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Governor’s May revised budget ignores Active Transportation Program

SSTI review of Caltrans scathing and hopeful

SSTI Independent Caltrans Review 1.28.14

How NYC is Stifling the Critics

Influencing the Active Transportation Guidelines

The future of California’s transportation in light of proposed changes

Delivering on the promise of California’s Active Transportation Program

The Active Transportation Program and Why It’s Important

Brown’s confusing reason for vetoing SB 910 doesn’t make the problem go away

Biking because it’s fun

CalBike Supports the ATP, but it’s only a very small step toward the $8 billion needed

Budget Deal a bad one for biking

“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

California Independent Electric Mobility Council Status Update

November 10, 2025/by Andrew Wright

A Better Path: Permanent Funding for E-Bikes

November 5, 2025/by Andrew Wright

Response to CARB on Ending the E-Bike Incentive Project

October 29, 2025/by Andrew Wright

CARB’s decision to absorb the remaining funding from the E-Bike Incentive Project into Clean Cars 4 All is a telling political moment—one that mistakes “cleaner cars” for genuine progress. It’s easier to imagine replacing every gas car with an electric one than to imagine a California where people can move freely without cars at all. […]

How South Bay Cities Enforce Car Dependence by Design

October 16, 2025/by Andrew Wright

The Week Without Driving seeks to highlight that nearly a third of Californians can’t rely on driving for their personal mobility. This year, the South Bay Transit Summit in Torrance also exposed how overlapping systems of infrastructure, regulation, and enforcement leave even willing bike riders few real choices. In the South Bay, this coercion isn’t […]

DOT’s Dead-End Logic

October 7, 2025/by Andrew Wright

DOT’s Dead-End Logic On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation canceled grants for bike lanes, safer intersections, and pedestrian facilities with a stunning rationale: they were “hostile to motor vehicles.” In San Diego, a safety project was rescinded because it “appears to reduce lane capacity and a road diet that is hostile to […]

What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Bikeway

October 1, 2025/by Andrew Wright

This post is sponsored by Bike Legal: At Bike Legal, we advocate for protected bike lanes that separate cyclists from motor vehicle traffic. Yet even the best infrastructure cannot remove every danger. We encourage riders to protect themselves by always wearing a helmet and using lights even during the day to increase visibility. Safer streets […]

A bike-first standard for “self-driving” claims

September 29, 2025/by Andrew Wright

If an automaker wants to imply a car can drive independently, as certain manufacturers do with terms like “autopilot” and “full self driving” , the minimum requirement should include a high standard for safety around bicycles and other vulnerable road users, verified publicly. The League of American Bicyclists already outlines what competence for AVs looks […]

Bike-Friendly Bills Bite the Dust

September 15, 2025/by Laura McCamy

After several years of successful campaigns, including passing the Freedom to Walk Act,the Complete Streets Bill, and securing $1 billion for the Active Transportation Program, 2025 is shaping up to be a dismal year for active transportation efforts in Sacramento. A combination of budget shortfalls, literal and metaphorical fires, and a federal government openly hostile […]

Arroyo Vista’s Bike Bus: A Community in Motion

September 10, 2025/by Andrew Wright

It was a verdant September morning in South Pasadena when we joined the Arroyo Vista Elementary School Bike Bus. The sun was just beginning to warm the streets, bicycle bells rang out like punctuation marks, and the K-pop Demon Hunters soundtrack floated through the air. What could have been a routine Tuesday became something else […]

California’s E-Bike Voucher Program: Retailers Weigh In

September 9, 2025/by Andrew Wright

When California launched its long-awaited E-Bike Incentive Project in 2024, applicants weren’t the only ones navigating uncharted territory. Retailers had to figure out how to translate vouchers into bikes on the ground. CalBike spoke to Upway, the retailer that has processed multiple vouchers and recently opened its West Coast headquarters in Redondo Beach. Two Paths […]