Transportation Agency for Monterey County
Bike Month USA resources for Monterey County; Monterey Bay Tri-County Region; state of California; and nationwide
In the 1996 photo below, the daughter of Bicycling Monterey’s founder is holding a T-shirt from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s 2nd annual celebration of bicycling, May 16, 1996. Beginning in 1995, TAMC observed Bike Day. Later it became Bike Week, and since 2014, Bike Month. For Bike Month 2023, Bicycling Monterey invited the public’s responses to a Questionnaire for…
Language Resources and Celebrations, plus Guess-Their-Country Game
Para obtener información en español, desplácese hacia abajo hasta la sección C. In this post, it’s as easy as A-B-C to learn a little more about the variety of languages and cultures found in Monterey County. (A) Just for fun: play the “GUESS-THEIR-COUNTRY GAME”—or simply enjoy viewing its 20-photo gallery of people from many nations who…
Safe Routes to School — Monterey County
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/SafeRoutesMoCo A new Safe Routes to School website for Monterey County was launched in February 2021 by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County: https://saferoutesmonterey.org Rutas Seguras a la Escuela / Safe Routes to School — New site for Monterey County: /new-site-for-safe-routes-to-school-monterey-county.html For some Bicycling Monterey posts since 2009 related to Safe…
Moss Landing, North Monterey County: Infrastructure update
12/11/22 update: “Moss Landing segment of scenic trail on hold ‘indefinitely,’” by Anna Marie Yanny for the Monterey Herald, Dec 11, 2022. https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/12/11/moss-landing-segment-of-scenic-trail-on-hold-indefinitely/ 12/1/22 update: /monterey-bay-sanctuary-scenic-trail-moss-landing-segment.html 10/19/17 update: “Moss Landing bridge, pathway project gets $7.5 million from state, key link in Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail,” by Jim Johnson in the 10/19/17 Monterey County Herald.…
Roundabouts on Holman Highway 68 and elsewhere — including how to navigate them
The video below, showing people with bikes traveling through a roundabout, may at first appear to you—as it did to me, before enlarging it—to be an example of “do as I say, not as I do.” Watch it once without enlarging, then read my remarks below the video. The video, created by the Minnesota Department…