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Jared Sanchez2025-03-27 17:25:472025-04-04 08:08:53CalBike Insider: What Does It Mean When CalBike Opposes a Bill?
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CalBike Staff2025-03-20 12:48:352025-03-20 12:54:26Looking Back Five Years: Biking During COVID
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Jared Sanchez2025-03-19 19:21:112025-03-19 19:21:13CalBike Opposes Bill Giving Fire Departments More Control of Bikeways
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Jared Sanchez2025-03-18 15:20:212025-03-18 16:53:43California Legislators Stand Up for the Active Transportation Program
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Kendra Ramsey2025-03-13 12:16:142025-03-20 14:46:26National Bike Summit (open thread)
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Laura McCamy2025-03-06 13:11:212025-03-06 15:10:39CARB Proposes Changes for E-Bike Incentive Project
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CalBike Staff2025-03-06 12:25:552025-03-06 14:15:42California to Launch Bike Highway Pilot Program Under Bennett Bill
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Laura McCamy2025-03-05 19:39:492025-04-02 13:54:35Advocates Fight Potential Loss of Bike/Ped Access to Richmond-San Rafael Bridge 
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Kendra Ramsey2025-02-28 18:49:192025-02-28 18:49:21CalBike Virtual Summit Session Highlights Active Transportation Funding Sources
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Jared Sanchez2025-02-25 17:02:542025-03-21 16:34:50CalBike’s 2025 Legislative Agenda
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Laura McCamy2025-02-25 16:17:042025-07-29 09:53:52Bikeway Removals Must Stop
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2016 State Candidate Survey
/by ZacThe following survey was mailed to every candidate for Assembly or Senate. To see their responses, view this online spreadsheet. Do you ride a bicycle in your district and/or in Sacramento? If yes, for what purpose(s) and how often? How do you most commonly commute to work? If no, what would inspire you, and the 60{850a63fa8a72bae4d6bfa3f1eda9f619cddace10f9053ede128e2914f9ca5a15} of people […]
CalBike’s 2016 Legislation
/by ZacYour California Bicycle Coalition has a packed legislative portfolio for 2016! We are excited to be working with bicycling champion Assemblymember Richard Bloom on two important bills: (1) to preserve funding in the Active Transportation Program for planning grants and education and encouragement programs in disadvantaged communities, in response to declining funding for these […]
Bikeway Design Best Practices
/by ZacWe recommend the following guides and manuals to any engineer or planner in California. Each one provides valuable advice on bikeway and roadway designs that are approved for any road in the state. NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide. Published by the National Association of City Transportation Officials, these guides have the same authority in California as the […]
CalBike Awards 2015
/by ZacHappy New Year! We’re already going full steam on our 2016 Legislative Agenda but wanted to take some time to recognize all the accomplishments (and some disappointments) from last year. INFRASTRUCTURE: Best New Bike Project: Harbor Drive Protected Bike Lanes, Redondo Beach, California This city of about 70,000 in southwest Los Angeles County built the prettiest and […]
A Short History of California’s First Freeway
/by ZacThis month in history: on January 4th, 1940, California’s first urban freeway opened. The Arroyo Seco Parkway, which is a part of the US 101 through Pasadena, has some interesting history. Its right-of-way was originally purchased in the late 1890s for what, we think you’ll agree, was a much more interesting idea. The California Cycleway […]
Governor Brown’s Budget Disappoints Us
/by ZacGovernor Brown’s proposed budget, released on Thursday, once again supports the status quo of increased car travel. Despite a $16.2 billion transportation budget including $3 billion in new revenue, his top priorities are repairing potholes and bridges and “improving trade corridors,” which broadly translates to expanding freeways on the most congested priority truck routes. No […]
A Letter Regarding our Theme — Equity in Motion
/by ZacI’m excited you’re coming to the California Bicycle Summit. Focused on our summit’s theme, Equity in Motion, this is the fifth in our series of updates to help you prepare for the summit. Equity is a defining issue of our time. Despite growing wealth for some of us Californians, most of us struggle to meet daily […]
Statement on separated bikeways aka protected bike lanes
/by Kevin ClaxtonMarin Museum of Bicycling Opens
/by ZacThe Marin Museum of Bicycling, a new bicycle history museum and cultural center in Fairfax, California, held their grand opening on Saturday, June 6. The museum is also the new home of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, which has been located in Crested Butte, Colorado since 1988. Your California Bicycle Coalition’s own Dave Snyder […]
Bike Advocacy Day report
/by ZacJenny Shu, George Schnakenberg, State Senator Mark DeSaulnier and Bike East Bay’s Dave Campbell meet to discuss the importance of biking in DeSaulnier’s office on May 21. Bike Advocacy Day report Seventy-three people converged on Sacramento on Wednesday May 21 for California Bike Advocacy Day. We met with 63 legislative offices and staff from Caltrans […]
ATP Cycle 2 Aims to Fund New Bikeways Statewide
/by ZacThe California Transportation Commission will award grants to 113 of the 617 projects that applied for funding from the second round of the state Active Transportation Program, or $215 million for projects that requested more than $1 billion. This significant unmet need demonstrates why your California Bicycle Coalition continues to push for more funding to […]
Senator Liu pulls helmet mandate
/by ZacToday, Senator Carol Liu pulled the helmet mandate from her bill. Helmet mandates don’t make streets safer. They discourage people from riding, and they are enforced inequitably. Your California Bicycle Coalition asked her to pull the bill, and thousands of people from across California chimed in on our petition. Senator Liu heard nearly unanimous opposition […]