Santa Cruz

  • California Coastal Commission – bike advocacy

    “Hello everyone, my name is Devon Jackson and I’m a Senior Transportation, Access, and Mobility Planner working out of the California Coastal Commission’s Central Coast District Office in Santa Cruz. After recently attending the 2026 California Bicycle Summit, it’s my intention to form better relationships with local bicycle advocates so that their recommendations can help…

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  • Bike Santa Cruz: Advocate for West Cliff and Broadway

    Our Monterey Bay Region partner among Local Partners of the California Bicycle Coalition, Bike Santa Cruz County, sent an Action Alert today about two important routes for people who bike—West Cliff Drive and Broadway Avenue. Sign up for their mailing list to receive such alerts. Below are our letters emailed today to the Santa Cruz…

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  • Santa Cruz scene: Just love everybody

    One day in Santa Cruz, along my regular bike-to-work route, I paused to photograph this billboard on Soquel Avenue near Branciforte. There was another billboard just like it on Ocean Avenue. This photo was previously published, along with my essay “God Bless the Vandal,” in the November 29, 2001 issue of Good Times, a Santa Cruz weekly. Santa Cruz…

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  • Santa Cruz County – Bicycling Neighbors of the Monterey Bay

    Santa Cruzans love to bike Monterey County, and vice versa. That’s why better connecting our counties via a rail network is being celebrated with a ribbon-cutting of another segment completed. Look who’s biking down to Monterey County from Santa Cruz now–and imagine how it’ll be when the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail is completed. And…

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  • Bike Tech and Safety Education for Youth – Monterey Bay and elsewhere

    Driver’s ed, car shop classes? Make that bike safety ed and bike tech classes! Our Monterey Bay neighbors lead the way in educating children and teens on this transportation option for today’s world.

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