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Salinas Police: Education avoids citations — e-bikes and more
If you follow @BikeMonterey on Mastodon, you catch posts such as this, thanks to Ricardo Tovar’s Sept. 3 report for KSBW: “Salinas police will host a community e-bike safety presentation Sept. 30 [2026] at 6 p.m. at the Salinas Police Department. The presentation will cover e-bike and e-dirt bike laws, safety concerns and parents’ responsibilities.…
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…
Bonos de incentivo para bicicletas eléctricas destinados a los Californianos con ingresos limitados
Update, 11/1/25: “California pulls the plug on flawed e-bike project.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/california-pulls-the-plug-on-flawed-e-bike-project-once-run-by-investigated-san-diego-nonprofit/ For English, click here. El Proyecto de Incentivos para Bicicletas Eléctricas de California ofrece vales deincentivo en puntos de venta para ayudar a los residentes de California calificados porsu nivel ingresos a comprar una bicicleta eléctrica nueva. La primera ventanilla de solicitud de incentivos para…
Voices of People Who Bike, Part 1: Who bikes, why, and memories!
Among the people who dig biking are the following special individuals. Their enthusiasm was clear when Bicycling Monterey posted a questionnaire in spring 2023; the 16 featured here were the first to respond! The questionnaire posed 40 questions, and we invited everyone to respond to only a couple questions or to as many as they…