#bikemonterey — Public Fediverse posts

#KAZU #MontereyBay #PublicRadio

https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-08-11/e-bike-popularity-pushes-officials-to-figure-out-how-to-keep-everyone-safe “There's never a traffic jam on the recreation trail,” Koesel said. !?! We appreciate his intent, and beg to differ. Our photo posted here is from 2010 — scroll to end of https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/for-serious-cyclers, and that section of trail gets far more congested now. That’s another reason we need far more such bikeways—i.e., Class 1 as well as Class 4 with a physical barrier (protection from cars).

#MontereyCounty #infrastructure #transportation #ebikes #BikeMonterey #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #

New “Thank you, drivers” mini fliers, including downloadable PDF, added to Summer Bike Buzz tonight —
https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2026.html. Use them to help more drivers find bike-friendly aka bike-safe driving tips for California and other U.S. states, including related CA DMV info and #BikeLeague videos.

#cycling #biking #BikeTooter #transportation #TrafficSafety #cars #trucks #bicycles #BikeMonterey

As Aric Sleeper reported in his July 30 - Aug 5 cover story in the Monterey County Weekly,
The Bicycling Monterey URL "has served as an information hub for all things bicycle-related in the county since 2009 and runs entirely on donations and elbow grease.” https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/can-advocates-make-local-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-drivers/article_5b81d56e-a2c0-4a96-beac-62ee7f601013.html

Our gratitude to faithful Pedal Pusher @Weather_Rock_Wx for her Aug 5 donation in support of Bicycling Monterey’s general operating expenses. So appreciated!

How to donate: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#BikeAdvocacy #cycling #biking #grassroots #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey

"'In an ideal world, we would have bike lanes with a physical barrier everywhere. That’s what’s needed. The reason more people don’t bike is primarily the fear of cars, and you can’t blame them.'”

—Bicycling Monterey’s founder, in cover story, "Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?"
by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss
#MontereyCountyWeekly / #MontereyCountyNow

(pgs 18-22) https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/index.html

https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/can-advocates-make-local-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-drivers/article_5b81d56e-a2c0-4a96-beac-62ee7f601013.html

#infrastructure #BikeTooter #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety #transportation #BikeCommute #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Monterey #California #BikeMonterey

Monterey County Weekly / Monterey County Now, July 30 - Aug 5, 2026 issue
https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/index.html.
Cover story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss
“Road Share: Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?" pages 18-22 https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/18/.

Note on pg 22 "More Coverage: CalBike advocates for a universal definition of e-bikes,” with CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey. https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/22/

#MontereyCounty #MontereyBay #California #CalBike #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #TrafficSafety #infrastructure #transportation #cycling #biking #ActiveTransportation #BikeAdvocacy #VisionZero #ebikes #ebike #ElectricBicycles #eMotorcycles #cyclists #pedestrians #PeopleForBikes #MontereyCountyNow

Our gratitude to @JohnMcCarthyEsq for his generous donation today in support of Bicycling Monterey’s advocacy projects. This week our advocacy work has ranged from statewide advocacy efforts as Monterey County’s local #CalBike partner to communications with journalists to teaching bike-friendly driver’s ed, and more. Having John and other donors value this work is not only essential on a practical level, it also boosts our spirits, fueling us in continuing to do all we can as a bicycling advocate. https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

John has also had our back in another way—as a volunteer: He’s researched California law and confirmed that our understanding was accurate about an issue sometimes wrongly reported by media.

John’s professional focus is motorcycle wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases in Northern California: https://www.californiasmotorcyclelawfirm.com/

#MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #cycling #biking #motorcycles

Since 2009 we do all our bike advocacy work on less than a shoestring budget! https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

What’s up with this stash of items in our Youth Center bike tech instructor Frank Henderson’s pannier? Find out in our Summer edition of Bike Buzz, out today: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2026.html

#MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BikeTooter #BikesOfMastadon #BikesOfFediverse #cycling #biking #YoudBeHappierBiking

Bike Buzz: 17th Anniversary / Bike Month 2026 edition. Check it out to see what makes two #Mastodon users — @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx — extraordinary in 2026!
https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-17th-anniversary-edition.html

#MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #cycling #biking #MontereyBay #Monterey #ActiveTransport #BikeMonterey #BikeAdvocacy #MastodonPeopleWhoBike #Mastodon

Looking for something to do on Easter in #Monterey? Here’s a pop-up event:

Easter Sunday bike train / social ride on April 5, 2026. Details: https://bikemonterey.org/pop-up-easter-sunday-bike-train.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BikeCalifornia #MontereyBay #cycling #biking #SocialRide #BikeTrain #EasterSunday #Easter2026 #Easter #BikeToWorship #BikeToChurch #church #30DaysOfBiking #MontereyPeninsula

Bicycling in Pebble Beach is temporarily restricted Saturday and Sunday, August 16-17, 2025 due to Concours d'Elegance. Also, although not restricted Monday through Friday, August 11-15, Pebble Beach Company does not recommend biking inside Pebble Beach on those five dates as well. More about biking Pebble Beach: https://bikemonterey.org/biking-17-mile-drive.html

Watch out for big trucks! Monterey County roads will see many more around August 8-17, hauling cars for “Car Week.” Our Summer Bike Buzz https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html updates include a reminder about Cycling Savvy’s tips on “The 6 Things You Need to Know” to stay clear of a truck’s danger zones. https://cyclingsavvy.org/what-cyclists-need-to-know-about-trucks/

#BikeTooter #trucks #cycling #biking #MontereyCounty #Monterey #PebbleBeach #17MileDrive #TrafficSafety #CarWeek #CyclingSavvy #BikeMonterey #BikeAdvocacy #safety

In our “Resources on Riding Skills, Bike Laws, and Safety” section https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety is a list of resources we have created, as well as resources from others.

Among the latter is #BikeLeague’s new video series — Camiones Grandes y Bicicletas / Big Trucks and Bikes. https://bikeleague.org/new-video-series-big-trucks-and-bikes-educating-truck-drivers-to-save-lives/ It is dedicated to the memory of Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, a U.S. diplomat who had been safely evacuated from Ukraine in summer 2022, then killed weeks later while biking home in Bethesda, Maryland. https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137817706/she-was-a-diplomat-in-ukraine-when-war-came-in-a-u-s-suburb-a-truck-took-her-lif

#Trucks #TruckDrivers #Drivers #BikeFriendlyDriving #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransport #Transport #BikeMonterey

@ascentale @cpm @bikenite #BikeNite A7 - Re: bike parking, perhaps of interest are BIKE PARKING and related resources in bullet list at top of https://bikemonterey.org/resources/bicycle-advocacy-what-you-can-do.

Here in California, among ways we advocate for better bicycle parking is through actions such as this July 17 stand with California Bicycle Coalition and 16 other #CalBike local partners: https://www.calbike.org/calbike-insider-updating-bike-parking-in-green-building-codes/

#BikeAdvocacy #BikeTooter #CaliforniaBicycleCoalition #BikeMonterey

@clhenrick #BikeNite Yes to what Chris said about built environment and "cyclist trying to make things safer for themself, like getting in front of traffic at a red light so they are seen.” We were showing a teen we were coaching this week some local bike boxes at traffic signals, and stressed need for far more. We also went over with the teen (and include in our https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety) How to Not Get Hit by Cars by https://bicyclesafe.com/

@yantor3d @ascentale @MartyCormack @bikenite

#infrastructure #MontereyCounty #TrafficSafety #cycling #BikeMonterey

Bike Buzz: Summer 2025 News from Bicycling Monterey, including items relevant throughout the USA.

https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #cycling #bicycling #biking #BikeAdvocacy #transportation #ActiveTransportation #ClimateAction #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey

Bike riding in Monterey and Pebble Beach

We did a very nice tri-club bike ride on Sunday starting in Monterey (CA) heading south along the coast past Pacific Grove and into the Pebble Beach area along 17 Mile Drive and turning around at the iconic Lone Cypress as seen in the photo.

This part of the CA coast is spectacular with its rocky beaches intermixed with white sand. Along the route you pass two of the famous Pebble Beach golf courses, Spyglass Hill and Spanish Bay. And of course there are the houses. You’re either awed or appalled at their Hurst Castle-like gaudy excessiveness.

#RoadBiking #Bike #PebbleBeach #Monterey #17MileDrive #LoneCypress #Photography #BikeMonterey

#MontereyCounty #VisionZero

¡Tenemos 3 formas diferentes para que usted comparta sus historias, inquietudes e ideas para hacer que su comunidad sea más segura - incluyendo eventos en persona y más! https://www.tamcmonterey.org/monterey-county-vision-zero

LOS PRIMEROS eventos presenciales:

Greenfield:
lunes 12 de mayo de 5:30 a 7pm
Sala del Concejo Municipal de Greenfield, 599 El Camino Real, Greenfield

Soledad:
Martes 13 de mayo de 5:30 a 7pm
Centro Comunitario Soledad, 560 Walker Dr, Soledad

Gonzales:
miércoles 14 de mayo de 5:30 a 7pm
Sala comunitaria en la estación de policía de Gonzales, 109 4th St, Gonzales

TAMC has 3 different ways for you to share your stories, concerns, and ideas to make your community safer—including in-person events and more.

FIRST in-person events:

#Greenfield:
Mon, May 12, 5:30–7pm
Greenfield City Council Chamber

#Soledad:
Tues, May 13, 5:30–7pm
Soledad Community Center

#Gonzales:
Wed, May 14, 5:30–7pm
Community Room at Gonzales Police Station

#MontereyCountyVisionZero #BikeMonterey

When Bike Month ends, our work continues, year-round!

Please support this grassroots volunteer effort: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations.

Maybe you don’t visit or live in Monterey County. Maybe, like the most recent donor, Nathan Pierce of Oakland, you value that the impact of this work “is felt far and wide.” Thank you for pitching in, as @Kleen, @ai6yr, @mtheriaultsf, and others have done.

#ClimateAction #cycling #biking #bicycling #transportation #joy #California #USA #volunteer #BikeMonterey #MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #BikeAdvocates

May 2025 is the 16th Anniversary of Bicycling Monterey, Monterey County’s Local Partner of the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike.

Our favorite #BikeAdvocacy task is direct outreach by bicycle! The 16th anniv gallery https://bikemonterey.org/16th-anniversary-gallery-bicycling-monterey-may-2025.html is a sampling of people we met each of the past 16 years.

Among them: #PeopleWhoBike for #transportation, recreation, who bike to #protest rallies, bike to #FarmersMarkets, bike to #surf, #BikeToSchool and #BikeAndRide for a #DadAndDaughter date, #BikeToWork (and yes, pedaling in a business #suit is no problem for him), #HandCycle bike to exercise the #dog, bike to #travel long distances / #BicycleTouring.

#BicyclingMonterey #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #California #BikeAdvocates #ActiveTransport #BikeMonterey#cycling #cyclists

We are grateful to each of the following for making one or more donations to Bicycling Monterey in 2024. Among them is a donor who made a generous repeat donation Dec 6, and again on Dec 17, Martin Dehmler Fine Cabinetmaking.

Martin supports bike advocacy because of its multiple benefits, even for people who don’t bike: Reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion, improving public health, strengthening community connections, boosting the economy, and increasing JOY!

https://bikemonterey.org/2024-bicycling-monterey-donors-to-date.html

#BikeTooter #Cycling #Bicycling #Biking #Donations #ClimateAction #Traffic #PublicHealth #Community #Economy #Joy #BikeMonterey

Please remember the work of bicycling advocates when making donations.

Since 2009, Bicycling Monterey provides inspiration and resources for people who bike anywhere! Bicycling Monterey also serves as Information Hub for Biking Monterey County and is the county’s local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition.

Donation FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/contribution-faqs

#BikeTooter #GivingTuesday #CalBike #California #CentralCoast #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Monterey #BikeMonterey #cycling #biking #bicycling #ClimateAction #ActiveTransport #transportation #Grassroots #Advocacy

Bicycling is part of the mix in climate hope, as we and other California Bicycle Coalition partners understand.

Want to see 2025 move in a more sustainable direction? Help inspire and empower more people to bike!

On our home page now https://bikemonterey.org/, listen to “We’re All Heroes,” a 2009 public radio message on what led to Bicycling Monterey being launched that year. Then be a hero and help this work continue in 2025: Make a donation. https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#transportation #CarbonEmissions #cycling #biking #bike #ActiveTransport #ClimateHope #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #MontereyCounty #California #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #CalBike

After a sunny weekend, the weather shifted on Veterans Day, November 11. Rain is welcome in Monterey County and most of California. We refreshed our compilation of Tips for People Who Bike in Rainy Weather by adding @BarbChamberlain’s Nov 11 post. Also included are links to tips from Cascade Bicycle Club, Bike Portland, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, @BikeEastBay, and Bike League. https://bikemonterey.org/rainy-weather-tips-for-people-who-bike.html

#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #CascadeBicycleClub #BikePortland #SFBike #BikeEastBay #BikeLeague
#RainyDay #CaliforniaWeather #wx #weather #rain #BikingInTheRain

🎂Happy birthday to Liz, biking 30 miles to celebrate their 30th birthday today! 3️⃣0️⃣🎉🎈Liz and their friend Lizzy had biked from Marina, California to another #Monterey Peninsula city, #Pacific Grove, when we met them while we were walking at Asilomar State Beach. We🎵sang Liz a favorite birthday song traditional in many #Waldorf schools.
#PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #bicyclists #MontereyCounty #California #MontereyBay #BikeMontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #PacificGrove #Marina #Birthdays #BirthdayBikeRide

Being in the fresh, open air while getting about—as you are on a bicycle—is so much more enjoyable than being cooped up in car. That’s not only true for dog-lovers, it’s true for their dogs too! We met Janice and her sweet dog biking Monterey this eve. For more, see "Tips for dog-lovers biking Monterey County, and elsewhere.” https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-dog-lovers-biking-monterey-county-and-elsewhere.html

#DogsOfMastodon #dogs #Monterey #BikeMonterey #BikeTooter #dog #DogLife

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

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

Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/food-for-all and in “Shopping by Bike”: https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/unique-attractions

DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

Reflecting on Monterey Car Week
https://bikemonterey.org/reflecting-on-monterey-car-week.html

#BikeTooter #California #MontereyCounty #transportation #ClimateHope #BikeMonterey #Jaguar #Tern #ClassicCars #bikes #Monterey #CarWeek

Bike Buzz: Summer 2024 News from Bicycling Monterey
https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2024-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html

As we mention in our Summer 2024 newsletter, bike advocates on Mastodon include #BikeNite organizer Phil / @ascentale, who happens to be a staff member of our fellow #CalBike partner, Bike East Bay; and Spokane active transportation professional @BarbChamberlain.

They are among an increasing number of other bike advocates on Mastodon / in the fediverse. Feel free to reply to this post so we can find more of you, e.g., #CaliforniaBikeAdvocates, #USABikeAdvocates, #NorthAmericaBikeAdvocates.

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #cycling #biking #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #Monterey #CarWeek #PebbleBeach #BikeAdvocacy #bicycle #bicycling

Where to report bikeway maintenance needs in Monterey County, e.g., this one on Garden Road in city of Monterey? https://bikemonterey.org/where-to-report-a-bikeway-maintenance-need-in-monterey-county-plus-maintenance-needs-for-california-state-highways.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #infrastructure #RoadMaintenance #ActiveTransportation #Monterey #BikeLanes

As we told these visitors from #Sausalito we met on the City of #Monterey section of the #MontereyBay Sanctuary Scenic Trail network this eve, people who bike are our favorite visitors. And we dig it even more that they are members of our #CalBike partner San Francisco Bike Coalition.

#EcoTravel #EcoTourism #ResponsibleTourism #MontereyCounty #BikeCalifornia #BikeMonterey #CaliforniaBicycleCoalition #SFBike #SanFranciscoBikeCoalition #BikeCoalition #BikeTooter #cycling #biking