sustainable travel
Big Sur: “(not) Big (enough) Sur” by Tim Harrington
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/BigSurOvertourism Take the Big Sur Pledge: http://bigsurpledge.org Thanks to Big Sur Kate for bringing Tim Harrington’s video to our attention, and to Tim for creating his video message, shared below. Is bicycling Big Sur right for you? See Bike Big Sur on this site. Biking Big Sur isn’t appropriate for everyone, but…
Bicycle touring / bikepacking through Monterey County: Pacific Coast Bike Route and other routes
We met the above two bikepacking individuals in city of Monterey in June 2026. Learn a bit about them in Bike Buzz: 17th Anniversary edition. Above: Bikepacking is also second nature to Rob Smolund, who we met biking Garden Road, Monterey in October 2024. Rob has biked from Oakland to San Diego eleven times since…
“If you build it, they will come”: Helping visitors, and residents, use sustainable transportation
Increasing numbers of people are eager to bike. The Bicycling Monterey website, which marks its 16th anniversary in 2025, is used by visitors from Canada, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey (like the couple below), Ukraine, and many other places. See what they say. Travelers from Australia, China, England (like the trio above), France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and other countries, and from all…