There are billions of dollars at stake this summer as the legislature decides how to spend cap-and-trade auction revenues. The California Bike Coalition has endorsed the Sustainable Communities for All proposal that would put these funds to use fighting the number one source of climate pollution – transportation – while helping communities throughout California achieve [...]
Our bill to legalize cycle tracks in California is headed to its first hearing Wednesday April 24. AB 1193 builds on last year’s AB 819 which required Caltrans to develop an experimental process for cycle tracks and other non-approved designs. In response, they propose to give local agencies the authority to approve exceptions to the HDM [...]
The new charter approved by Caltrans last month promises to envigorate the Bicycle Advisory Committee with new members and more representative discussions. Historically self-appointed, CBAC’s discussions have been dominated by whomever shows up without careful attention to representing the diverse views of bicycling advocates. The new charter will change that, with members appointed by Caltrans [...]
On March 12, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors took the first step towards adopting the Vulnerable Road Users Ordinance. Without any further objections, the ordinance becomes law on April 11. Bicyclists and pedestrians who are assaulted and harassed on the road in Sonoma County will soon be able to bring civil suit, providing a [...]
The City of San Diego City Council unanimously voted to repeal their bicycle license registration ordinance last month. San Diego is following in a long line of cities that have chosen to abandon a requirement that served little purpose other than to discourage bicycling. While bike license registration was meant to provide police with a [...]
AB 738, introduced by Assembly Member Diane Harkey, is a proposed amendment to the Government and Vehicle Codes that would let city agencies and their elected officials avoid any responsibility for an injury they cause to a bicyclist on a roadway if that roadway has a bike lane. This immunity from accountability that Harkin proposes not [...]
The Governor released the details of his budget proposal in a so-called “trailer bill” that translates their intentions into law. The entire bill is huge, but we’ve extracted the sections most important to bicycling and posted them here for you. We have huge problems with the language in the trailer bill. Our top four concerns [...]
Brown’s 2013-2014 budget proposal is risky for the future of bicycling. It consolidates a number of current bike and ped funding sources into one ambiguous “Active Transportation Program.” Is this a step forward — an efficient way to get more bang for the few measly bucks we’re spending on bike infrastructure? Or a step back? [...]
Brian Annis had never seen such an assembly of leaders for bicycling and walking in his 24th floor conference room before. CalBike was there, along with a half dozen of our allies, to give our perspective on transportation funding before the governor releases his budget proposal in January. Annis, Deputy Secretary for Transportation at the [...]
Why would a bicycle advocacy group oppose Proposition 33, an automobile insurance initiative? Because if Proposition 33 passes, those of us who have found a way to avoid car insurance costs would be punished by paying higher rates if we choose to own and insure a car again. That’s precisely the wrong policy to enact when so many [...]
