climate change

  • Highway 1 Elkhorn Slough Corridor Climate Resiliency Project

    If you follow @BikeMonterey on Mastodon, you catch posts such as this, thanks to Sophia Linnevers, transportation planner at Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC): SAVE THE DATES re: Highway 1 Elkhorn Slough Corridor Climate Resiliency Project: Stakeholder Advisory Group MeetingMonday, October 2610 – 11:30 a.m.Location: TBD; at a local venue Community Open HouseThursday, December 35…

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  • Act on Climate: Monterey County Climate Action Coalition

    A Monterey Bay chapter of the Climate Reality Project plans to bring together existing organizations that are active in different realms of climate advocacy—from 🚲bicycling to EV charging stations to marine protection

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  • Voting as Climate Action

    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. Regardless of your political party affiliation (or if, like us, you are a registered “No Party Preference” voter), we will appreciate your considering the following when voting in the November 5, 2024…

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  • Reflecting on Monterey Car Week

    We value history. And it can be fun to check out historic cars. Then we come home and hear news of yet another extreme weather event. Today it was a family member reporting a flash flooding emergency, prompting water rescues and evacuations in their community. They see firsthand what’s happening worldwide: humanity’s choices have led…

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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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  • Climate Change: Why speak up for cycling

    Bicycling has multiple benefits. Among those—and the primary reason Bicycling Monterey has been provided as a public service since 2009— is that biking helps reduce the environmental impact of transportation, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions! Transportation’s emissions in California and through the USA The U.S. Congressional Budget Office reported (“Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the Transportation Sector,”…

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