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Laura McCamy2025-04-17 16:12:212025-04-21 15:30:55Building an Alliance Between Firefighters and Street Safety Advocates
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Kendra Ramsey2025-04-15 14:03:532025-04-23 16:49:30What to Know About the Next California E-Bike Voucher Application Window
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Jared Sanchez2025-04-10 17:02:562025-04-10 17:02:57E-Bikes on the Agenda for California Legislature in 2025
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CalBike Staff2025-03-20 12:48:352025-03-20 12:54:26Looking Back Five Years: Biking During COVID
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Jared Sanchez2025-03-19 19:21:112025-03-19 19:21:13CalBike Opposes Bill Giving Fire Departments More Control of Bikeways
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Building an Alliance Between Firefighters and Street Safety Advocates
/by Laura McCamyBike and pedestrian safety advocates, including CalBike, were disappointed by the introduction of the Increase Fire Department Authority Bill (AB 612) by Assemblymember Chris Rogers. The bill gives greater veto power to fire departments, which sometimes oppose new bikeways on the basis that they could impede firefighting and EMS operations and potentially slow response times. […]
CalBike Insider: Digging into the State Highway System Management Plan
/by Jared SanchezThe State Highway System Management Plan (SHSMP) “presents a performance-driven and integrated management plan for the State Highway System (SHS) in California,” according to its webpage. Every other year, Caltrans presents the SHSMP to the California Transportation Commission. CalBike dug into the sections on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and submitted comments, part of our ongoing […]
What to Know About the Next California E-Bike Voucher Application Window
/by Kendra RamseyThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced a second application window for its E-Bike Incentive Project on April 29. There will be some changes to make the process smoother this time around. Here’s what you need to know about the application process. What has changed In the first application window, nearly 100,000 people logged […]
E-Bike Purchase Incentives FAQs
/by Laura McCamyCalifornia’s E-Bike Purchase Incentive Project is distributing vouchers in a series of application windows. The next opportunity to apply is April 29, 2025. We will post upcoming application windows here and on our e-bike campaign page. Pedal Ahead, the administrator of this program for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), has published its own FAQs. […]
E-Bikes on the Agenda for California Legislature in 2025
/by Jared SanchezCalBike has 14 bills on its legislative watchlist this year, and almost half of them (six) are e-bike regulations. As we have documented repeatedly over the past couple of years, the swift rise in the popularity of e-bikes has led to an equally swift backlash. Local leaders have conflated legal e-bikes with illegal e-motorcycles improperly […]
Clean RIDES Network Launches in California
/by Kendra RamseyClean RIDES is a multi-state coalition working to make our transportation systems greener and more equitable. CalBike is part of this effort, which involves more than 100 organizations. By creating a network of state-focused organizations supporting the same mission, Clean RIDES seeks to build a powerful, national movement to effect the kinds of change CalBike […]
Gearing Up for Bike Highways
/by Jared SanchezThe Bike Highways Bill, AB 954, one of CalBike’s sponsored measures, would create a pilot to build connected, protected bike networks in two California regions. This sounds exciting, but since California doesn’t have any bike highways yet, it’s helpful to step back and explain the concept. What is a bike highway? The most basic definition […]
New Data Sheds Light on Caltrans Projects
/by Laura McCamyCalBike supported the Caltrans Data Bill, SB 695, in 2023. Starting January 1, 2026, the bill requires Caltrans to post information about projects from the prior fiscal year. But first, the new law tasked Caltrans with releasing project stats going back to 2018. CalBike has reviewed the data, which showed Caltrans was reluctant to install […]
CalBike Insider: What Does It Mean When CalBike Opposes a Bill?
/by Jared SanchezCalBike’s Legislative Watch chart lists three bills we’re sponsoring this year, eight bills we’re supporting, and 15 bills we’re watching. Our position is oppose on only one bill: AB 612, the Increase Fire Department Authority Bill. We watch a lot of bills but generally oppose very few. Here’s a breakdown of the difference and why […]
Looking Back Five Years: Biking During COVID
/by CalBike StaffWe all remember where we were in March 2020: hunkered down at home or going out to essential jobs — wondering what would happen next and how to keep ourselves and the people we cared about safe. One silver lining: a bicycling boom thanks to quiet streets mostly free from traffic. The pandemic accelerated the […]
CalBike Opposes Bill Giving Fire Departments More Control of Bikeways
/by Jared SanchezResponse time and access for emergency responders are critical for safety. But, all too often, fire departments see the elements of street design that make our shared spaces safer for people biking and walking as barriers to fast response. Speed humps, protected bikeways, narrower lanes, and protected intersections that slow vehicle turning movements are among […]
California Legislators Stand Up for the Active Transportation Program
/by Jared SanchezThe Active Transportation Program (ATP) provides one of the only statewide funding sources dedicated to biking and walking infrastructure projects. It is chronically underfunded, receiving far more excellent applications than it can greenlight, and recent cuts have made the situation even more dire. Now, 13 senators and assemblymembers have signed on to a letter to […]