Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏<p>We've asked <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MontereyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCounty</span></a> Health Department & Transportation Agency for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Monterey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monterey</span></a> County to team up on getting word out to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> providers in the county that TAMC has free bike racks, lockers & repair stations. Often we've biked to a PT appt, etc. only to find nowhere to lock our bike.</p><p>Hartnell Professional Center, Monterey (which houses <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> Hospital of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MontereyPeninsula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyPeninsula</span></a> / <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CHOMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHOMP</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PhysicalTherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicalTherapy</span></a> & other medical offices) DOES have a bike rack. They also have picnic tables, benches, shade trees. :) </p><p>Sadly, many benches have been removed from City of Monterey public spots (e.g., USPS Post Office & Alvarado Street). We mention that—and, in contrast, City of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Seaside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seaside</span></a>'s revitalized West Broadway, which is loaded with benches, and bike racks—in "Rest Stops: People who bike, walk, or otherwise get about sometimes just need to 'sit a spell.'" <a href="https://bikemonterey.org/rest-stops-people-who-bike-walk-or-otherwise-get-about-sometimes-just-need-to-sit-a-spell.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikemonterey.org/rest-stops-pe</span><span class="invisible">ople-who-bike-walk-or-otherwise-get-about-sometimes-just-need-to-sit-a-spell.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RestStops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestStops</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rest</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ActiveTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveTransportation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FediBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediBike</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeMonterey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeMonterey</span></a></p>