California Bicycle Coalition

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    Bike Buzz: December 2020 news from Bicycling Monterey

     “Whatever it is you may be going through, don’t let it get the best of you!” Hang on, this pandemic won’t last forever. And please feel free to phone us anytime! Here’s to a brighter, healthier future, for all the world. If your circumstances are better than those of many right now, and you’d like to…

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    Ride My Bike Song

    Enjoy this song written and performed by Jenn Guitart, development director of the California Bicycle Coalition / Cal Bike. Sing along! Lyrics provided below, including a printable large-type version. To support Jenn’s Dream Ride Challenge, a fundraiser for CalBike, go to https://www.mightycause.com/story/Aqib7f. Learn more about the Dream Ride: https://www.cadreamride.org Ride My Bike © by Jenn…

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    Bike Buzz: Sept 2019

    Update, Sept 17 – check thread of today’s @bikemonterey tweet about #SB127 / #CompleteStreets. That approved legislation—if Governor Newsom signs it! (urge him to)—could positively affect infrastructure of people who bike, walk, etc. in Salinas, San Lucas, Soledad, and more than 185 other communities throughout California. [Oct 12 update: Governor Newsom vetoed the bill; details:…

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    Nov 6, 2018: California Bicycle Coalition, Monterey County Board of Supervisors, and others urge No on Proposition 6

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/NoOnProp6 Bicycling Monterey extends respect to everyone who takes time to inform themselves about candidates and issues, then votes according to their own beliefs and conscience.  Nov 7, 2018 update: Prop 6 was defeated (the majority of voters voted “No on Proposition 6”).  http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/1060102832945192960 California Bicycle Coalition on Proposition 6: http://www.calbike.org/stopprop6. Transportation Agency…

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    Advocate for bike-friendly local ordinances in Gonzales and elsewhere in Monterey County — or wherever you live

      This piece was first published in the Gonzales Tribune, as “Bicycling Gonzales, and elsewhere in Monterey County.” If you are outside Monterey County, learn about bike-related ordinances where you live by contacting local bike advocacy groups elsewhere in California and around the USA. The article is reprinted below with links to additional info. Text © by…

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    “A Right to the Road”: Understanding and addressing the safety of people who bike

    As State Farm spokesperson Vicki Harper told Washington Post writer Ashley Halsey III—speaking about a State Farm-funded report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, released 8/24/17—“When we bike, we have as much right to the road as when we drive.” For an intro to the report, see Halsey’s story—http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/bike-riding-isnt-childs-play-anymore-and-cycling-crash-deaths-are-soaring/2017/08/23/abbcb22e-8773-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html. Then check out the 75-page report, “A Right…

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