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California Walks and CalBike Call on Cities to Implement Daylighting to Save Lives

California’s Transportation Spending Has the Wrong Priorities

E-Bike Purchase Incentives FAQs

Bike Riders’ Right to Safe Streets Tested in Court

My Mother Rode a Bike

Fate of Quick-Build and Bike Highways in Suspense

Inside the Black Box of Appropriations

NYBC: Bicycle Programs Are the New Student Movement

Building an Alliance Between Firefighters and Street Safety Advocates

CalBike Insider: Digging into the State Highway System Management Plan

What to Know About the Next California E-Bike Voucher Application Window

E-Bikes on the Agenda for California Legislature in 2025

CalBike Webinar Elevates the Challenges for Community Bike Shops During the Pandemic

September 15, 2020/by Jared Sanchez

On September 10th, CalBike held a webinar that was joined by more than 25 attendees from California’s community bike shops. We put our heads together, guided by expert government advice, on how to safely continue the necessary work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the two-hour conversation was to identify challenges for community bike […]

Thank Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin

September 3, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

Here’s something we don’t often say at CalBike: Good work, Caltrans! As we reported here, Caltrans pulled $100 million in funding from its biannual road repair program to add bike and pedestrian safety elements to some of the projects. This directive came from the top: Director Toks Omishakin. This was an explicit and unprecedented admission that […]

Reduce the Role of Police in Traffic Enforcement for the Safety of Everyone

August 31, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

Update: Following on the August 24 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, on August 31, a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy stopped a Black man for riding his bike the wrong way on a quiet residential street. Moments later, the officer shot Dijon Kizzee dead. This has to stop. Will you sign our call […]

Last Chance to Influence Caltrans Complete Streets Priorities

August 28, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

Now is your last chance to influence how Caltrans spends $100 million on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The funding comes from an unprecedented set-aside that Caltrans director Toks Omishakin ordered, to add bicycle and pedestrian safety elements to projects in the 2020 State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP). The SHOPP contains 920 projects. The […]

CalBike Heralds a Victory for Bike Sharing in California

August 27, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dave Snyder dave@calbike.org 916-251-9433 Sacramento, August 27, 2020: The California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) announced a victory today in its campaign to protect bike share systems from a threat from the California State Senate. An amendment to Assembly Bill 1286 removed a provision that would have transferred all liability for any impact […]

Bike Parking Bill Killed by COVID-19

August 14, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

Add one more item to the (loooong) list of legislative priorities that have been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic: Assembly Member Robert Rivas’s bike parking incentive bill. It is the last of many bills that CalBike was working on in 2020 to improve the policy environment for biking. CalBike now has more capacity to plan […]

Central Valley Bikeways Project - Bakersfield

CalBike Launches Central Valley Community Bikeways Survey

July 27, 2020/by Laura McCamy

For Immediate Release Contact: Fresno/Merced: Jared Sanchez, jared@calbike.org | 714-262-0921 Bakersfield: Asha Chandy, asha@calbike.org | 661-376-0248 Bakersfield: Forest Barnes, forest@calbike.org | 415-484-3143 CalBike Launches Central Valley Community Bikeways Survey Bakersfield, July 23, 2020: CalBike is excited to announce the release of a community survey to help guide our Central Valley Bikeways Project. This survey asks […]

Shasta Bike Depot Will Help Redding Embrace Its Potential as a Bikeable City

July 20, 2020/by Laura McCamy

VMT vs. LOS: VMT FTW!

July 8, 2020/by Laura McCamy

On July 1, 2020, a quiet change happened on California streets. You won’t notice a difference right away, but the change will have huge ramifications for years to come. The change involves a win for VMT vs. LOS. For the past seven years, Caltrans has dragged its feet on a change to CEQA that would […]

Central Valley Bikeways Project - Merced

CalBike Welcomes New Members to the Central Valley Bikeways Project Team

July 8, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

CalBike is delighted to welcome Alexandra Weber, Rosy Doud, and Peter Garcia to our Central Valley Bikeways Project team. The project will design a low-stress bikeway network centered around the planned High Speed Rail (HSR) stations in Fresno, Merced, and Bakersfield. “Each of them brings different skills and equity focus that will enhance our planning […]

We need more bike parking in new buildings

CalBike Joins Coalition Calling for Implementation of Commonsense Environmental Impact Analysis

June 26, 2020/by Kevin Claxton

For decades, the laws that protect the environment by requiring traffic impact analysis had a serious flaw. The analysis considered car congestion as a negative impact that should be mitigated. This led to road widenings to relieve congestion (which only led to more traffic and, soon after, more congestion). Even worse, these level of service (LOS) […]

New Federal Transportation Bill Includes Major Investments for Biking

June 23, 2020/by Jared Sanchez

Update: On July 1, 202o, the INVEST Act passed the House! Now it will face a much harder journey through the Senate. The federal government will improve its support of bicycling if lawmakers approve the INVEST in America Act, pending in Congress right now. This federal transportation bill programs $494 billion in transportation funding over […]