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May 2019: Marina and Seaside Safe Streets Demonstrations
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/SafeStreetDemos USA Bike Month 2019 includes Safe Streets Demonstrations in Marina and Seaside, California. For details, see James Herrera’s 4/23/19 story in the Monterey Herald, “Marina and Seaside to have Safe Street Demonstration events in May—Measure X Safe Routes to School program is aimed at developing better and safer options…
Gordon McCall, cofounder of Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Cycling Club
Even though the lead in The Wall Street Journal’s 4/23/19 story about Gordon McCall (“The Classic Motorcycle He Sneaked Past His Mother” by A. J. Baime) reports that he sold his 10-speed bicycle, here in Monterey County we know McCall still values bicycling! Gordon McCall cofounded and is a sponsor of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Cycling Club, which also receives strong, steady support from…
April 22: Earth Day
History and more about Earth Day: https://www.earthday.org Among the diverse, multiple benefits of bicycling are environmental benefits. And biking needn’t be all-or-nothing. Consider bike-and-ride options. Any mile of biking beats a mile of driving! Many people find that an e-bike or e-cargo bike allows to bike to destinations they formerly drove to. Some related posts on the Bicycling…
Matt Champion steps up to the podium at his first Sea Otter Classic, 2019
When Monterey County native Karin Strickland was a young girl, she moved with her parents to their home state of South Carolina. It was in the Carolinas that Karin, an outdoors adventurer, met a fellow bicycling lover who would soon become her partner in life, Matt Champion. In 2019 Karin and Matt made their first…