Notices by Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏 (bikemonterey@sfba.social)

Latest caller, at 8:10 pm, had questions about bicycle lockers in city of Monterey. We referred her to section 13 of our Tips for Bicycling Monterey County guide, https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/valet-parking-service-for-cyclists. And we updated our related link to City of Monterey website, which led to error message following their site redesign.

We love web designers/developers who manage to preserve links year after year, e.g., Monterey Salinas Transit! Their expertise saves everyone who refers to their site a lot of time.

"Website and public outreach" is one of four options for Bicycling Monterey donors to specify if they value this grassroots volunteer work, now in its 17th year.

https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

https://kion546.com/news/2025/05/13/new-concerns-comes-as-bike-safety-becomes-an-issue-in-salinas/ Reminder to people who bike on sidewalks in the Monterey County seat and its largest city, Salinas. Sidewalk riding is generally allowed in Salinas, except where signs give notice it is prohibited. But it must be done with due caution and reasonable speed, and the person biking must yield to pedestrians and give an audible signal before overtaking and passing. Learn more in our 90-second audio and related post, "BIKING ON SIDEWALKS, plus examples of ordinances from Monterey County, California” https://bikemonterey.org/biking-on-sidewalks-plus-examples-of-ordinances-from-monterey-county-california.html — also available in Spanish, "ANDAR EN BICICLETA EN LAS ACERAS además de ejemplos de ordenanzas del Condado de Monterey, California”: https://bikemonterey.org/andar-en-bicicleta-en-las-aceras-ademas-de-ejemplos-de-ordenanzas-del-condado-de-monterey-california.html.

One of the instructors for Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center bike tech class (founded in 2012 by Bicycling Monterey) https://bikemonterey.org/probation-dept-youth-center-bike-education.html, Luciano, is an employee of Rancho Cielo. His duties there are heavily focused on bicycling. This video shows one example!

NOTE: You may want to do as we do: make use of Duck Duck Go’s Duck Player. The Duck Player “lets you watch videos on YouTube without privacy-invading ads, and keeps what you watch from impacting your recommendations.” Details: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duck-player/

duck://player/wS1P5MGHGsA / https://youtu.be/wS1P5MGHGsA?si=tPL4AN9Ap9DXRDmH

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

We stop for wildflowers.

From this eve’s ride.

#BloomScrolling #Wildflowers #MontereyCounty

Over 70K people attended the 4-day Celebration of Cycling in Monterey County this month, Sea Otter Classic.

Our Bike Buzz, Special Edition shares the viewpoints of some of those people, in four posts — including youth, women, first-time and long-time attendees, people speaking languages other than English, and people visiting from other countries:
https://bikemonterey.org/reports-from-sea-otter-classic-2025.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #cycling #bicycling #biking #BikeAdvocacy #BicycleFestival #BicycleRaces #BikeExpo

Added today to Cycling to Monterey County’s History Spots (https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/for-history-buffs), another article about Vine Cycle Tours - "An e-bike tour of the former Fort Ord brings the military and natural history of the area to life” by Erik Chalhoub, #MontereyCountyNow / #MontereyCountyWeekly https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/an-e-bike-tour-of-the-former-fort-ord-brings-the-military-and-natural-history/article_14187d95-571e-424a-a500-cca5aa4875af.html

We notice @ternbicycles hasn’t posted on Mastodon about this, so we’re sharing this news with the Fediverse: Tern Bicycles has a new model, Tern GSD, "Our Best Cargo eBike for Families.”

If our kids were still young, and budget allowed, we’d love to have one! Check them out: https://www.ternbicycles.com/en/bikes/473/gsd?utm_campaign=gsd-g3&utm_source=mc-reg&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email1&mc_cid=8c4ba2b09a&mc_eid=1473c4e3fb

#Family #Bicycles #MiniVan #CargoBike #TernGSD #TernBicycles #ClimateAction #transportation #ActiveTransportation #ebike

Viewed and recommend: “Food and Country.” https://www.foodandcountryfilm.com/

Ask for it at your local library, e.g., it’s at Monterey Public Library https://www.montereylibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=460084&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20food%20and%20country.

"NorCal Interscholastic Cycling League starts its season at Fort Ord every year….Executive Director Terry Curley says part of the appeal of biking is its #inclusivity—there are no benches, so everyone gets to ride.”

https://www.ksbw.com/article/students-mountain-bike-race-fort-ord-march-3/64020276

A partial local history: https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-county-teens-who-bike-including-mountain-bike-at-the-2017-california-state-high-school-mountain-bike-championships-and-elsewhere.html

#NationalInterscholasticCyclingAssociation #NICA #NorCalLeague #MoreKidsOnBikes #FortOrd #MontereyCounty #FortOrdNationalMonument #MountainBiking #MTB #HighSchoolAthletics #Salinas #Monterey #SalinasHighSchoolCowboysRacing #MontereyBayCompositeLightfighters #RanchoSanJuanHighSchoolMountainBiking #Athletics #TeensBike #YouthBike

"Technologies that help us address climate change still have the potential to cause harm, and taking that seriously is crucial." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/13/1111843/battery-fire-moss-landing-power-plant/

“The EPA tested for one of the pollutants that measures air quality index – particulate size. This is what the Monterey Bay Air Resource District (MBARD) does when it produces an evaluation of air quality. Neither agency tests for heavy metals. Heavy metals testing was done by Dr. Ivano Aiello of the Moss Landing Marine Labs around the Elkhorn Slough and by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control with Monterey County Environmental Health Department.”—Supervisor Glenn Church, District 2, Monterey County Board of Supervisors https://mailchi.mp/co/supervisor-churchs-february-2025-newsletter?e=68a4a27afc

#MontereyCounty #MossLanding #BatteryStorage #energy #MontereyBay #ElkhornSlough #California #ToxicSubstances #EnvironmentalHealth

@rasterweb @ascentale @pete #BikeNite A3 Sadly, many bike events in our county are only announced on Instagram/Meta. We’re making tough decisions on how or whether to continue sharing many local events. We have an IG acct but often don’t log in for weeks/mos & are even less inclined now. Yrs ago we put many hrs into hosting countywide Google calendar (yeah, not thrilled with that giant either) & the major local bike orgs fed their calendars into it. Tried to get, e.g., county’s transport agency to post their own bike mtgs & events either there or on their own site’s calendar, but despite “community outreach” requirements, they didn’t get a round tuit. Our 35 -section directory's index has many recurring events, and we used to keep dates current there. It took much research&maintenance; we now leave it to folks to track em on their own. This is a gap in our work now, but as we’ve put well over 22K all-unpaid hours into bike advocacy, most calendar work had to slide. :( Subscriber news often still incl some.)

@pete I wondered about that—seem this eve I saw a Mastodon post about RSS feeds, saying they can’t be done with Meta or bird site but can with a Mastodon stream. (With these limited searches on Mastodon, can’t seem to find that again, and didn’t bookmark it.) But an RSS might be a sufficient solution.

"Toronto man creates tiny mobile homes to help unhoused people escape the cold.

"Homes are attached to #bicycles; include heat, electricity and safety features.

…

“The units are also designed with Ontario's #ebike regulations in mind so that they can legally travel on the city's bike lanes if they have to be moved.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-tiny-mobile-homes-1.7419805?cmp=rss

#TinyTinyHomes #RyanDonais #TemporaryHousing #homelessness #shelter #homeless

Your end-of-year donation will help inspire and empower more people to bike in 2025!

If your circumstances allow, please make a donation today of $10 or more to Bicycling Monterey—Information Hub for Biking Monterey County, local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition, and a source of inspiration and resources for people who bike anywhere!

Muchas gracias.

https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#BikeTooter #cycling #biking #bicycling #bicycle #bike

We’re grateful to Pacific Grove resident Matthias Kamm and Salinas resident Steve McShane for their donations this week in support of the Bicycling Monterey site and projects. Both are repeat donors who value this grassroots volunteer effort. See all donors, and total contributions 2009-2024: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

Why donate to Bicycling Monterey? See what people say about this work, including comments from bike advocates; transportation professionals and municipal leaders; media professionals; people who live outside #MontereyCounty; and #Monterey County residents. https://bikemonterey.org/comments.html

#BikeTooter #biking #bicycling #cycling #ActiveTransport #ClimateAction #gratitude #donations

Our gratitude to Washington state resident Sandra Laney 💚 for her generous donation today in support of the Bicycling Monterey site and projects. She knows that supporting bike advocacy is one way to reduce carbon emissions and help protect this 🌎 🌍 🌏 planet for her grandies and future generations! To join her in helping to keep this grassroots volunteer effort rolling in 2025, and for FAQs, go to: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#BikeTooter #ClimateHope #ClimateCrisis #BeTheChange #biking #bicycling #cycling #ActiveTransport

On 2/1/24, received an email from #Monterey #PublicLibrary advising us that they found this book a worthy purchase. "When #Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from #CarDependency" by Anna Zivarts.

Thanks to @BarbChamberlain for bringing that book to our attention.

#MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #books #transportation #cars

"When #Driving is Not an Option: Steering Away from #CarDependency" by Anna Letitia Zivarts

Thanks to Monterey Public Library for purchasing this book. It arrived at the library this week, and we biked in to pick it up just before library closing this eve.

Thanks to @BarbChamberlain for bringing the book to our attention.

While we don’t live a car-free life, this is an important book for many reasons! It also brings to mind what one of the teachers for a bike tech program we founded often hears because he bikes for transportation nearly everywhere: "Did you get a DUI?” (he didn’t, he simply prefers biking to driving).

#MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #books #transportation #cars #bikes #bicycles #PublicTransit #bus #transit

@dangillmor For years we've objected when state and local public agencies and their contractors— supposedly seeking public input—create sites that work "best on Chrome." ;P

#CommunityEngagement #PublicInput #Education #TechFails #Google #Chrome #Privacy