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Complete Streets bill passes

Complete Streets Bill Passes Committee, Moves to Full House

For Immediate Release: Friday, August 30, 2019 Contact: Dave Snyder, CalBike 415-216-7393, dave@calbike.org “Complete Streets” Bill Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee SACRAMENTO: This afternoon, the Complete Streets for Active Living Bill (SB 127) championed by Senator Scott Wiener, passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and now heads to an Assembly floor vote. The bill has already passed […]

Forest Barnes

Welcome New Hire: Forest Barnes to Work on Active Transportation in the Central Valley

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 6, 2019 Sacramento, CA –The California Bicycle Coalition is excited to announce the addition of Forest Barnes to our staff. Forest will lead CalBike’s active transportation planning work in five southern San Joaquin Valley cities from Fresno to Bakersfield. Under Forest’s leadership, CalBike will facilitate planning for safe walking and […]

CalBike Complete Streets Bill

‘Streets For All Coalition’; CalBike Joins Shared E-Bike, Scooter Partners in Unveiling Equity, Sustainability Principles

For Immediate Release CalBike Co-Founds “Streets For All Coalition” to Unite Bike Riders, Scooter Users, and Pedestrians New Coalition Brings Together Environmental Organizations, Active Transportation Advocates, and Sustainable New Mobility Operators to Improve Transportation and Tackle Climate Change   Sacramento, CA (March 3rd, 2019) – The California Bicycle Coalition announced on Wednesday that the advocacy […]

California State Capitol

CalBike, Senator Scott Wiener Introduce ‘Complete Streets’ Legislation Ensuring State-Owned Roads Will Prioritize Safety of People Biking, Walking

For Immediate Release January 17, 2019 Contact: Linda Khamoushian, Senior Policy Advocate linda@calbike.org, 916.668.9401 San Francisco, CA –  This week the California Bicycle Coalition, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), and their coalition partners California Walks, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and the American Heart Association joined surgeons from Zuckerberg General Hospital and the families […]

Lead the Way, California: A Transportation Platform to Lead Us Forward

California has new leaders, and our communities deserve plans, principles, and priorities that will move our state forward instead of holding us back. To help support Governor-elect Newsom and his administration in truly leading the nation and the world in sustainable and equitable transportation policy, CalBike joins almost 50 organizations in releasing our comprehensive platform. This […]