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Laura McCamy2024-03-04 16:39:492024-03-06 13:32:55California Bicycle Summit Plenary to Highlight San Diego’s Bike Cultures
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Jared Sanchez2024-02-22 15:29:252024-02-22 15:29:26CalBike Announces 2024 Legislative Agenda
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Kevin Claxton2024-02-20 18:01:512024-02-21 15:04:17Complete Streets Webinar Launches CalBike Campaign
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Brian Smith2024-02-15 12:21:022024-02-15 12:21:03CalBike Statement on E-Bike Licensing Bill, AB 2234
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Jared Sanchez2024-02-05 16:41:112024-02-05 16:41:11Complete Streets Bill Will Help Build Crucial Connections
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Kevin Claxton2024-02-05 16:34:232024-02-05 16:35:32California Bicycle Summit Opening Plenary: In Discussion with Jeanie Ward-Waller
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CalBike Staff2024-01-24 15:57:002024-01-24 15:57:02CalBike Sponsors Senator Wiener’s Safe Streets Bills
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Kevin Claxton2024-01-23 11:12:272024-02-01 16:55:502024 California Bicycle Summit to Be Held by the San Diego Bay
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Andrew Wright2024-01-19 12:33:282024-01-19 14:37:39Climate Ride 2024: Countdown to a Century 
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Jared Sanchez2024-01-17 17:34:412024-07-30 10:02:002024 People-First Mobility Budget for California
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Kendra Ramsey2024-01-16 16:17:102024-01-16 16:17:10Jeanie Ward-Waller Joins CalBike as Consultant
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Jared Sanchez2024-01-10 16:29:562024-01-10 16:29:57There Is No Deficit in California’s Transportation Budget
Assessing CalBike’s Legislative Agenda at the Halfway Point: Many Wins, Few Losses
/by Kevin ClaxtonAll bills that are going to advance need to move from their house of origin by the end of this week. That halfway mark is a good point to take stock of the bills on the CalBike legislative agenda. Spoiler alert: it’s almost all good news. CalBike’s Three Sponsored Bills Pass their First House CalBike’s […]
CalBike Insider: Micromobility Fights for Its Life, Ending Parking Mandates, and MUTCD Update
/by Kevin ClaxtonSome of the most significant work to further better biking, active transportation, and healthy communities in California happens out of the spotlight. CalBike Insider shines the light on some of these critical developments in Sacramento and beyond. Fending Off an Attack on Shared Bikes and Scooters Shared bikes and scooters are under attack, again. Last […]
Full Assembly to Vote on AB 1238, to Decriminalize Jaywalking
/by Jared SanchezMay 31, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: CalBike: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org | 714-262-0921 California Walks: Caro Jauregui, caro@calwalks.org | 562-320-2139 Los Angeles Walks: John Yi, john@losangeleswalks.org | 213-219-2483 AB 1238 To Decriminalize Jaywalking to California Assembly Floor Vote Sacramento – The Freedom to Walk Act, a bill to eliminate jaywalking laws in California, will be […]
CalBike Insider: Street Safety, Budget Surplus, and the Death of a Good Idea
/by Kevin ClaxtonA great deal of the work your CalBike staff does in Sacramento is behind the scenes. We attend technical advisory committee meetings, advise senior (and junior) staff on best practices, and nudge state agencies to advance in our direction: toward better communities where more people can experience the healthful joy of bicycling, with equity, prosperity, […]
Webinar: A National Discussion on Decriminalizing Jaywalking
/by Jared SanchezOn May 3, 2021, CalBike co-hosted a national panel discussion on decriminalizing jaywalking. Leading academics, advocates, and legislators discussed local efforts to end the enforcement of jaywalking. They shared lessons learned and steps to success. CalBike has joined a surging national movement to repeal unjust jaywalking laws by co-sponsoring the Freedom to Walk Act (AB […]
Last Chance For Input into Bike Tourism Initiative
/by Kevin Claxton“They come here to bike.” Those words will be on the lips of residents of five counties if local agencies implement the recommendations of CalBike and its partners for improvements to the roads and services for bike tourists in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Alpine counties. The recommendations are being finalized this week. Learn […]
Studies Show Increases in Biking and Bike Safety in Numbers
/by Kevin ClaxtonA spate of new studies has shown that both biking and bike safety grew during the pandemic. The research found that more bikes on the streets leads to safer biking and that “build it and they will come” works well for cycling infrastructure. Perhaps the most exciting of the recent studies broke down bike ridership […]
Advocates’ Budget Ask for Active Transportation
/by Andrew WrightCalBike signed on to this letter in support of the California Transportation Commission’s request for $2 billion of supplemental funding for active transportation projects. Our letter, joined by key long-term allies in advocacy for active transportation, differs from the Commission’s request in that it suggests spending half of that $2 billion on unfunded applications in […]
E-Bikes Are the Best Climate Investment for California
/by Kevin ClaxtonDATE May 10, 2021 CONTACT:Dave Snyder, Executive Director, California Bicycle Coalition, 916-251-9433, dave@calbike.org STUDY: E-Bikes Are the Best Climate Investment for California SACRAMENTO – A recent study found that subsidies for electric bikes are more cost-effective than electric car incentives at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from private cars. Yet very few programs to incentivize the uptake […]
Proposed Law Would Bring the 15-Minute City and Bicycle Highways in California
/by Kevin ClaxtonDespite ambitious goals, California has made little progress toward building safe and convenient bike routes. Safe bikeways don’t connect the destinations people need to reach. Roads and intersections that prioritize cars make bike trips unpleasant at best, dangerous at worst. A bill working its way through the legislature could change this landscape. AB 1147 (Friedman) […]
CalBike to Host National Panel on Decriminalizing Jaywalking
/by Jared SanchezOn May 3, 2021, at 1:00 pm Pacific time, CalBike will join our cosponsors of the Freedom to Walk Act (AB 1238, Ting) and leading experts on pedestrian safety to host a national panel discussion on decriminalizing jaywalking. The discussion will be held on Zoom and all are welcome to attend. The event is free […]
Assembly Transportation Committee Supports Freedom to Walk Act
/by Jared SanchezApril 26, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: CalBike: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org | 714-262-0921 California Walks: Caro Jauregui, caro@calwalks.org | 562-320-2139 Los Angeles Walks: John Yi, john@losangeleswalks.org | 213-219-2483 Assembly Transportation Committee Supports Freedom to Walk Act First Step to Decriminalize Jaywalking in California Sacramento – The California Assembly Transportation Committee voted 12-2 to support AB […]