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CalBike Endorsement: Vote for Abigail Medina for Senate District 23 on March 3rd!
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Jared SanchezAs Executive Director of Inland Region Equality Network (IREN), Abigail Medina has championed environmental protections, educational improvement, equality and fair treatment of LGBT+ individuals in San Bernardino and throughout the Inland Empire. When she is elected to represent Senate District 23, Medina has identified unsafe conditions for pedestrians and cyclists and unsafe communities that allow […]
CalBike Endorsement: Vote for Dave Min for Senate District 37 on March 3rd!
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Jared Sanchez“I believe that climate change is the defining crisis of our time, and that California must be a leader in promoting policies that radically reduce carbon emissions, not only in our state but across the world.” Those are the first words Dave Min wrote in his answers to our candidate questionnaire. He’s running to unseat […]
CalBike Endorsement: Vote for DeniAntionette Mazingo for Assembly District 42 on March 3rd!
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Jared SanchezThe incumbent in Assembly District 42 is no friend to bicycling. He reliably voted against bills to improve bike safety, including our popular Complete Streets bill last year. He deserves to be defeated. DeniAntionette Mazingo gave excellent responses to our questionnaire and holds great promise for AD 42. Assembly District 42 straddles the gateway between […]
CalBike Endorsement: Vote for Chris Ward for Assembly District 78 on March 3rd!
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Jared SanchezChris Ward’s platform reads like a bicycle advocates’ dream. He gets the importance of bicycling as a component of sustainable transportation and a socially just society. Ward has an excellent track record as a San Diego Council Member to back up his claims. With Chris Ward as Assembly Member, we’ll have an ally who will […]
New State Law Leads to $90M for San Diego Bike Projects
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Jared SanchezAdvocates for San Diego bike projects used to find themselves stymied by the conflicting values of a regional agency that was controlled by votes representing suburban residents. Those residents, more likely to be affluent and white, had more voting power per capita. Residents of the more populous cities that had less voting power were likely […]
E-Bikes Deserve the Same Rebates as Electric Cars
/in The Latest /by Dave SnyderWhen you buy an electric car in California, you get help from the state. Purchases of all-electric automobiles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids are eligible for a rebate of up to $7,000. If instead, you’d like to buy what is arguably the most climate friendly practical form of transit – an electric bike – you are […]
CalBike 2020 Agenda
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Dave SnyderAt CalBike, we have spent the weeks since the end of the 2019 legislative session plotting our direction for 2020. Soon, we’ll begin to implement the CalBike 2020 agenda by meeting with stakeholders, planning campaigns, and finding legislators to author bills to create the policies necessary to achieve our strategic plan. We will announce our […]
CalBike Endorsements for Los Angeles City Council District 4
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Dave SnyderAt CalBike, we work not just to improve what policy makers decide about transportation, but to improve who those very policymakers are. That’s why we are endorsing candidates for the March 3, 2020 elections. We’re starting with an important race for the Los Angeles City Council District 4. We are proud to endorse both Sarah […]
Reflections on the 2019 California Bicycle Summit
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Dave SnyderThe 2019 California Bicycle Summit delivered on its theme: Intersections. CalBike held its 2019 California Bicycle Summit at the Center for Healthy Communities in Los Angeles in October 15-17. Participants in dozens of panels, workshops, plenaries, and keynotes grappled with the many ways that bicycling intersects with other key issues like housing and the climate […]
Linda Khamoushian Promoted to CalBike Policy Director
/in Newsroom, Press Release, The Latest /by Dave SnyderThe California Bicycle Coalition is pleased to announce the promotion of Linda Khamoushian to the position of Policy Director. Khamoushian will lead CalBike’s statewide policy agenda in the legislature and the legislative agencies that play a role in making our communities more equitable, inclusive, and prosperous. Khamoushian came to CalBike in October of 2016 as […]
CalBike 2019 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Linda KhamoushianSeveral victories advance CalBike’s agenda, but a veto forces us to change strategy While Governor Newsom’s disappointing veto of the Complete Streets Bill got the most attention, CalBike advocated for much more in the 2019 legislative session. CalBike members responded to our calls to action to secure important victories for our mission of making California’s […]
Zero Fatalities Task Force Tackles Dangerous Street Design, Speeding
/in Newsroom, The Latest /by Dave SnyderIn 2018, Governor Brown signed AB 2363 to establish the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force to make recommendations for eliminating traffic fatalities in California. CalBike’s Executive Director, Dave Snyder, is a member of the task force. The bill, authored by Assembly Member Laura Friedman, originally removed the 85th percentile rule in current law about setting […]