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CalBike Sponsors Senator Wiener’s Safe Streets Bills

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2024 Contact: Jared Sanchez, CalBike, (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org Senator Wiener Introduces Groundbreaking Bills to Slash California Road Deaths Epidemic SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced the Speeding and Fatality Emergency Reduction on California Streets (SAFER California Streets) Package, Senate Bills 960 & 961, a first-in-the-nation effort to make California roads safe […]

CalBike Announces People-First Mobility Budget

For Immediate Release: 1/18/24 Contact: Jared Sanchez, CalBike, (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org CalBike Launches People-First Mobility Budget Campaign SACRAMENTO – In California, our transportation sector contributes more than any other sector to climate pollution. The Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) lays out a limited set of plans and goals for reducing emissions from transportation. However, […]

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Jeanie Ward-Waller Joins CalBike as Consultant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2024 Leading Transportation Expert and Advocate Jeanie Ward-Waller Joins Fearless Advocacy Contacts:         Jeanie Ward-Waller (jeanie@fearlessadvocacy.com)  Jennifer Fearing (jennifer@fearlessadvocacy.com)  Kendra Ramsey (kendra@calbike.org) SACRAMENTO – Fearless Advocacy, a Sacramento-based consulting firm specializing in advancing the policy agendas of mission-based and cause-oriented organizations, is pleased to announce that Jeanie Ward-Waller starts today as the […]

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CalBike Response to Governor’s 2024 Budget

For Immediate Release: 1/10/24 Contact: Jared Sanchez, Policy Director, CalBike, (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org Governor’s Budget Steals from California’s Future SACRAMENTO – The California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) released the following response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget, which fills a $200 million shortfall in the transportation budget by cutting $200 million from the Active Transportation Program […]

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Intersection Daylighting Becomes California Law

For Immediate Release: 10/10/23 Contact: Marc Vukcevich, Director of State Policy, Streets for All, (949) 259-3674, marc@streetsforall.org Jared Sanchez, Policy Director, CalBike, (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org Governor Newsom Signs Crosswalk Daylighting Bill SACRAMENTO – Governor Newsom has signed the Daylighting Saves Lives Bill into law (AB 413, Lee). This law will prohibit stopping, standing, or parking a […]