bicycling advocacy in Monterey County
Speak up for bicycling and other active transportation: Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Bike-Ped Committee
Click here for more info about TAMC’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, including 2025 meeting dates.For a gallery of some related photos, scroll down this post. As of February 13, 2025, TAMC’s BPAC committee had 6 women and 16 men, and 32 vacant seats. It’s quick and easy to rant online! It takes more effort…
Why get involved in infrastructure planning: North Fremont, Monterey— and other projects
Some may wonder why Bicycling Monterey has not effusively praised a particular City of Monterey infrastructure project, North Fremont, which incorporates Class 4 lanes with a physical barrier. Normally we would celebrate such lanes with gusto! The North Fremont design, with those Class 4 lanes within the median, are reported to be the first such…
9th Anniversary of the HER Helmet Thursdays Project — Monterey County
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/9thHHTguide The 9th Anniversary edition of the HER Helmet Thursdays Quick Reference Guide is out! See the hundreds of Monterey County businesses and organizations participating in this long-term project that helps sustain HER / Mother Earth while also helping to sustain the economy. The current guide is always found on the…
“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…
Why give? Bike advocacy benefits people and the planet!
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/WhyGiveBikeMRY For “Pedal Pushers”—monthly contributors—click here. Remember local and state bike advocacy when making contributions any day of the year! As the California Bicycle Coalition says, “Local bike orgs and CalBike need your help to get more people to bike.” There are so many benefits to biking—for individuals, communities, and…