Reviewing some of the 228-pg technical memo summarizing crash data collected as part of Monterey County Regional Vision Zero Plan (RVZP) development process.

"The report analyzes crash data from Jan 1, 2019, to Dec 31, 2023, in #MontereyCounty, based on TIMS [Transportation Injury Mapping System] analytics data as of Feb 26, 2025.
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"During this period, 8,145 crashes were recorded…[including] 203 fatal crashes and 843 severe injury crashes….Primary causes were unsafe speed (28%), improper turning (17%), and automobile right-of-way violations (16%).
"Pedestrian-involved crashes totaled 577, resulting in 159 severe injuries or fatalities, while 381 bicyclist-involved crashes resulted in 57 severe injuries or fatalities.
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"Key behavioral factors included aggressive driving (35.1%) and impaired driving (13%).”
https://bikemonterey.org/vision-zero-for-monterey-county-crash-data-2019-2023.html
#VisionZero #MontereyCounty #TrafficSafety #speed #AggressiveDriving #Pedestrians #Cyclists #transportation #traffic

#FortOrd #MontereyCounty

"The Army’s Direct Notification Program is a free service to the community to provide notification for our prescribed burns. You must register for this service every year you wish to be notified….The burn season starts July 1st and ends December 31st (unless extended by permission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).”
#PrescribedBurns #AirPollution

https://fortordcleanup.com/prescribed-burns/notification/

Read full report by Sean Roney in King City Rustler: https://kingcityrustler.com/cyclists-conquer-salinas-valley-for-a-cause/ (excerpts below).

"This year marks 20th year for the Fuller Center for Housing and 17th year for the Center’s Bicycle Adventure ride, but first time the trip came through #Salinas Valley, as #BigSur highway closures meant an inland detour was necessary….St. Mark’s Episcopal Church provided overnight shelter for the group so they could get rest and eat in #KingCity."
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“'These farmlands are fascinating, and I will never look at a jar of strawberry preserves [the same] again,” said Andy Simpson, who... had never before seen #agriculture on the scale of #MontereyCounty fields. 'The wonderful workers doing this are amazing.’
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"“When you ride a bike across country and stay in #churches, you live a very simple existence,’ Asmuth said. “You realize how little in life you need to be truly content.’"

#FarmWorkers #FieldWorkers #WeFeedYou #SalinasValley
#ecumenical #Christian #FaithInAction
#BikeYourTalk #WalkYourTalk
#KingCityRustler

The Summer 2025 edition of Bike Buzz, which includes items relevant throughout the USA, is brief. While there may be occasional updates, the best way to catch more news this summer is to follow @bikemonterey on Mastodon.

Special thanks to the following extraordinary people. And BTW, at least 23% of them are on Mastodon—including @Kleen, @ai6yr, @mtheriaultsf https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html#1st2025Donors

Hmm, do they just have the Moss Landing battery facility perpetually now in evacuation advisory?

#MontereyCounty #MossLanding

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e61041e94a4d4b9a99178ff36a244bed/page/Viewer

SAVE THE DATE:
Sunday, October 5, 2025
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Ciclovía Salinas

History of Monterey County’s Open Streets locations: https://bikemonterey.org/resources/ciclovia-salinas-resources

Ophelia "Ophie” Chavez
10 July 1943 - 8 June 2025

Ophie was known and loved by the bike community as part owner of Winning Wheels Bicycle Shop in Pacific Grove 1986-2024. Some were unaware of her many other talents, e.g., “her patience and kindness with the children earned her the Anne Sullivan Award – a county-wide peer nominated award for educators who exemplify compassion and guidance with children with disabilities.” Learn more about Ophie: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pacific-grove-ca/ophelia-chavez-12411170

Memorial mass Wednesday, June 25, 10 a.m. at St. Angela Merici Church, Pacific Grove https://stangelamericipacificgrove.org/find-us, followed by burial at El Carmelo Cemetery on Asilomar Ave https://www.cityofpacificgrove.gov/our_city/departments/cemetery/index.php. Immediately after a celebration of Ophie’s life will follow at American Legion Hall Post 41 at 1110 Veterans Drive, Monterey.

From David Schmalz of #MontereyCountyNow, in his update about #MontereyCounty’s #FortOrdRegionalTrailAndGreenway / #FORTAG: “Watson articulated something I’ve observed, but never put to words. 'People’s capacity to be active and involved in the community comes in cycles.’” https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/as-construction-continues-on-one-fortag-section-the-public-gets-a-look-at-the-next/article_8e8f285d-37a5-4e98-80fa-280bd5b9523c.html
Relatively few people (unless they receive financial compensation) persevere. Bicycling Monterey, a grassroots volunteer effort now in its 17th year, has recognized that unfortunate reality from early on, as we’ve pointed out, e.g.,
https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/111787094917211163
https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/114164926916995057 https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/111104800645601905

Power is out in Marina (in Monterey County). Great.

#poweroutage #marina #monterey #montereycounty #montereybay #pge #pg&e

This is how bike community works!

Something that made our heart sing today: Receiving a photo of a Salinas Valley dad who’d had no bicycle, now riding our old Giant hybrid, which we were no longer using.

And likewise, other of his family members who’d had no bikes are now enjoying the used bicycles donated by a Carmel resident who contacted Bicycling Monterey because their family had bikes they were no longer using. (They found our post https://bikemonterey.org/where-to-donate-bicycles-in-monterey-county.html, and we were happy to connect them with an appropriate recipient.)

Ready-to-hang 16x20 canvas prints of Stewarts Cove are half price until June 25.

Get yours here https://james-toy.pixels.com/weeklypromotion.html?promotionid=287773

Prepping items to take to Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center biker’s ed class tomorrow—including bike maps.

The maps are available online as well as print copies: https://bikemonterey.org/bicycle-map-for-monterey-county.html

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

See some of the people who biked to Window on the Bay Park, Monterey on June 14, 2025, to exercise their legal right to assemble—one of the rights established by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. https://bikemonterey.org/people-who-biked-to-window-on-the-bay-monterey-on-flag-day-2025.html

Good news! Ready-o-hang 16x0 canvas prints of this calming scene are half price until June 19.

Order here https://james-toy.pixels.com/weeklypromotion.html?promotionid=287720

"Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau https://montereycfb.com/immigration-resources/

Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: https://panetta.house.gov/services/immigration-resources

"FORTAG work through Del Rey Oaks includes Frog Pond Wetland Preserve,” report by James Herrera, staff writer, #MontereyHerald

#MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Transportation #Infrastructure #ActiveTransportation #FortOrdRegionalTrailAndGreenway #FORTAG #DelReyOaks

https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/06/09/fortag-work-through-del-rey-oaks-includes-frog-pond-wetland-preserve/

June 18, 2025 Community Meeting / Open House about the Fort Ord Regional Trail & Greenway (FORTAG) California Avenue Segment. Drop in anytime from 4 pm to 6 pm at Marina Equestrian Center, 2830 5th Ave, Marina, California. Registration requested, as dinner and light refreshments will be provided. There will be an activity station for kids, as well as horses and goats on site. https://bikemonterey.org/fort-ord-regional-trail-greenway-fortag-california-avenue-segment.html