Safe Routes to School

  • Safe Routes to School: Parking lots and pick-up zones

    Back on February 7, 2014, at the invitation of the Monterey County Health Department, Bicycling Monterey’s founder made a presentation to the Safe Routes to School Committee at King Elementary in Seaside. Sadly, attendees didn’t have any interest yet in promoting walking and biking to school. It makes sense that King’s SRTS committee had a…

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  • Soledad: Safe Routes to Schools Temporary Installation, September 8 – October 6, 2023

    The Transportation Agency for Monterey County, in partnership with the City of Soledad, Monterey County Health Department, and TAMC contractor Ecology Action of Santa Cruz, will be installing separated bikeways temporarily to Soledad’s Front Street between Oak Street and Nestles Road, and the crosswalks will be upgraded to a more visible design. The goal of…

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  • Salinas Valley Active Transportation—Safe Routes to School and elsewhere

    Update: Torstein Rehn, April 5, 2023, KSBW, “Gonzales to create [a pilot project, scheduled for April 7 – June 30, 2023 —see purple box below] bike routes, increase crosswalk visibility for school kids.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/gonzales-to-create-bike-routes-increase-crosswalk-visibility-for-school-kids/43521167 * * * The information below was previously published 17 September 2022, with some subsequent updates. * * * Update: Ryan…

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  • Bike Buzz: March 2020 News from Bicycling Monterey

    This special edition of “Bike Buzz,” emailed to subscribers, includes an alert about the postponement of 2020 dates for Monterey County’s world-renowned annual Celebration of Cycling, the Sea Otter Classic, and postponement of the 2020 Bicycle Leadership Conference. For other Monterey County news related to the coronavirus threat, and notices of postponed or cancelled events,…

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  • Salinas rutas seguras a la escuela / Safe Routes to School — Public workshops: 18 March and 7 April 2020

    Related information on this site: /what-support-is-provided-for-kids-biking-to-school.html Participe en la planificación de rutas seguras a la escuela. Se proporcionará cena, cuidado de niños y traducción al español. Participate in planning Safe Routes to School. Dinner, childcare, and Spanish translation will be provided. Public workshops on the Salinas Safe Routes to Schools Plan have been scheduled at…

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  • May 2019: Marina and Seaside Safe Streets Demonstrations

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/SafeStreetDemos USA Bike Month 2019 includes Safe Streets Demonstrations in Marina and Seaside, California. For details, see James Herrera’s 4/23/19 story in the Monterey Herald, “Marina and Seaside to have Safe Street Demonstration events in May—Measure X Safe Routes to School program is aimed at developing better and safer options…

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