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Press Release: Active Transportation Leaders Call on CARB to Restore E-Bike Incentive Funding After Sudden Reallocation

Active Transportation Leaders Call on CARB to Restore E-Bike Incentive Funding After Sudden Reallocation Contact: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org, (714)262-0921 CalBike and a broad coalition of statewide mobility, climate, and community organizations, following the defunding of the Electric Bike Incentive Project, are urging the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to find ways to support e-bikes in […]

CalBike Launches Statewide Working Group to Study E-Bikes and Electric Mobility Devices

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Claxton, Advancement Director, CalBike, (909) 274-0137, kevin@calbike.org SACRAMENTO, California, Oct 14, 2025 – The California Mobility Fund, a 501(c)3 and sibling organization of the California Bicycle Coalition, has convened the California Independent Electric Mobility Council, a first-of-its-kind statewide working group. The mission of the council is to bring order and […]

California’s Budget Prioritizes Freeway Expansion Over Safe Streets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2025 Contact: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org, (714)262-0921 Sacramento — CalBike and other advocates had a modest ask from California’s nearly $20 billion 2025 transportation budget: give back the $400 million that was stripped from the Active Transportation Program (ATP) in 2024, as the legislature promised to do in last year’s budget. […]

California Walks and CalBike Call on Cities to Implement Daylighting to Save Lives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Published simultaneously with California Walks. Contact:  Kendra Ramsey, CalBike, 707-469-3387, kendra@calbike.org Kevin Shin, California Walks, 562-248-6371, kevin@calwalks.org In 2023, AB 413, Assemblymember Alex Lee’s Daylighting to Save Lives Bill, passed in Sacramento, making California the 43rd state to prohibit parking approaching intersections to increase visibility of pedestrians and bicyclists. CalBike and California […]

California’s Transportation Spending Has the Wrong Priorities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org, 714-262-0921 Sacramento — CalBike is disappointed to see no increase in funding for active transportation in Governor Gavin Newsom’s May revise. As it has become clear there will be no leadership from Washington on climate change, active transportation, and safe streets, it’s more imperative that California step up […]

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