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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

Congratulations to the state of New Mexico on passing SB 73, “Require Bicycle Stops for Safety” (aka stop as yield aka Idaho stop). fox26medford.com/news/state/ne We look forward to California adopting such legislation; see status of progress in CA: bikemonterey.org/bicycle-safet

#BicycleSafetyStop#IdahoStop#StopAsYield
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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

Among the most satisfying of the numerous Bicycling Monterey projects bikemonterey.org/about/financi is providing an alternative to fines for people who receive citations while biking bikemonterey.org/bike-equity-p.

As we pointed out at the last #CalBike Policy Advisory Council meeting, although California legislation allows for a $25 fine for helmet citation (for minors), court costs mean that $25 becomes $193 in our county courts.

Tonight’s letter writing (below) provides one example of saving a local family money—in this case, $386, as the minor had received two citations. We do our best to tailor each minor’s community service to their individual learning style and family circumstances.

If you value the Bicycling Monterey site and projects, please consider making a donation to help support this work. bikemonterey.org/about/financi

A letter from Bicycling Monterey is too long to include all in this window; excerpts below. Names are redacted. This is to advise the court that the stepmother and father of a minor, contacted Bicycling Monterey, asking that be allowed to do four hours of community service, which he has completed…. They all met with me in person on March 15th. The purpose of our meeting was for to receive real-world/hands-on instruction to help him become a stronger role model for his peers and others on the bikeways, a practical way to serve his community. First we all visited together about some bicycling topics, including the importance of being visible (e.g., using bike lights and reflectors) and being predictable (e.g., using hand signals). Then and I spent three hours biking. Our route included biking from the Monterey Fairgrounds up to Fort Ord Dunes State Park parking lot and back. This included sharing streets with cars, e.g., biking Fairground Rd and Casa Verde in Monterey, including crossing busy Fremont Ave and Del Monte Ave; and biking Tioga Ave and Metz Rd in Sand City, as well as sharing the Monterey Bay coastal trail with others using active transportation, i.e., biking or walking. (We did not come upon skaters/scooters.) We experienced and had some initial discussion about the challenges of streets where there is a bike lane that ends, or where there is no bike lane at all, as well as the hazards of crosswalks and other intersection issues.
A police officer on a bicycle is parked on the side of the street at a stop sign. He is watching for offenders of the 4-way stop at this intersection in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
#BikeTooter#TrafficSafety#YouthBike
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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

Climate Action: California advocates urge state action in response to new federal administration

Jeanie Ward-Waller, interim director of ClimatePlan; Kendra Ramsey, executive director of California Bicycle Coalition; and representatives of 66 other California environmental, health, and housing advocacy groups, including active transportation advocates (full list in post) know that local and state governments still have control over many policy areas impacting #ClimateChange. They’re urging #California #Transportation Commission (CTC), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California #Air Resources Board (CARB), and California Department of #Housing & Community Development (HCD) to act in response to POTUS 47.

See their letter, and related info: bikemonterey.org/climate-actio

bikemonterey.orgClimate Action: California coalition urges state action in response to new federal administration | Bicycling Monterey | Resources for Anywhere & Monterey County Biking Information Hub
#Caltrans#CalBike#ClimateCrisis
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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

Note the #KION headline mistakenly refers to the device as an “ebike" ("Police seize juvenile’s Talaria electric bike after brief chase”), reinforcing mistaken perceptions about ebikes. If people read past the headline, they’ll see in the short story itself a reference to "illegal electric motorcycles.”

"According to police, electric motorcycles like Sur Ron's and Talaria's are not street legal or safe and can have motors that exceed 6,000 watts, which is more than the legal 750 watts.

"'This Talaria was modified to reach speeds more double the stock limit,' said police.” kion546.com/news/santa-cruz-co

ICYMI, see related stmt from #California #Bicycle Coalition and other #ActiveTransport advocates, "California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders by Curbing Illegal Electric Motorcycles": bikemonterey.org/california-bi.

KION546 · Police seize juvenile's Talaria electric bike after brief chaseThe Capitola Police said that after the rider of a Talaria did not yield to an enforcement stop on Clares Street New Year's Eve, a small pursuit started but was then stopped due to traffic conditions in the area.
#MontereyBay#Capitola#SantaCruzCounty
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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

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: bikemonterey.org/about/financi

bikemonterey.orgDonation FAQs | Bicycling Monterey | Resources for Anywhere & Monterey County Biking Information Hub
#BikeTooter#GivingTuesday#CalBike
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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

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 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. bikemonterey.org/about/financi

A woman holds her hands in a sign of LOVE. Her companion holds a sign reading BE A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS>
#transportation#CarbonEmissions#cycling
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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏

Released today, "New #CalBike Report Details the Unfulfilled Promise of #CompleteStreets in #Caltrans Projects." calbike.org/new-calbike-report

CalBike · New CalBike Report Details the Unfulfilled Promise of Complete Streets in Caltrans Projects - CalBikeFor Immediate Release: 9/30/24 Contact: Jared Sanchez, 714-262-0921, jared@calbike.org SACRAMENTO — Today, CalBike is releasing a new report: Incomplete Streets: Aligning Policy with Practice at Caltrans. The report details where Caltrans has succeeded in adding elements for people biking, walking, and taking transit when it repairs state roadways that serve as local streets. But the findings […]
#California#CaliforniaBicycleCoalition#CaliforniaDepartmentOfTransportation
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