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Speed Limit Reform Update: Amendments Curb AB 2363’s Potential To Save Lives
/by ZacA bill that would have improved the way speed limits are created was amended in the Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday to just call for more study. Currently, speed limits are set by measuring the speed of drivers in free flow conditions, then, after measuring 100 drivers, the speed limit is set at the 5 mph […]
Getting Ready for Autonomous Vehicles
/by ZacThe fact that Uber would allow a driverless car onto the road without the ability to see a pedestrian clearly in its path is a sign that the technology is not ready to be operated on our streets. But when the technology is ready, autonomous vehicle technology could finally put a halt to the bloody crashes that […]
CalBike Endorses Mike Eng for SD 22
/by ZacVote for Mike Eng for Senate One of two bike-friendly candidates for this seat, Mike Eng deserves your vote for his commitment not just to bicycling but to the related issues around air pollution and affordable housing that make life easier for people who ride bikes. Senate District 22 serves the cities and communities of […]
Six Things to Prepare for a Bike-Friendly 2018, #5: Harness the Power of the Ballot
/by ZacEvery single U.S. Congressional Representative, every single California State Assemblymember, and one half of the California State Senate face re-election this November. Some of them craft policies that help protect you and your family when you choose to get on a bike to ride around your community—and some of them support and are well financed […]
Six Things to Prepare for a Bike-Friendly 2018, #4: Show Your Local Advocacy Organization Some Love.
/by ZacMost of the decisions about whether your street is going to be safe for biking are made at the local level, by city councils or County Boards or regional agencies. They are fights over real estate on the street. State policy matters—we work hard for policies that make it easier for locals to win those street […]
Six Things to Prepare for a Bike-Friendly 2018, #3: Take Control of Your Streets.
/by ZacWe’re not going to transform California into a bike-friendly paradise by the end of 2018, but at least we should be moving in the right direction every time we repave or rebuild a street. However, that’s too often not the case when Caltrans is in charge of the project. Our proposed complete streets policy would […]
Six Things to Prepare for a Bike-Friendly 2018, #2: Be a Volunteer Activist
/by ZacChanging the world takes action on all levels. We need the professional, focused advocacy that CalBike delivers—and we also need volunteer effort, and lots of it. In fact, CalBike at its best works to coordinate and amplify the passion and energy of thousands of volunteer activists for transportation justice, without whom we simply could not […]
Six Things to Prepare for a Successful 2018
/by ZacThis month CalBike is publishing six articles to help you bring more joy into your life in 2018. Each post will bring a new suggestion for supporting our movement to make our communities more equitable, inclusive and prosperous where bicycling enables more people to live joyful and healthy lives. Today we emphasize the deepest aspect […]
Creating Space: Notes from the first of our BIPOC Mobility Justice Labs
/by ZacOn Saturday, January 20th, CalBike co-organized a gathering of Los Angeles area community organizations and individuals to provide the opportunity and space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to collaborate on local and state transportation justice issues. Co-sponsored by PolicyLink, California Walks, and Multicultural Communities for Mobility (MCM), the meeting recognized the historic and […]
Jan 2018 Legislative Update
/by ZacComplete Streets for Another Day Sometimes, even your best effort to dot all the I’s and cross all the T’s can get thwarted by a more influential force. At the first Senate Transportation and Housing Committee hearing of the new year held on Tuesday January 9th, SB 760 became the first casualty of the state […]
Governor’s 2018-19 Budget Proposal Delivers Over $20 billion for Transportation, Disappoints On Equity and Sustainability Goals
/by ZacSacramento, CA — This week, Governor Brown released his 2018-19 State Budget proposal, which Brian Kelly, the Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), has described as “the SB 1 budget.” And it certainly is. New revenue from Senate Bill 1 ($4.6 billion) enlarged the transportation pie for 2018-19 with the majority of it directed […]
Equity, the CTC, & the Need for Reform in Transportation Decisionmaking
/by ZacTo advocate for more equitable, inclusive and prosperous communities, we “follow the money” and that means we engage intensely with the CTC. At the state level, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) controls most of the federal and state sources of the transportation budget—a whopping $18 billion a year—and therefore the priorities of our state’s transportation […]