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Kevin Claxton2019-11-15 15:34:132019-11-18 14:22:33Linda Khamoushian Promoted to CalBike Policy Director
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Kevin Claxton2019-11-14 10:48:592019-11-18 14:39:15CalBike 2019 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
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Kevin Claxton2019-11-06 14:51:282019-11-08 13:39:17Zero Fatalities Task Force Tackles Dangerous Street Design, Speeding
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Kevin Claxton2019-10-23 16:41:072019-10-23 16:41:07#CABikeSummit: the View from Twitter
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Kevin Claxton2019-10-23 16:20:022019-10-24 10:49:49CalBike Statement on Complete Streets Veto
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Kevin Claxton2019-10-12 23:27:442019-10-15 15:19:14Governor Vetoes Complete Streets Bill – Chooses Against Safety
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Kevin Claxton2019-09-29 15:24:482019-10-01 17:46:59How to Access State Funding for Bike Share and Micromobility for Your Community
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Kevin Claxton2019-09-25 14:56:112019-09-26 19:36:4470 Organizations Urge Gov. Newsom to Sign SB 127
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Kevin Claxton2019-09-16 14:09:532019-09-16 17:50:34These City DOT Leaders Get It. What’s Standing in Their Way?
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Kevin Claxton2019-09-11 18:30:202019-09-16 17:28:03Complete Streets Bill Passes Legislature!
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Laura McCamy2019-09-11 18:25:572023-05-11 12:59:10More than 185 Streets Affected by SB 127
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Kevin Claxton2019-09-06 17:15:082019-09-06 18:02:25E-Bike Vouchers Bill Signed by Governor Newsom
Shifting Transportation Funding Priorities to Meet the Moment
/by Jared SanchezFor most of its existence, CalBike has worked to secure more funding for bike infrastructure and safety improvements. We were instrumental in getting dedicated funding for biking and walking projects through SB 1 gas tax revenue for the Active Transportation Program (ATP). In recent years, we’ve seen the small percentage of our transportation dollars allocated […]
Bakersfield Sends a Clear Message: Change the Streets
/by Andrew WrightTwo people on bikes were killed in Bakersfield last week, not by the 100-degree heat but by cars. In a city where a Kern County Civil Grand Jury claimed bike lanes are a “waste of money” because it’s too hot to ride, we showed the reality. On a typically balmy Central Valley August afternoon, dozens […]
CalBike Announces Online Summit Session on Bike Highways
/by Kendra RamseyCaltrans Unveils Transit Policy
/by Jared SanchezAfter some delay, Caltrans recently released its draft Director’s Transit Policy, as required by the Complete Streets Law, SB 960, which CalBike helped pass in 2024. This internal policy is similar in form and function to DP-37, the Director’s Policy for Complete Streets, released in 2021. As we know from DP-37, these policies are a […]
Adding Bikeways to State Routes: Two Local Advocates Share Strategies for Change
/by Laura McCamyGetting bikeways, crosswalks, or other Complete Streets elements into a Caltrans project can be challenging. Convincing Caltrans to alter a previously approved project to add bikeways is an even bigger lift, but local advocates in the East Bay did just that. We spoke with Robert Prinz, Bike East Bay’s advocacy director, and Drew Dara-Abrams, who […]
CalBike Insider: Updating Bike Parking in Green Building Codes
/by Jared SanchezA secure place to park is essential to making bicycling an appealing way to get around. So, CalBike and 17 of our local partners submitted a letter to the California Building Standards Commission, which is updating California’s Green Building Standards Code. Including robust residential and commercial bike parking standards in those codes is an important […]
Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras Show Prevalence of Speeding
/by Kendra RamseyIn 2023, CalBike supported AB 645, which created a pilot program for six cities to install cameras for automated speed enforcement. San Francisco is the first to have its cameras fully installed and up and running, and the program is yielding a trove of data. The biggest takeaway will come as no surprise to people […]
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 […]