bicycling Monterey County
13th Anniversary of Bicycling Monterey, May 2022
To learn some facts that many people don’t know about Bicycling Monterey, click here. The month of May, traditionally celebrated as Bike Month throughout the USA, is also anniversary month for Bicycling Monterey, founded May 2009. One of the greatest pleasures of providing the Bicycling Monterey site and projects is direct outreach on the bikeways,…
10th Anniversary of the HER Helmet Thursdays Project in Monterey County
Along with the many other benefits of bicycling, reducing fossil fuel consumption is a vital way to help change climate change! As stated in “Wheel the Earth: HER Helmet Thursdays cuts carbon emissions and costs,” the Earth can’t wait until we all have enough time.
HER Helmet Thursdays — on Sea Otter Classic’s Opening Day, and on Thursdays year-round
The hospitality professionals in these five 15-second video greetings want to be sure visitors, and locals, are aware that people who help HER / Mother Earth by bicycling are appreciated throughout Monterey County.
Carmel and elsewhere: Sidewalk confusion abounds
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/CarmelConfusion For a different sort of Carmel confusion, see http://bit.ly/CarmelConfusion2 In 2017, why the buzz about sidewalk riding in Carmel? First, some background. 2014: Repeated inaccurate reports in the Salinas Californian in summer 2014 led to Bicycling Monterey contributing to the Californian “Bicycling on sidewalks: misconceptions and advisories,” published October 15, 2014.…
When no one is looking, who cares about climate change?
As Arthur C. Clarke pointed out, “How inappropriate to call this planet ‘Earth,’ when it is clearly ‘Ocean.’” The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a fascinating place, sure. It’s also a leader in stirring people to take better care of the earth. For example, the Aquarium’s ocean plastic pollution education helped California become the first state in the U.S. to ban single-use carryout bags, through the passage of Proposition…