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

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

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

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! 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. Wesang Liz a favorite birthday song traditional in many #Waldorf schools.
#PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #bicyclists #MontereyCounty #California #MontereyBay #BikeMontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #PacificGrove #Marina #Birthdays #BirthdayBikeRide

"To be a #BicycleAdvocate is to know disappointment….The car-centered mindset that built much of our state is difficult to change, and progress is sometimes painfully slow. But if we keep coming back, eventually, we win.”—Kendra Ramsey, ED, #CaliforniaBicycleCoalition / #CalBike

https://www.calbike.org/celebrating-30-years-of-better-biking/

Californians, find your local CalBike partners: https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/

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

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

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.

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

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.

Note date change for Smart Cycling class!
REGISTER BY JULY 12TH for July 13 Smart Cycling class in #Monterey Peninsula city of #Marina.
Ages 14-17 welcome, as well as adults.
Excellent instructor: Frank Henderson, a #BikeLeague certified instructor.
Details: https://bikemonterey.org/smart-cycling-class-july-13-in-marina.html

Also scheduled is Aug 2-4 Bike League Cycling Instructor seminar in Salinas, for ages 18+. https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

#BikeTooter
#MontereyCounty #BikeEd #SmartCycling #BikersEducation #BicyclingEducation #BikeCommuter #VehicularCycling #BicycleDriving #BikeSafety #ActiveTransportation #YouthBike #BikeSkills #BikeCommuting #BikeCalifornia #BikeMonterey #MontereyBay

Are you a Monterey County resident who is experienced and knowledgeable in biking—and have the desire to make cycling safer and more accessible for others? ICYMI, this is a rare op for a League of American Bicyclists / #BikeLeague instructor training in our own county, Aug 2-4. Reg deadline, July 12. Scholarship ap deadline, July 8. Details: https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

Interested in this League of American Bicyclists’s League Cycling Instructor (LCI) Aug 2-4 seminar in Salinas, the Monterey County seat? Register asap! Space is limited. Also note the prerequisite, so you can get on fulfilling that right away. https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

Many thanks to Bicycling Monterey repeat donor Jack Holmgren. On June 3 Jack—joined by his wife, Laura Ramirez—boosted this work again: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

Back when we were both on the bird site, Jack noticed @bikemonterey. As a member of @BikeEastBay, Jack appreciated how both Bike East Bay and Bicycling Monterey are local partners of the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike. https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/

Previously a San Francisco Bay Area resident, Jack later relocated to Pacific Grove in Monterey County. We dig it that wherever Jack is, his actions include supporting bike advocacy!

Here’s a new Bicycling Monterey printable poster to share on community bulletin boards, in your store window, etc.: https://bikemonterey.org/wp-content/uploads/Printable-poster-BikeMontereyDOTorg-OPT-1-v3.pdf

For other printable posters, including California bike law summaries in Spanish and English, go to https://bikemonterey.org/her-helmet-thursdays/goals-and-overview/her-helmet-resources

Not seeing any activity on Mastodon (this instance anyway) about #CaliRoots #CaliforniaRootsFestival happening May 24-26 in #Monterey. But we’re here to encourage Cali Roots goers to bike, skate, scoot, or walk there. Free bike/skate valet service (aka #ActiveTransport valet service) is again available. https://bikemonterey.org/bike-valet-at-california-roots-festival.html

We also appreciate Cali Roots other sustainability efforts—and #MontereyCountyNow (formerly #MontereyCountyWeekly ) providing an update on those efforts. https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover_collections/cali-roots-went-green-more-than-a-decade-ago-and-the-results-speak-for-themselves/article_e61e5b2a-1885-11ef-aa3f-43780a9f452b.html We especially appreciate that as we recall the plastic and other trash that littered the grounds when we last attended, in 2012. (Hiss boo to folks who don’t pack it out—or at least take it to an on-site bin.)

Just a tiny sample of 2024 performers: #ZiggyMarley #Elovaters #JBoog #IceCube #SoulsOfMischief #E40 #XavierRudd - https://www.californiarootsfestival.com/

Comments about this grassroots volunteer effort—

From bike advocates in Monterey County and around the USA: https://bikemonterey.org/about/about-this-blog/comments-about-bicycling-monterey-and-why-contribute#Bike-Advocates
From Monterey County residents: https://bikemonterey.org/about/about-this-blog/comments-about-bicycling-monterey-and-why-contribute#MoCo-Residents
From visitors to Monterey County, and other people who reside outside the county: https://bikemonterey.org/about/about-this-blog/comments-about-bicycling-monterey-and-why-contribute#Visitors-Others
From Monterey Bay transportation professionals and municipal leaders: https://bikemonterey.org/about/about-this-blog/comments-about-bicycling-monterey-and-why-contribute#Transport-Pros
From Monterey County media professionals: https://bikemonterey.org/about/about-this-blog/comments-about-bicycling-monterey-and-why-contribute#MoCo-Media

We update “Bike Buzz: Spring 2024 News from Bicycling Monterey,” with, e.g., additional Monterey County events for spring (through June 19). Today that included a note about a June 6 meeting related to the City of Monterey section of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail network aka Monterey Bay Coastal Trail. https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-spring-2024-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html.