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

#BikeCommunity

Monterey County’s #LocalBikeShops https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/need-something-maam and #BicycleRentals https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/bicycle-rentals-guided-tours.

Thanks to #MontereyCountyNow / #MontereyCountyWeekly for their recent stories on the county’s newest local bike businesses, including report today by David Schmalz on AMG Cyclery of Seaside—highlighting AMG's ace mechanics and monthly social rides: https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/at-one-year-in-amg-cyclery-has-become-a-fixture-in-downtown-seaside-and-the/article_73b7a950-91c0-4fc0-be4e-4cedbb341da9.html

ICYMI - Sloan Campi reported Jun 19 on Stacey Mahoney's Cycle House Bikes in Marina https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/face_to_face/for-stacey-mahoney-riding-bikes-was-a-release-now-she-quit-her-job-to-open/article_7e3e47c1-ea7b-4176-92af-4f3e5c772749.html, and May 29 on S.A.G.E. Collective and Harmonie in Marina, which includes e-bike rentals https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/a-new-record-shop-opens-in-marina-doubling-up-as-a-venue-and-more-like/article_be46252a-acb0-4eb0-8e73-b113d919b3f6.html.

Laura Solorio is among residents featured in #MontereyCountyWeekly July 3 cover story. "She was president of Protect Monterey County, the group that successfully got Measure Z passed in 2016. The countywide ban on fracking and the expansion of the oil and gas industry was largely unraveled in court, but she persisted…[which led to California] "AB 3233. The bill, signed into law in 2024, gives local city and county governments the ability to ban, limit or regulate oil and gas projects.”
https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover_collections/born-into-a-family-of-activists-laura-solorio-has-been-engaged-since-she-can-remember/article_23be2f3d-5e39-4105-99c6-d568ecfa8b61.html

https://bikemonterey.org/californias-local-environmental-choice-and-safety-act-ab-3233.html

#ClimateAction #LocalAction #LocalControl #PowerToThePeople #OilAndGas #BigOil

April 10, 2025 cover of #MontereyCountyWeekly: #SeaOtterClassic. https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/life-time-sea-otter-classic-2025/collection_d1e9f332-a491-4fb8-8c76-e901ee6374b0.html https://www.montereycountynow.com/archives/2025/

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #Monterey #Salinas #MontereyCountyNow

#SeaOtterClassic, April 10-13, 2025
"The bikes are arriving in Monterey County—you may have noticed a higher-than-usual number of bikes attached to vehicles on the road lately.” — Erik Chalhoub, #MontereyCountyNow #MontereyCountyWeekly https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/as-the-sea-otter-classic-gets-underway-the-next-generation-of-cyclists-learns-how-to/article_bce5736c-4218-4ca6-96a3-e9a1ff1f8f03.html

ICYMI: Some history of SOC, who it’s for, and how to get free admission: https://bikemonterey.org/april-10-13-sea-otter-classic-2025.html

#MontereyCounty #bicycling #cycling #biking