Transportation Agency for Monterey County
A Decade in the Life of a Bike Advocate
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/DecadeBikeMRY A 10th year of bike advocacy volunteering has been completed. A local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition, Bicycling Monterey—the website and all projects—have been provided as a public service by an unpaid volunteer for a decade, from May 1, 2009 to May 1, 2019. To recognize this work with a one-time…
Free bike racks and other bike, skateboard, and scooter parking solutions — plus fix-it stations
For the latest info on Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Active Transportation Support Program (previously known as bicycle secure program)—which provides free bike parking racks and lockers, bicycle maintenance stations, and more—go to https://www.tamcmonterey.org/active-transportation-support-program. Related info on pgs 26-27 of Nov 5, 2025 meeting packet: https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/084f89165/BPC+Agenda+Packet+November+Meeting.pdf Tell TAMC where these items are needed. For example… Do…
Nov 7, 2018: TAMC Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting
Public is welcome at meetings of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee. Learn more about these meetings; click here. The November 7, 2018 meeting is at the Sand City Council Chamber. For details, including meeting agenda and packet, see http://www.tamcmonterey.org/board-committees/bicycle-pedestrian-committee/meetings-agendas/ For the consideration of committee members and others, Bicycling Monterey’s…
Castroville Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project
For photos of the completed bridge, click here. * * * Hang on, it’s coming! Top two photos show the construction on May 4, 2018. On Thursday, May 31, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to celebrate the opening of the bridge. The event will be on the east side of the crossing, the side…
“A Right to the Road”: Understanding and addressing the safety of people who bike
As State Farm spokesperson Vicki Harper told Washington Post writer Ashley Halsey III—speaking about a State Farm-funded report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, released 8/24/17—“When we bike, we have as much right to the road as when we drive.” For an intro to the report, see Halsey’s story—http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/bike-riding-isnt-childs-play-anymore-and-cycling-crash-deaths-are-soaring/2017/08/23/abbcb22e-8773-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html. Then check out the 75-page report, “A Right…