhancement of non-motorized alternatives for recreation and daily transportation are becoming more popular, desirable, and necessary.”

Event supporters include California State University of Monterey Bay (CSUMB) County of Monterey, Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), and U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Contact the organizers if you’d like their materials for spreading the word:

• Save the Date card (2-up, print double sided on 8-1/2 x 11)
• 11×17 Poster
• Facebook or Twitter headers

Thanks to Ariana Green, Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s current bike/ped coordinator and MacGregor Eddy, the Californian’s “We Could Car Less” columnist, for notifications about this event.

Heads-up: February 2015

Keeping up with FORA

This post was previously published on January 20, 2015, with some updates made in 2016, 2017, 2019.