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Laura McCamy2022-10-07 17:16:102022-10-07 17:16:12The Kill Bike-Share Bill Becomes Law — But It No Longer Kills Bike-Share
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Kevin Claxton2022-10-07 12:22:032022-10-12 12:36:30CalBike Executive Director Responds to California’s Unprecedented Support for Active Transportation
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Kevin Claxton2022-10-03 10:12:232022-10-03 10:12:25Freedom to Walk Becomes Law in California
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Kevin Claxton2022-09-30 16:39:122022-09-30 16:39:14Why a Bill Removing Auto Parking Minimums Near Transit Is a Victory for Biking
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Kevin Claxton2022-09-30 16:31:322022-09-30 16:34:24Governor Signs Bill That Gives Pedestrians a Head Start
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Kevin Claxton2022-09-29 13:37:002022-10-03 20:14:43Governor Signs SB 932, Plan for the Future Bill
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Laura McCamy2022-09-26 13:38:092022-09-28 13:22:45How to Get a Replace Your Ride E-Bike Voucher in Southern California
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Kevin Claxton2022-09-23 19:00:132022-09-28 13:22:53Governor Signs Friedman’s Excellent OmniBike Bill, AB 1909
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Jared Sanchez2022-09-09 16:03:102024-07-16 14:05:41Why a Bicycle Coalition Supports Scooters — And You Should, Too
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Jared Sanchez2022-09-06 16:39:572024-07-22 10:28:42Legislative Update: Active Transportation Wins Outnumber Losses as Bills Head to the Governor
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Jared Sanchez2022-09-06 13:25:332022-09-06 16:04:48CalBike Statement on the Withdrawal of the Bicycle Safety Stop Bill, AB 1713
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Laura McCamy2022-09-01 15:33:272022-10-26 10:38:11How to Get a Clean Cars for All E-Bike Voucher in the Bay Area
Don’t Believe the Myths About VMT Mitigation
/by Kendra RamseyRecently, Big Highway — the companies that profit off expanding highways and driving California to climate ruin — spread misinformation about vehicle miles traveled (VMT) mitigation requirements driving up the cost of freeway building. So ClimatePlan, a consortium of advocacy groups of which CalBike is a member, created a fact sheet to dispel the VMT […]
Youth Bike Summit 2025: A Magical 3-Day Weekend
/by CalBike StaffThis guest post was contributed by Joshua of the National Youth Bike Council. The Youth Bike Summit is a three-day conference, held every year since 2011 (except in 2020 and 2021). This year, the Youth Bike Summit turned 11 years old and came to Boston for the first time at the end of May. It […]
CTC Backs Doomed Highway Project
/by Laura McCamyMeetings of the California Transportation Commission (CTC) usually fly under the radar with few, if any, members of the public aware they’re happening, much less showing up to comment. But a raft of grants proposed for contested highway projects, including the Highway 99 interchange in Fresno and State Route 37 widening, drew opposition from transportation […]
CalBike Insider: Following Up on the Complete Streets Bill
/by Jared SanchezCalBike does a lot of behind-the-scenes work to encourage state agencies to develop better policies and to follow up on the implementation of bills passed in prior years. One law we’re following closely is SB 960, the Complete Streets Bill. CalBike worked tirelessly for almost a decade to pass a Complete Streets requirement on state […]
California Cities with the Best and Worst Bike Networks
/by Kendra RamseyPeopleForBikes has released its 2025 City Ratings, assessing the connectedness and stress level of the bike networks in over 2,500 cities worldwide, including many in the U.S. The survey rated 305 California cities, with three placing in the national top 10 for their city size. As CalBike works to pass the Bike Highways Bill, AB […]
What is the 85th Percentile Rule?
/by Jared SanchezAnd why it belongs in the dustbin of transportation history. In 2021, CalBike helped pass the Slower Speeds Save Lives Bill, AB 43, authored by former California Assemblymember (and current U.S. Representative) Laura Friedman. The bill gives communities limited relief from the 85th percentile rule, allowing them more leeway to lower speed limits. This year, […]
CalBike’s Legislative Agenda at the Halfway Point
/by Jared SanchezOn June 6, bills with any chance of becoming law this year left their house of origin. Senate bills had to pass a vote of the full Senate and move to Assembly committees for review, and vice versa. We’re happy to report that our two priority bills made it past the midway point, though one […]
CalBike Works with Caltrans to Move Complete Streets Forward
/by Jared SanchezIn 2024, with help from our allies and thousands of CalBike supporters, we passed the Complete Streets Bill, SB 960, requiring Caltrans to add or upgrade facilities for people biking and walking when they repair state routes that serve those travel modes. Passing the bill was just the first step; as we’ve seen with the […]
California’s Budget Prioritizes Freeway Expansion Over Safe Streets
/by Laura McCamyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2025 Contact: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org, (714)262-0921 Sacramento — CalBike and other advocates had a modest ask from California’s nearly $20 billion 2025 transportation budget: give back the $400 million that was stripped from the Active Transportation Program (ATP) in 2024, as the legislature promised to do in last year’s budget. […]
This Is What a Bike Highway Could Look Like
/by Jared SanchezThe Bike Highways Bill, AB 954, passed the Assembly by a wide margin, showing strong support for protected, connected bikeway networks. CalBike is sponsoring this bill, authored by Assemblymember Steve Bennett, which will create a pilot project pathway to create bike highway networks in two regions. The networks could be planned using existing segments of […]
CalBike Insider: Design Guidance on Class IV Bikeways
/by Laura McCamyCaltrans issues Design Information Bulletins (DIBs) that set the parameters for specific types of facilities on the state highway network. DIB-89 provides guidance on how to build Class IV bikeways. Class IV lanes are on-street bikeways separated from car traffic by some type of physical barrier. CalBike’s analysis of Caltrans data found that, although protected […]
Bakersfield Convenes Grand Jury to Investigate Bike Lanes
/by Kendra RamseyOn May 27, 2025, the Kern County Grand Jury released a preliminary report titled The Proliferation of Bike Lanes: Whose Road Is It? The grand jury had been asked to “examine the impact of bike lanes in Bakersfield.” It returned findings that questioned the value of installing bike lanes in Bakersfield and accused the consulting […]