Transportation Agency for Monterey County

  • Fort Ord Regional Trail & Greenway (FORTAG) update

    People often ask for updates about the Fort Ord Regional Trail & Greenway (FORTAG). A report about the FORTAG projects in progress is on the agenda for the May 1, 2024 Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting. TAMC Director of Programming and Project Delivery Mike Zeller will be…

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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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  • Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway (FORTAG) Project: About the Del Rey Oaks segment

    May 1, 2024 update on FORTAG projects in process: /fort-ord-regional-trail-greenway-fortag-update.html David Schmalz, April 6, 2023, “An agreement between Del Rey Oaks and TAMC, which looked settled, is now in limbo.” https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/an-agreement-between-del-rey-oaks-and-tamc-which-looked-settled-is-now-in-limbo/article_8a513e6a-d4ee-11ed-a41e-0fa33ec306a5.html Staff, December 29, 2022, “We revisit the moments in Monterey County that grabbed our attention this year.” (Refer to June 7.) https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/we-revisit-the-moments-in-monterey-county-that-grabbed-our-attention-this-year/article_7e8aead6-86ec-11ed-b157-b360d1e892b0.html David Schmalz,…

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  • Bike Buzz: Spring 2022 news from Bicycling Monterey

    Happy spring! Directly below are snippets of news, followed by photos of some Monterey County winter scenes (21 Dec 2021 – 19 Mar 2022). At the end of this post, see recent samplings from our Twitter stream. Special dates Report a pothole, uneven pavement, vegetation or other debris in a bike lane, or similar conditions…

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  • Bike advocacy: How to get notifications about Monterey County municipal meetings affecting people who bike

    Just want the list of links to local cities, so you can get on their notifications lists? They are in the the green and yellow boxes at the end of this post—or just click here. As we say elsewhere on this site (e.g., in “Speak up for bicycling: Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s bike-ped committee,”…

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