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2021 California Legislative Wrap Up

Cycling for Sustainable Cities Symposium Provides Inspiration from Around the World

Response From CalBike’s Executive Director to the Governor’s Vetoes of Bicycle and Pedestrian Bills

What Governor Newsom Got Wrong About Biking and Walking

jaywalking Legalize Safe Street Crossings

Newsom Vetoes Freedom to Walk in California

Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Improve Bike Safety

California Bicycle Summit to Begin with Cycling for Sustainable Cities Symposium

Half Billion Dollars Stripped from Active Transportation Funding in State Budget Impasse

California Can Lead the Way in Reclaiming our Streets if Newsom Signs AB 1238

Legislative Wrap-Up: Everything-but-the-Governor Edition, 2021

California Capitol building in Sacramento

CalBike Scores Wins in Sacramento for Californians Who Bike and Walk

CA Freedom to Walk Act Passes Senate

California Has the Tools to Stop Super Speeders. AB 2276 Would Finally Use Them.

March 13, 2026/by Andrew Wright

Most drivers slow down after a ticket; “super speeders” don’t. They’re the drivers caught going 30, 40, 50 miles per hour over the limit, often repeatedly, on roads shared with people walking, biking, and living their lives. California has fined them, given them points, and suspended their licenses. It has not been enough to dissuade […]

Demand a Better 2026 SHOPP

March 4, 2026/by Andrew Wright

Protect the Promise of E-Bikes

March 3, 2026/by Andrew Wright

Human brains are tricky; our evolution has primed us to notice novel things and categorize them separately from other more common things we have seen for years. This was helpful for our primordial cousins to quickly identify snakes, but less so for crafting thoughtful policies on bikes, and their more novel cousins, e-bikes. So with […]

Press Release: CalBike Co-Sponsors SB 1167 to Protect Consumers and Preserve Access to Legal E-Bikes

February 24, 2026/by Andrew Wright

Legislation draws a clear line between electric bicycles and illegal high-powered electric motorcycles (e-motos). SACRAMENTO — The California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) today announced its co-sponsorship of SB 1167, introduced by Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear (D-Encinitas), legislation that strengthens consumer protections and clarifies the classifications of certain high-powered electric devices in California. SB 1167 makes it […]

Bike Buses Show Us How Mode Shift Really Begins

February 4, 2026/by Andrew Wright

There’s a familiar story we often tell in active transportation advocacy: we build safer streets, and then people will use them. That story is true, and it remains the goal. Protected bikeways save lives, expand access, and make everyday biking possible for far more people. There’s another part of the story we don’t talk about […]

Not every bicycle project begins, or ends, with a bill.

January 20, 2026/by Andrew Wright

This year, while much attention will be directed to the legislature and the legislative process advocating (and opposing) bills, CalBike will also be busy advocating at the administrative level. CalBike works through this equally important side door, pushing state agencies to act on existing law and deliver bicycle projects that are already within their power […]

CalBike’s Response to 2026 CA Budget: $200 Million More for Active Transportation Needed

January 9, 2026/by Andrew Wright

CalBike welcomes Governor Gavin Newsom’s commitment to fiscal stability in his proposed 2026–27 budget. In a moment of real economic and political uncertainty, steady leadership matters. But when it comes to transportation, the budget once again falls short of aligning California’s spending with its climate, equity, and safety commitments. Buried deep in the transportation portion […]

The Last Mile Matters: Checking In on Recent Wins

December 19, 2025/by Andrew Wright

CalBike has played a pivotal role in helping California pass some meaningful transportation safety laws in recent years. These were hard-fought, practical changes designed to make everyday travel safer for people biking and walking. But in traffic safety, passage is not the finish line. Implementation is. As a statewide organization working with advocates, planners, and […]

Four Strategies That Helped the Hollenbeck Project Pass

December 11, 2025/by Andrew Wright

On December 2, 2025, the Sunnyvale City Council approved buffered bike lanes on Hollenbeck Avenue. The vote was 6–1. It marks a momentous milestone: the culmination of more than a year of focused, volunteer-driven campaigning, powered by perseverance of groups like Sunnyvale Safe Streets. CalBike applauds the many community members who made this possible and […]

2026 Agenda Reveal, Recap, and Q&A

December 4, 2025/by Andrew Wright

CalBike’s 2026 Agenda Reveal looked back at hard-won gains on Complete Streets and funding, then made the case for what comes next: billions for bikes, sane e-bike rules, real answers to traffic violence, and a 2026 Bicycle Summit that turns that agenda into action. Here are responses to the questions submitted that we didn’t get […]

“Trust Is Infrastructure”: How LA Metro’s Nina Kin Is Building Better Data for Transit Riders on Bikes

November 25, 2025/by Andrew Wright

To understand why data accuracy matters to LA Metro’s riders, Nina Kin — Tech Lead on LA Metro’s Digital Experience Team — often points to moments like this: It’s 7:48 a.m., and a parent on a tight schedule is trying something new: leaving the car at home. She drops her child at daycare, locks her […]

Pave First, and Ask Questions Later

November 20, 2025/by Andrew Wright