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Zac2017-01-15 18:19:572018-08-11 20:55:16Best and Worst of 2016
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Zac2016-12-30 18:20:222018-08-11 20:56:162017 ATP: $158M Approved For Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects Across CA
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Zac2016-12-20 18:20:352018-08-11 20:58:28Reflections from The Untokening
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Zac2016-12-13 18:21:182018-08-11 21:02:05Bicycle Safety Made Easy: CalBike Provides Workshop for CHP staff and Policymakers
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Zac2016-12-10 18:28:582018-08-11 21:02:46Building Better Bicycle Infrastructure Necessary for e-Bike Industry Growth
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Zac2016-11-17 18:29:122018-08-11 21:05:24California Election Results: More Bike-Friendly Legislators and Local Transportation Taxes; Special Session Update
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Zac2016-11-07 18:30:162019-04-18 14:00:272015 Voting Record Assembly
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Zac2016-11-02 18:30:382018-08-11 21:06:47Los Angeles Chapter Leaders Practice Winning
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Zac2016-10-11 18:31:362018-08-11 21:13:42Why Does the California Bicycle Coalition Care about Clean Freight?
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Zac2016-10-11 18:31:222018-08-11 21:13:07Muralist Mona Caron Creates Art Bike for CalBike
CalBike-Backed Bill to Strengthen Safe Streets Funding Advances to Senate Floor
/by Andrew WrightFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SACRAMENTO — The California Bicycle Coalition today applauded the passage of AB 2168, authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and sponsored by CalBike. AB 2168 strengthens California’s Active Transportation Program by improving how projects are chosen, funded, and delivered. The bill helps move the program closer to its core purpose: getting more people […]
Press Release: Preserving Bikeways Bill, SB 569 Passes Assembly Transportation Committee
/by Andrew WrightPreserving Bikeways Bill, SB 569 Passes Assembly Transportation Committee CalBike-sponsored legislation protects state investments in safe bicycling infrastructure. SACRAMENTO — The California Bicycle Coalition today applauded the Assembly Transportation Committee’s passage of SB 569, authored by Senator Catherine S. Blakespear and sponsored by CalBike. SB 569, the Preserving Safe Bikeways bill, establishes a public process […]
Press Release: CalBike Applauds Assembly Transportation Committee Passage of SB 1167
/by Andrew WrightLegislation draws a clear line between electric bicycles and illegal high-powered electric motorcycles. SACRAMENTO — The California Bicycle Coalition today applauded the Assembly Transportation Committee’s passage of SB 1167, authored by Senator Catherine S. Blakespear and co-sponsored by CalBike, PeopleForBikes, Streets For All, and Streets Are For Everyone. SB 1167 strengthens consumer protections and clarifies […]
Press Release: Preserving Safe Bikeways, SB 569
/by Andrew WrightCalifornia communities are investing public dollars, staff time, and political will into safer streets. They are building bikeways, traffic calming, safer crossings, and connected routes that help people bike, walk, and roll with more confidence. But in too many places, that progress has proven fragile. A bikeway can take years to plan, fund, approve, and […]
Rail-to-Rail Shows What ATP Can Do
/by Andrew WrightThe World Cup arrives in Los Angeles this week as both a spectacle and stress test. For a few weeks, the region will be asked to do what it has often promised but rarely delivered at scale: move people efficiently without surrendering the city to traffic. AB 2168 matters because it recognizes a simple truth […]
Thank you for putting Public Safety First
/by Andrew WrightThis spring, more than 600 Californians signed the Public Safety First petition demanding clarity on e-bikes. Developed by E-Bike Access and launched statewide by CalBike in collaboration with the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, this effort moves the conversation forward in California: legal e-bikes are part of our transportation future, and illegal e-motos being sold as […]
California’s Best Street Improvement Program Is Drowning in Demand
/by Andrew WrightWhen the application window for the Active Transportation Program (ATP) opens, California communities line up with a basic request: help us make our streets safer. They laboriously apply to the Active Transportation Program, the state’s only dedicated funding source for walking and biking projects. These are the projects that close sidewalk gaps, build protected […]
SB 1167, The Mineta Report, and How We Got Here
/by Andrew WrightIn 2023, the Legislature passed SB 381, which directed the Mineta Transportation Institute at San José State University to conduct a study on electric bicycles, with a mission to “develop effective laws and policy to support the twin goals of expanding electric bicycle use and protecting the safety of electric bicycle riders and other road […]
LA’s Delayed Mobility Projects Show Why California Needs to Fix ATP
/by Andrew WrightThe Active Transportation Program (ATP) is one of California’s most important and effective tools for reducing traffic violence, cutting climate pollution, improving public health, and giving people practical transportation choices. When the program works, it helps build the kinds of connected networks that make everyday trips possible without a car. But those connections only matter […]
Amazon Is Pulling High-Speed E-Motos from California E-Bike Marketplace
/by Andrew WrightAmazon says it will no longer sell e-bikes in California that exceed state speed limits and fall outside the existing three-class system, after KCRA 3 Investigates notified the retailer that products on the company’s marketplace advertised speeds greater than 40 miles per hour, counter to California law. After KCRA contacted Amazon about those listings, the […]
CalBike’s 2026 Primary Election Endorsements
/by Andrew WrightAt CalBike, we work not just to improve what policymakers decide about transportation but to improve who those policymakers are. In 2026, California needs leaders who are up to the challenge of the current moment to face the climate crisis and prioritize active transportation. Because the California Bicycle Coalition is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, we […]
Lobby Day Put Safe Streets on the Agenda
/by Andrew WrightLast month, CalBike Lobby Day brought advocates, community leaders, bike coalition staff, riders, parents, and local organizers into meetings with legislators and staff from across the state. Together, participants made the case for CalBike’s 2026 legislative priorities, including stronger protections against illegal e-motos being marketed as e-bikes, reforms to the Active Transportation Program, and increased […]