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Andrew Wright2025-12-04 10:13:382025-12-04 10:18:552026 Agenda Reveal, Recap, and Q&A
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Andrew Wright2025-11-25 09:53:102025-11-25 09:53:11“Trust Is Infrastructure”: How LA Metro’s Nina Kin Is Building Better Data for Transit Riders on Bikes
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Andrew Wright2025-11-20 14:49:092025-11-25 15:06:47Pave First, and Ask Questions Later
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Andrew Wright2025-11-10 14:10:332025-11-10 14:10:34California Independent Electric Mobility Council Status Update
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Andrew Wright2025-11-05 11:24:222025-11-05 11:36:34A Better Path: Permanent Funding for E-Bikes
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Andrew Wright2025-10-29 13:55:242025-10-29 13:55:25Response to CARB on Ending the E-Bike Incentive Project
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Andrew Wright2025-10-16 10:51:292025-10-16 10:51:32How South Bay Cities Enforce Car Dependence by Design
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Andrew Wright2025-10-07 11:37:112025-10-07 15:47:20DOT’s Dead-End Logic
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Andrew Wright2025-10-01 14:27:082025-10-01 14:27:37What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Bikeway
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Andrew Wright2025-09-29 11:24:352025-09-29 11:27:13A bike-first standard for “self-driving” claims
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Laura McCamy2025-09-15 13:59:042025-09-15 13:59:05Bike-Friendly Bills Bite the Dust
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Legislative Wrap-Up: Everything-but-the-Governor Edition, 2021
/by Kevin ClaxtonSeptember 10, 2021, was the last day for bills to make it out of their second house in the California legislature. CalBike’s three sponsored measures were all effectively passed by the legislature: one is fully funded, and two have passed both houses. But CalBike engaged with many bills during this legislative session. Here’s where they stand […]
CalBike Scores Wins in Sacramento for Californians Who Bike and Walk
/by Jared SanchezCalifornia’s legislative session has ended with several big accomplishments for active transportation. CalBike’s signature E-Bike Affordability Program is fully funded and in development. And the two other bills we sponsored this year have passed the Assembly and the Senate, which have placed a spotlight on the need to decriminalize the bicycle safety stop and jaywalking. […]
CA Freedom to Walk Act Passes Senate
/by Jared SanchezFor Immediate Release: 9/8/21 Contact:CalBike: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org | 714-262-0921California Walks: Caro Jauregui, caro@calwalks.org | 562-320-2139Los Angeles Walks: John Yi, john@losangeleswalks.org | 213-219-2483 CA Freedom to Walk Act Passes Senate SACRAMENTO – The Freedom to Walk Act, a bill designed to reform California’s “Jaywalking” laws, passed the California Senate today with a vote of 22-8. […]
Bicycle Safety Stop Bill Passes Senate
/by Jared SanchezFor Immediate Release Contact: Dave Snyder, 916-251-9433, dave@calbike.org Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Jared Sanchez, 714-262-0921, jared@calbike.org Bicycle Safety Stop Bill Passes Senate SACRAMENTO – On August 30, the California Senate passed the Bicycle Safety Stop Bill (AB 122, Boerner Horvath, Friedman, Ting) with a bipartisan 31-5 vote. The bill allows people on bikes to treat […]
Bill to End Fines for Safe Street Crossings Moves to CA Senate Floor for Final Vote
/by Jared SanchezThe Freedom to Walk Act passed out of the California Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. We’re thrilled lawmakers agreed that, as a state, we should stop raising revenue from our most marginalized and vulnerable residents. Two more steps to legalize safe street crossings There are two more crucial steps before we repeal unjust jaywalking laws, […]
Let’s Not Replace Newsom with Gruesome
/by Kevin ClaxtonAB1401: Housing for People, Not Cars
/by Kevin ClaxtonUpdate, August 26, 2021: The Senate Appropriations Committee declined to take this bill out of the suspense file. Translation: AB 1401, which would have ended parking mandates in certain new construction, will not advance this year. In the USA, we have a parking problem. As UCLA urban planning professor and parking guru Donald Shoup explained […]
Sunset4All: A Big Step Forward for Biking in LA
/by Kevin ClaxtonThanks to community organizing and popular demand, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles could soon get a two-way, parking-separated bikeway. Sunset is a critical arterial street for East Hollywood, Silver Lake, and Echo Park. A safe connection on Sunset is essential to make these neighborhoods accessible to people on bikes. The impressive progress on this visionary […]
California Cyclists: Vote NO in the Recall Election
/by Kevin ClaxtonCalBike Works with CA Air Resources Board to Develop E-Bike Grant Program
/by Kevin ClaxtonCalBike’s $10 million E-Bike Affordability Program has been fully funded and is now in the planning stages. The program will give grants to help as many as 10,000 Californians buy e-bikes, starting in July 2022. On Monday, CalBike Executive Director Dave Snyder and José Jimenez from Active San Gabriel Valley (Active SGV) met with the […]
Why California Should Decriminalize Jaywalking
/by Jared SanchezThis year, CalBike is sponsoring the Freedom to Walk Act (AB 1238, Ting), which will take jaywalking laws off the books in California. We realize that people have questions about why this legislation is critical for equity, justice, and accessibility. In partnership with the bill’s other co-sponsors, California Walks and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, […]
Assemblymember Friedman tweaks speed limit laws to save lives
/by Kevin ClaxtonA bicycle commuter and Assemblymember from Pasadena, Laura Friedman, is fighting hard to defend her proposals to give local officials more power to set lower speed limits where doing so will save lives. CalBike strongly supports all measures that reduce the speeds of automobiles wherever people walk and bike. We need you to support Friedman’s […]