Why are Bicycling Monterey and many other #California #bike / #ActiveTransportation advocates (https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/) members of the California Bicycle Coalition aka #CalBike?

See ED Kendra Ramsey’s msg below.

To help make our streets better, join, renew, or donate to CalBike: https://www.calbike.org/join/

#ActOnClimate #transportation #mobility #PublicSafety #PublicHealth #CommunityBuilding #roads #children #elders #mobility #pollution #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #ClimateJustice #streets #OurStreets

#Guelph could absolutely be an amazing place to walk/bike/bus around (even in winter). We just need to choose to do it!
@activeguelph.bsky.social @taaguelph.bsky.social

#urbanism #transit #activetransportation #winter

“The federal government is hunting for a justification to eliminate key bike lanes in the nation's capital, sources say — and if the feds are able to push that controversial agenda through, some fear it could set a disturbing new precedent for federal interference into active transportation projects across the nation.” 🤬

#Transportation #BikeLanes #ActiveTransportation #FederalGovernment #DCStatehood #CityPlanning #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDesign #TransportationPlanning

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/26/the-talk-of-d-c-rumors-flying-that-trump-wants-to-undo-bike-lanes-in-capital

Have you ever used an electric scooter 🛴 to commute or for errands? Would you ever consider it? If you have, what was your experience like?

#ScooterTooter #activetransportation #transportation

If more Red Counties and States stayed honestly focused on economics, housing, healthcare, and quality of life mobility and access projects like this we could all breathe easier.

Greenville County, South Carolina’s “Freeway for Bikes”, primarily the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail, a popular 28-mile greenway connecting Travelers Rest to Greenville along a former railroad corridor, but the county also develops local bike routes, like the one connecting White Horse Road to downtown for commuters, fostering a strong cycling culture with trails, bike lanes, and support from organizations like Bike Walk Greenville.
#US #SC #Bike #SustainableMobility, #ActiveTransportation, #TrailBuilding, #CyclingInfrastructure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGYs8kHxw4&t=629s

Sometimes it takes a seizure to learn how your city functions for people outside of cars.

“I thought losing my licence would make me more dependent on others. Instead, it taught me about interdependence. I can drive again now, or opt to walk or bike. But what if I couldn’t? Who would help me up the hill? And, who can I help?”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-losing-licence-9.7037254

#CarDependency #Whitehorse #ActiveTransportation

Kick rocks!

That’s what we started to do, attempting to use our feet to clear the west shoulder of Olmsted Rd near Hwy 68 / CA SR 68. Then we noticed the east shoulder and travel lanes were likewise strewn with many rocks! Don’t know what mishap left that mess, but we’re reporting to road cleanup crews : https://bikemonterey.org/where-to-report-a-bikeway-maintenance-need-in-monterey-county-plus-maintenance-needs-for-california-state-highways.html.

#RoadMaintenance #MontereyCounty #Rockslide #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation

See updates to Bike Buzz for more on road maintenance, i.e., https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-winter-2025-2026-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html#WhereToRpt.

What to do when you come upon a rockslide (or other debris) that interferes with biking the shoulder of a road (and you normally bike the shoulder of that road, because motor vehicles travel at high speeds in the main travel lanes)?

In California, if it’s a state highway, report it to California Department of Transportation / #Caltrans: https://csr.dot.ca.gov/.

If not a state highway (not a maintenance responsibility of Caltrans), see where to report in Monterey County, : https://bikemonterey.org/where-to-report-a-bikeway-maintenance-need-in-monterey-county-plus-maintenance-needs-for-california-state-highways.html.

#RoadMaintenance #MontereyCounty #Rockslide #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation

Where to report maintenance needs on #California state #highways, small tree blocking the shoulder of CA SR 68 on 4 January 2026: https://csr.dot.ca.gov/. Related info: https://bikemonterey.org/where-to-report-a-bikeway-maintenance-need-in-monterey-county-plus-maintenance-needs-for-california-state-highways.html

#ActiveTransportation #transportation #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty

We’re grateful to Elias Rodriguez for his generous donation today, designated for Advocacy Projects. We had the pleasure of meeting Elias, on his bicycle, in June at a community gathering at Window on the Bay Park. It was a welcome surprise today to receive his donation, which boosted 2025’s year-to-date total to nearly $11/day, before expenses. https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

ICYMI, the work of the Bicycling Monterey site and projects are a grassroots volunteer effort since 2009. Every donation, in any amount, is needed and greatly appreciated!
FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/contribution-faqs

#YearEnd #YearEnd2025 #Donations #MakeADifference #ActiveTransportation #cycling #biking #BikeTooter

And on that topic, let's show Guelph City Council that we want our bike lanes plowed!

Protest Ride: Monday Dec 15th
Heart in front of Quebec St. Mall
Meet 5:40 pm / Ride 6 pm
@activeguelph.bsky.social
#Guelph #activetransportation #transit

There was enough to say about #yeg's $100M #ActiveTransportation network expansion that I needed a second video. I cover what hadn't been quite finished by mid-Nov and what was postponed.
https://youtu.be/32qmyMcHgsY
#BikeTooter #urbanism #UrbanPlanning

“States can require bicycle and electric bicycle safety training in schools,” e.g., #Minnesota https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/123B.935, as referred to by Matt Moore, general and policy counsel at #PeopleForBikes. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/part-iii-policy-solutions-to-the-e-moto-problem

Education is one of the key components of #California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike partners’ Dec 2024 Statement on E-Bike Safety: https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#YouthEducation #children #teens #transportation #ActiveTransportation #ClimateAction #schools #MoreKidsOnBikes #SafeRoutesToSchool #cycling #biking #ebikes #bicycles #bike #walk #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #TrafficSafety #RoadSafety

Jennifer Lynn Chatman of Salinas died Nov 3, 2025 after her bicycle was struck by the trailer of a semi truck at the intersection of South Sanborn Road and Work Street, Salinas.

As we told Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow / #MontereyCountyWeekly editor, infrastructure such as protected bike lanes with a physical barrier are what’s most needed to keep people who bike safer. In general, paint on pavement provides little to no real benefit in preventing fatalities.

Nevertheless, one “paint on pavement” practice we would like to see far more of — and which possibly could have saved Jennifer’s life — is bike boxes at intersections.

https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/a-string-of-vehicle-collisions-in-salinas-ends-with-a-tragic-fatality-of-a-cyclist/article_074be0fe-e7dc-4924-920d-7a247d655514.html

Report by Josh Copitch of KSBW: https://www.ksbw.com/article/person-struck-by-semi-truck-in-salinas/69244696

#BikeTooter #TrafficViolence #TrafficCollision #trucks #bicycles #MontereyCounty #PublicSafety #ActiveTransportation #cycling #biking

And we closed out our first ever #Hallowheelin' event with some Indigenous knowledge and original music (and thoughts!) from our good friend #CurtYoung. Check him out wherever you get your music! #yyc #yycbike #Hallowheelin #BikeLanes #ActiveTransportation https://music.apple.com/ca/album/reach-higher-ep/1849212473

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And we closed out our first ever #Hallowheelin event with some Indigenous knowledge and original music (and thoughts!) from our good friend #CurtYoung. Check him out wherever you get your music! music.apple.com/ca/album/fro... #yyc #yycbike #Hallowheelin #BikeLanes #ActiveTransportation

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The City of Kitchener is starting Connected Kitchener, a study to create a new Transportation and Mobility Plan, towards a transportation system that is more reliable, fair, environmentally friendly, and efficient over the next 25 years.

"Connected Kitchener will support the City’s goals, such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions, making it easier and safer to walk and bike, improving transit, and creating better public spaces. The plan also supports and aligns with Kitchener 2051 by planning a mobility system that enables the land use goals of the Official Plan for the next 25 years.”

Check out the details and, more importantly, provide your feedback!

#Kitchener #WaterlooRegion #PublicTransport #ActiveTransportation

https://www.engagewr.ca/connectedkitchener

Over the last few days a number of people have brought up the parking challenges currently experienced in in my community (Squamish, BC 🇨🇦 ). Back in February of 2024 I wrote a blog and created a video about this. If you haven’t seen these yet, I encourage you to have a look. https://www.johnfrench.ca/post/baby-you-can-drive-your-car #sqpoli #carculture #activetransportation #localgovernment

Rt 2 Corridor (Congress and Ferry)

https://sam.upstate.blog/public-correspondence/2025/rt-2-corridor-congress-and-ferry/