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Los Angeles Announced as 2019 California Bicycle Summit Location; Request for Proposals, Early Bird Tickets Now Open

Although it’s only April, it’s already clear that conversations around bikes and biking are more connected than ever to intersecting issues like transportation justice, climate change, bicycle infrastructure, shared mobility, and the connections between transportation policy and California’s housing crisis, and continue to shape policy, activism, and innovation. As the California Bicycle Coalition celebrates our […]

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Complete Streets, Safety Language, E-Bikes, and Scooters Top Priorities at Bill Introduction Deadline

CalBike’s legislative agenda became more clear on Friday, the deadline to introduce new bills in the California Assembly and Senate. Topping our agenda is the Complete Streets for Active Living bill (SB 127-Wiener) that would require Caltrans to implement safety improvements like protected bike lanes and sidewalks every time they repave or rebuild a state-owned road. […]

Envisioning the Future of Transportation Advocacy; Mobility Justice Lab Series

  Almost a year after the first BIPOC Mobility Justice Lab in Los Angeles, CalBike co-organized a second gathering in January of stakeholders, advocates, and representatives of a broad group of Los Angeles-area community organizations to provide the opportunity and space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to collaborate on local and state transportation […]

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CalBike, Senator Scott Wiener Introduce ‘Complete Streets’ Legislation Ensuring State-Owned Roads Will Prioritize Safety of People Biking, Walking

For Immediate Release January 17, 2019 Contact: Linda Khamoushian, Senior Policy Advocate linda@calbike.org, 916.668.9401 San Francisco, CA –  This week the California Bicycle Coalition, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), and their coalition partners California Walks, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and the American Heart Association joined surgeons from Zuckerberg General Hospital and the families […]

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Governor Newsom can finally change the CTC

CalBike and allies give the new Governor a hard-hitting reality check about the California Transportation Commission he’s inheriting, and make some recommendations for appointments that would change the direction of the agency that controls billions of dollars in annual spending. California Transportation Commission Appointments 2019

Clean Air, Transportation Regulators Meet for Second Time; Report Spells Out Need for Action on Climate Change

For just the second time, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the California Transportation Commission (CTC) held a joint session to discuss potential alignment in transportation decision-making and investments. While CalBike and our partners who work closely with these powerful agencies remain hopeful, we’re concerned that December’s meeting saw abundant discussion…and meager alignment. Central to this […]

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Clean Vehicles: E-Bikes at the California Transportation Commission

  E-bikes caused a buzz on the agenda at the California Transportation Commission meeting last Wednesday in Riverside, where CalBike recruited Jonathan Weinert of Bosch, a longtime supporter, to make a presentation and provide bikes for commissioners to ride to help illustrate the many transportation needs that electric bikes can meet. Weinert presented on the […]

Lead the Way, California: A Transportation Platform to Lead Us Forward

California has new leaders, and our communities deserve plans, principles, and priorities that will move our state forward instead of holding us back. To help support Governor-elect Newsom and his administration in truly leading the nation and the world in sustainable and equitable transportation policy, CalBike joins almost 50 organizations in releasing our comprehensive platform. This […]

E-Bikes, E-Bike Share Included in Latest Round of Air Resources Board Clean Mobility Options Funding

In late October the California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved its 2018-19 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives. This round continues to support transportation equity projects, including funds for much-needed projects that include bicycle and electric bicycle sharing. CalBike has been advocating for this from the beginning, and the Air Resources Board was clearly listening. […]

Support CalBike on #GivingTuesday

While you’re giving thanks this holiday, consider hosting a Facebook fundraiser to support CalBike on #GivingTuesday. Why host a Facebook fundraiser today instead of tomorrow or next month? On November 27, 2018, nonprofits using Facebook to fundraise pay no fee—100{850a63fa8a72bae4d6bfa3f1eda9f619cddace10f9053ede128e2914f9ca5a15} of gifts will go directly to CalBike, and Facebook will match all contributions up to […]