Monterey County Transportation Articles

As California and the nation narrowly averted the first railroad strike in 30 years, here's a look at how damaging rail strikes have happened before, from the 19th century to today.

GREENFIELD — Residents of Greenfield will have an opportunity to experience a street makeover designed to be safer and more comfortable for all users. To improve safety and encourage walking and bicycling, the City of Greenfield — in partnership with …

It's been a wild weather roller coaster in California the past two weeks, with a heat wave breaking for rain.

The Vision Zero program sets a goal for California cities to eliminate traffic fatalities, but almost a decade into the effort, the goal remains distant, and horrific tragedies on the road continue to stack up.

For half a century, this group has reduced waste, reimagined local transportation and redesigned buildings. It’s all part of Ecology Action’s quest for sustainability.

MONTEREY COUNTY — Students of Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College and California State University Monterey Bay are now eligible to ride Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) for free. All 20,623 college students can ride MST systemwide for free this fall through the …

MONTEREY COUNTY — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) is seeking public input on the agency’s draft “Measure X Senior and Disabled Transportation Needs Assessment and Program Guidelines.” The needs assessment is being conducted through Aug. 31 to review the …

Putting more electric trucks and buses on California roads will improve air quality and grow local jobs. But for many fleets, the transition to electric will require innovative policy and finance solutions to get the job done on pace with …

Seaside resident Edith Hernandez, who lives on Hilby Avenue between Noche Buena Street and Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard, became so alarmed by speeding and collisions that this spring, she began walking door to door to gather enough signatures so that…

Monterey-Salinas Transit is holding three public hearings over the next few weeks to receive public comments on a proposed new fare structure.

Three California transportation leaders explain why Measure D will ultimately kill much-needed rail service and slow progress on the Santa Cruz Rail Trail.

SOLEDAD — Repair and construction work to replace a culvert underneath River Road damaged during the 2021 winter storms in the Soledad area will begin June 1.  Construction and message signs will be placed along River Road leading up to …

While it may feel like life has returned to normal, local public transit ridership remains well below pre-pandemic levels, and is only slowly gaining ground.

Highway 156, an east-west corridor between highways 1 and 101 from Prunedale to Castroville, was built in 1941 and hasn’t changed much since. That’s despite an increase in tourist traffic that frequently leads to bumper-to-bumper snarls, especially on summer weekends.

GREENFIELD — Safer routes to schools are coming to Greenfield, and community members are invited to participate in a Safe Routes to School Community Workshop and Festival this Saturday. The May 14 event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will …

Recent discussions in social media revealed a lack of maps of safe local bike routes. So we connected with local bike experts to start a crowdsourced project to create some.

KING CITY — A Caltrans pavement rehabilitation construction project along Highway 101 near King City will require a four-week closure of the northbound First Street onramp and the northbound Canal Street offramp. The ramp closures will be in place from …

KING CITY — King City’s Accelerated Access Rail Platform and Multi-Modal Transit Center has received a significant first step in funding after the California Transportation Commission approved to reserve $7.5 million from the Interregional Improvement Program for the project on …

Imagine you’re flying into Monterey Regional Airport and the runway is fogged in, and instead of your plane being diverted to Fresno, Bakersfield or San Jose, it could instead land in Salinas.

The effort to bring high speed rail to California has been an epic tale of ambition and failure—a story of endless delays and bloated cost overruns. Where does it stand now, and will the state ever see its own bullet …