Resources / Los Recursos

For our compilation of various resources in Spanish, see información en español sobre ciclismo.

All pages of the Resources / Los Recursos section are linked from this portal page. To explore other content on the Bicycling Monterey website, scroll to the bottom of this page.

We encourage everyone to check out Bicycling Monterey’s primary resources on Riding Skills, Bike Laws, and Safety, which includes some in Spanish. Click here.

  1. SHARE BICYCLING MONTEREY WITH OTHERS – TOOL KIT: Posters, flyers, social images, logo, etc. Click here for current items, including California bike law summaries, Monterey County tips, and more. 
  2. ADVOCATE!
    ADVOCATE—WHERE TO REPORT BIKEWAY MAINTENANCE NEEDS:
    Where to report a bikeway maintenance need in Monterey County, or maintenance needs for California State Highways
    ADVOCATE—BIKE-PED (BPAC) MEETINGS, Monterey County: Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) -Transportation Agency for Monterey County 
    ADVOCATE—GET MEETING NOTIFICATIONS, Monterey County:
    How to get notifications about Monterey County municipal meetings affecting people who bike
    ADVOCATE—Bilingual Glossary of Transportation Terms / Glosario Bilingüe de Términos de Transporte relevant for California and elsewhere. 
    ADVOCATE—AARP BIKE AUDIT TOOL KIT, relevant for Monterey County and throughout the U.S. Available free, in print or as a PDF download, in English and Spanish: AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit / Kit de AARP para auditorías sobre el uso de bicicletas. Anyone can do a bike audit. In fact, the best audits are done by people with a range of perspectives and mobility needs. Note: Walk Audit Tool Kits are also available.
    ADVOCATE—NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, 3rd edition, relevant for Monterey County and throughout North America. Published January 2025; and on May 1, 2025, NACTO announced: “Soon, we’ll make the Urban Bikeway Design Guide available for free on our website. In the meantime, we’re posting excerpts each week on our blog [https://nacto.org/the-latest/],” e.g., https://nacto.org/latest/urban-bikeway-design-guide-protected-bike-lanes/.
    ADVOCATE—Local, State, National: Bicycling Advocacy: What you can do offers ways to be a positive changemaker, helping to impact bicycle infrastructure, legislation, and other issues that affect people who bike.
  3. DIRECTORY: Monterey County Bicycling Resources and Bike Community Leaders, a 35-section directory.
  4. SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES: información en español sobre las bicicletas is the first compilation of Spanish-language biking resources of its kind in the USA. It was compiled by Bicycling Monterey in 2010, with numerous subsequent updates.
  5. RIDING SKILLS, BIKE LAWS, AND SAFETY:  Primary resources, including some in Spanish; click here.
  6. BIKE-AND-RIDE: An intro to bike-and-ride options, the portal to this site’s detailed bike-and-ride section. When stamina, schedule, infrastructure, or other factors aren’t conducive to biking all the way to your destination, please consider a bike-and-ride option, such as a bus, personal vehicle, train, etc.
  7. CALENDAR NOTES: For biking and bike-related activities, events, and meetings, check Subscriber News, e.g., Autumn 2024 Calendar Notes. (How to subscribe? Refer to our Contact page.) Calendar Notes are primarily focused on Monterey County. 
  8. OPEN STREETS / CICLOVIAS: Monterey County’s Open Streets resource page features Ciclovía Salinas resources and history, plus announcements about other Open Streets locations in Monterey County—e.g., Ciclovía Gonzales, Ciclovía Greenfield, Ciclovía King City, and Ciclovía Soledad.
  9. DISCOUNTS FOR PEOPLE WHO BIKE: The HER Helmet Thursdays Project, an ecology-economy project, was launched in Monterey County in 2009. Questions? Please phone us. Project 2024 update: https://bikemonterey.org/boosting-small-businesses-via-discounts-for-people-who-bike-e-g-the-her-helmet-thursdays-project.html. Resources: 2024 staff reference sheet, for participating businesses and organizations; project portal page (including audios and videos); listings/FAQs, including 10th Anniversary HER Helmet Thursdays Guide (not updated since pandemic began). 
  10. LANGUAGES OTHER THAN SPANISH/ENGLISH: Other Languages and related resources includes a sampling of biking info in a variety of languages, and a bit more en español. Also featured is info on Monterey County’s love for languages.

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  • ICYMI above, for our compilation of resources in Spanish, see información en español sobre ciclismo.