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Bike-Friendly Wins and Losses (but Mostly Wins) in 2024

New CalBike Report Details the Unfulfilled Promise of Complete Streets in Caltrans Projects

Governor Newsom Signs SB 960, the Complete Streets Bill

Community on Two Wheels: LA’s Gender Expansive Ride

Celebrating 30 Years of Better Biking

California Capitol building in Sacramento

End-of-Session Legislative Recap: Big Wins for Safer Streets

Advocates Call on Governor to Slow Drivers to Save Lives

Killed by a Traffic Engineer: An Interview with Wes Marshall

Speak Up for the Bill that Could Put Quick-Build Into the Spotlight in California

National Youth Bike Summit Builds the Movement for Better Biking

Innovation on the Streets: Napa’s Pedal-Powered Bike Lane Sweeper

Incomplete Streets Part 3: Even When Caltrans Is Right, It’s Wrong

ActiveSGV Pioneers New Model for E-Bike Program

February 17, 2023/by Laura McCamy

Based in the San Gabriel Valley, local advocacy partner ActiveSGV has operated a unique e-bike program, GoSGV since the summer of 2022 and is rolling out new options in 2023. Unlike many local e-bike programs, GoSGV doesn’t give subsidies for an e-bike purchase and, unlike San Diego’s Pedal Ahead program, it doesn’t require users to […]

Electric Bicycle Incentive Work Group Meeting Report: 1/31/23

February 17, 2023/by Laura McCamy

The meeting of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Electric Bicycle Incentives Project work group on January 31, 2023, provided more information about program parameters and a robust discussion of details still being formulated. Here’s what you need to know. California’s statewide e-bike program begins to take shape Over the past few work group meetings, […]

CalBike 2023 Agenda: Invest in Our Transportation Future/Divest from Regressive Road-Building

February 15, 2023/by Jared Sanchez

CalBike’s agenda for 2023 continues our momentum from last year, lifting up multi-year campaigns like the Bicycle Safety Stop and Complete Streets and introducing a bold new framework with our Invest/Divest campaign. Our goals and vision remain the same: Build communities where all Californians have equitable access to safe streets, improving health and bringing joy […]

CalBike Insider: First Look at 2023 Active Transportation Bills

February 2, 2023/by Jared Sanchez

It’s still early days, and CalBike is busy working with legislators and allies to firm up our legislative agenda for 2023, but we’ve already got a few bills on our radar. Here’s an early peek at the 2023 legislation that could make California streets more walkable, bikeable, and equitable. Pave the Bike Lane Once again, […]

In Praise of the Classic Bike

February 2, 2023/by Kevin Claxton

We get some version of this question a lot lately: Does CalBike only support e-bikes? The question comes with a certain amount of tension behind it. Has CalBike turned its back on the original “beautiful machine?” At CalBike, of course, we still love classic bikes (and walking and all forms of active transportation). We’ve been […]

CalBike Response to Governor’s ATP Clawback

January 18, 2023/by Jared Sanchez

CalBike is disheartened by Governor Gavin Newsom’s preliminary budget, which claws back almost half of the historic increase to the Active Transportation Program (ATP) of $1.1 billion (some funds were found from elsewhere for a net reduction of $200 million). We understand that a projected $22.4 billion budget shortfall requires cutting expenditures. However, the total […]

Local E-Bike Incentives Provide More Options for Californians

January 17, 2023/by Laura McCamy

The rollout of California’s statewide e-bike incentive program is getting closer, but it’s still a few months away. If you’d like to buy an e-bike and need help to make your purchase, many local programs currently provide incentives, and new ones may come online soon. We spoke with managers from two Bay Area agencies about […]

E-Bike Incentives Report: November 30, 2022, CARB Work Group Meeting

January 9, 2023/by Laura McCamy

The California Air Resources Board held a work group meeting to continue its discussion of the parameters of the Electric Bicycle Incentives Project on November 30, 2022. Around 150 people attended the Zoom workshop, including representatives from the e-bike industry, bicycle shop owners, nonprofits who work with potential voucher recipients, bicycle coalition leaders, and members […]

CalBike’s Best and Worst of 2022

December 23, 2022/by Laura McCamy

The past few years have been disappointing in so many ways (because, you know — pandemic, war, climate catastrophes). But 2022 had a lot of bright spots, and for active transportation in California, more highs than lows. And we think that momentum will carry us into even bigger and bolder achievements in 2023 (because we’re […]

California’s Big Bike Year: 2022 in Review

December 14, 2022/by Kevin Claxton

What can we say about 2022? We didn’t get everything we wanted, but thanks to advocacy from CalBike and our supporters and allies, it was a fantastic year for biking and walking in California. Here’s a short stroll down victory lane. More money for biking and walking California shows its values where it spends its […]

Bike Champions 2022 Elections Recap

December 13, 2022/by Jared Sanchez

CalBike endorsed 11 candidates for the California State Senate and Assembly, and the results are finally in: Eight won their races, and three lost, including two very close matches. The four incumbents we endorsed, all bike champions, won. And we’re happy to see four new faces in Sacramento who will be great supporters of active […]

Bicycle Advocacy Projects Young People Can Do to Get People Riding in 2023

November 28, 2022/by Kevin Claxton

Growing recognition of bicycling as an effective carbon-free transportation option has led more youth to get involved beyond just hopping on and riding. Bicycle advocacy can be a terrific basis for a community project for school, or just for fun. We’ve put together some projects that serve as a good entry point to bicycle advocacy […]