California Bicycle Coalition

  • California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders

    Bicycling Monterey is among signatories to a Statement on E-Bike Safety from California Bicycle Advocates, released Dec 10, 2024, for reasons including: widespread confusion and misinformation about e-bikes, the need for education, the need for safer infrastructure, and the critical contribution of active transportation toward meeting the state’s goals to reduce carbon emissions. The transportation…

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  • “It’s the best thing to happen”

    San Francisco Bicycle Coalition / SF Bike published today a video message relevant for all of California, and beyond. Thanks to SF Bike, one of our California Bicycle Coalition / CalBike local partners, for this inspiring, motivating message. Support the work of SF Bike, Bicycling Monterey, and all advocates making biking and other active transportation…

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  • CA’s Complete Streets Bill of 2024: Senate Bill 960

    9/27/24 update to the post below: Today California’s Governor signed SB 960, a bill in the making since 2017. Celebrate the win! Safer and more comfortable streets for all—including people biking, walking, rolling in a wheelchair, and taking transit, as well as people driving cars, trucks, and other motor vehicles—takes public support. Your support is…

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  • Bike Buzz: Winter 2024 News from Bicycling Monterey

    Below, get a dose of local, state, national, and international bike buzz. For more, follow @bikemonterey on Mastodon or give us a call. SAVE THE DATE FOR SPECIAL SPRING EVENTS: Monterey County Buzz Cited? Bicycling Monterey has had a burst of calls in the first months of 2024 from youth who want to avoid paying…

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  • Boosting small businesses via discounts for people who bike—e.g., The HER Helmet Thursdays Project!

    The HER Helmet Thursdays Project November is anniversary month for Monterey County’s HER Helmet Thursdays Project, launched by Bicycling Monterey in 2009. To help restore the project’s database, and otherwise reactivate the project, please phone us. Although the HER Helmet Thursdays Project in Monterey County remains in place, beginning in 2020 the hundreds of participating…

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  • Bike Buzz: Autumn 2023 News from Bicycling Monterey

    Below is a mix of national, state, and local bike buzz for Autumn 2023. Unless the URL to another site is displayed, links in this post direct to info on bikemonterey.org. Note this post’s list of bike-related dates (click here). To catch more buzz: (1) from now through the end of Autumn (Dec 20), return…

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