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Brian Smith2024-04-19 07:54:232024-04-19 07:54:24Senate to Hear SAFER Streets Package
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Laura McCamy2024-04-16 11:23:142024-04-16 11:23:15CalBike Welcomes New Board Member, Isaac Gonzalez
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Kendra Ramsey2024-04-15 19:33:352024-04-16 11:43:59CalBike at the National Bike Summit
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Kendra Ramsey2024-04-11 22:58:382024-04-11 22:58:39Mayors Make Crucial Connections for Bike Riders at California Bicycle Summit
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Jared Sanchez2024-04-04 15:31:462024-04-09 16:42:04California Must Seize the Opportunity to Quickly Build Better Bikeways
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Kendra Ramsey2024-04-02 18:10:152024-04-02 18:10:16California Bicycle Summit: Local Impacts of State Legislation
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Laura McCamy2024-03-29 19:42:572024-04-04 14:39:49E-Bike Incentive Project Work Group: Project Implementation
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Kendra Ramsey2024-03-29 16:49:132024-03-29 16:49:13California Bicycle Summit Includes Global Perspectives
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Jared Sanchez2024-03-26 13:38:452024-03-26 13:38:46Truck Side Guards: A Low-Cost Hack That Would Save Lives and Money
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Laura McCamy2024-03-18 08:29:002024-03-18 12:18:58Measure HLA Wins in Huge Victory for Los Angeles Safe Streets
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Kevin Claxton2024-03-15 16:56:552024-03-15 17:06:01San Diego Bicycle Summit Will Include Sessions on Wheels and on Foot
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Jared Sanchez2024-03-13 14:49:382024-08-06 13:35:01Hundreds Attend CalBike Complete Streets Campaign Launch with Senator Wiener
Summit Preview: What It’s Like to Bike in Latin America
/by Jared SanchezThe 2022 California Bicycle Summit will include an exciting breakout session featuring bicycle activists from Bogotá and scholars of Latin American urban studies. Presenters will include: Daniel Rodriguez, professor of city and regional planning and the interim director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley. Lorena Romero Fontecha, director and project manager for […]
Making California’s E-Bike Affordability Program Successful
/by Kevin ClaxtonThanks to support from our members, CalBike won a $10 million appropriation in this year’s budget to help Californians purchase electric bikes. The California Air Resources Board will administer the program, which must be operating by July of 2022. The program will distribute vouchers to people who meet income eligibility requirements. The CARB will release […]
How CalBike Quietly Pulls the Levers of Power in Sacramento
/by Kevin ClaxtonEach year, CalBike sponsors legislation to make our streets safer and help more Californians choose active transportation. The bills sponsored by state Senators and Assemblymembers are the focus of significant discussion and advocacy, and we ask our supporters to email their representatives and the governor to build support. Legislative initiatives are essential for advancing the […]
Announcing the Theme of the 2022 California Bicycle Summit: CONNECTING
/by Kevin ClaxtonOn April 6-9, 2022, we hope you will join us in Oakland to strengthen and grow the movement for sustainable transportation. The California Bicycle Summit, held every two years, always feels like a momentous occasion, but gathering in person after the past two years is even more compelling. The theme for this year’s Summit is […]
CalBike’s Best and Worst of 2021
/by Kevin ClaxtonA completely unscientific look at the best and worst of California biking in 2021. Let’s be honest: the competition for the worst in 2021 was fierce. We started the year with such high hopes. It had to be better than 2020, right? Nope. But there were many bright spots for biking in California, even in […]
CalBike response to Governor Newsom’s Proposed Budget
/by Kevin ClaxtonCalBike’s E-Bike Subsidy Program Will Change Lives
/by Laura McCamyErin Shannon’s work as a project administrator for a general contractor takes her to project sites or to the main office, which means a commute from Oakland to San Francisco or South San Francisco. “I had to drive to and from. That was an hour or hour and a half to get there and up […]
What California Can Learn from Latin American Bike Advocates
/by Laura McCamyOn December 7, 2021, CalBike held its second Advance Symposium for the California Bicycle Summit: Lessons from Latin America. It was a powerful and fascinating deep dive into both success stories and challenges for biking in Latin American cities, with a deep dive into the home of the Cicolvia, Bogotá, Columbia. Scroll to the bottom […]
What CalBike Accomplished: 2021 by the Numbers
/by Kevin ClaxtonFor bicycling at the state level in California, 2021 was a mixed year. However, at CalBike, with the help of our dedicated and fabulous members and supporters (we’re looking at you!), we accomplished a lot. We won $10M in e-bike subsidies, so more Californians will get the chance to adopt this clean, green, form of […]
CalBike Insider: $2 billion for bikes in 2022
/by Kevin ClaxtonCalifornia has a current budget surplus of $31 billion. CalBike is advocating for the governor and legislature to put $2 billion of that surplus toward infrastructure projects that will make our communities safer and more inviting for biking and walking. We’re joined by our allies at Safe Routes Partnership, Transform, California Walks, Move LA, Planning […]
Blockbuster LA Times Investigation Shows Police Bias in Bike Stops
/by Jared SanchezAn LA Times investigation of bicycle traffic stops since 2017 has put a spotlight, once again, on the need to remove armed officers from traffic enforcement. The two bills CalBike sponsored in 2021 to decriminalize common and safe walking and biking would have represented a step in that direction. However, although the Bicycle Safety Stop […]
How will the Infrastructure Bill Impact California Bike Riders?
/by Laura McCamyCongress has passed, and the president has signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It’s a $1.2 trillion spending package that will invest in aging infrastructure across the US. We share the disappointment of many progressives that this bill still puts too much money toward road-building and not enough toward infrastructure that will help wean […]