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Jared Sanchez2025-04-16 15:50:062025-05-08 17:46:16CalBike Insider: Digging into the State Highway System Management Plan
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Kendra Ramsey2025-04-15 14:03:532025-05-13 15:24:53What 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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Kendra Ramsey2025-04-01 18:00:352025-04-01 18:00:36Clean RIDES Network Launches in California
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Jared Sanchez2025-04-01 17:13:242025-04-01 17:13:25Gearing Up for Bike Highways
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Laura McCamy2025-04-01 15:47:222025-04-01 15:47:23New Data Sheds Light on Caltrans Projects
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Jared Sanchez2025-03-27 17:25:472025-04-04 08:08:53CalBike Insider: What Does It Mean When CalBike Opposes a Bill?
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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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Jared Sanchez2025-03-18 15:20:212025-03-18 16:53:43California Legislators Stand Up for the Active Transportation Program
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Kendra Ramsey2025-03-13 12:16:142025-03-20 14:46:26National Bike Summit (open thread)
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Laura McCamy2025-03-06 13:11:212025-03-06 15:10:39CARB Proposes Changes for E-Bike Incentive Project
CalBike Joins Panel on E-Bike Incentives at Micromobility Conference
/by Kendra RamseyIn October, Micromobility America brought a two-day conference and trade show of alternative transportation to Richmond, California. Exhibitors included manufacturers of a range of e-bikes and scooters, app developers, and even representatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation. CalBike participated in one of the many panel discussions, and you can view the recording below. Our […]
CalBike Complete Streets User Survey Exposes Network Gaps
/by Andrew WrightCalBike Announces 2024 California Bicycle Summit, Advance Sessions
/by Kevin ClaxtonCalBike will hold its next biennial California Bicycle Summit in San Diego on April 18 to 19, 2024. The Summit is an inspiring gathering of advocates, planners, transportation agency staffers, and elected officials who care about creating a more bikeable, walkable California. Sessions will include presentations and workshops from some of the most influential thought […]
The Long Road to Complete Streets
/by Jared SanchezCalBike has been fighting for Complete Streets for more than 15 years. In 2008, we helped pass AB 1358, which required local and regional general plans to consider the safety of people biking and walking in their circulation elements. But that law did nothing to improve access on state routes that doubled as local streets, […]
CAPTI Falls Short of Climate Promise
/by Jared SanchezThe Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) is meant to help decarbonize California’s transportation systems, which are responsible for half the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. But bills from Assemblymember Laura Friedman meant to give teeth to CAPTI have failed, and California continues to devote the bulk of its transportation budget to projects that encourage […]
#ebikestories 7: Who Will Benefit from California’s E-Bike Incentives?
/by Laura McCamyFor more than a year, the emails, social media posts, and calls have come in to CalBike, the California Air Resources Board, and the administrator of the statewide E-Bike Incentives Program, Pedal Ahead. People with disabilities, without housing, or without other transportation options have reached out to learn about getting an e-bike incentive. It has […]
CalBike Joins 100 Organizations Urging More Oversight of Caltrans
/by Kendra Ramsey2023 Legislative Recap: Big Wins for Active Transportation Slate
/by Jared SanchezOf the bills CalBike supported that made it to the governor’s desk, six were signed into law, and two were vetoed. Several active transportation measures were put on hold before the end of the legislative session, becoming two-year bills, and some didn’t make it out of legislative committees. Overall, it was not a good year […]
Green Light for Automated Speed Enforcement
/by Brian SmithFor Immediate Release: 10/17/23 Jared Sanchez, Policy Director, CalBike, (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org Automated Vehicle Speed Enforcement Bill Signed into Law SACRAMENTO – CalBike commends Governor Gavin Newsom for signing (AB 645, Friedman), Automated Speed Enforcement, into law. “Everyone knows that speed is a major factor in traffic collisions that result in fatalities or injuries on California […]
Intersection Daylighting Becomes California Law
/by Brian SmithFor 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 […]
Governor Vetoes Safe Passage for Bikes
/by Brian SmithFor Immediate Release: 10/10/23 Contact: Jared Sanchez, CalBike (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org Governor Newsom Vetoes AB 825 Safe Passage for Bikes Bill SACRAMENTO – The Safe Passage for Bikes Bill (AB 825, Bryan) would have allowed people to ride bikes on sidewalks adjacent to streets that do not include a Class I, Class II, or Class […]
Governor Approves Bill to Study Impacts of Heavy Vechicles
/by Brian SmithFor Immediate Release: 10/10/23 Contact: Jared Sanchez, CalBike (714) 262-0921, Jared@CalBike.org Governor Signs Bill to Study Safety Impacts of SUVs and Light Trucks SACRAMENTO – Governor Newsom has signed AB 251 (Ward), the Deadly Oversized Cars Bill, which will convene a task force to study the relationship between vehicle weight and injuries to people biking and walking […]