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low-stress bike networks

Free Webinar: Tools to Create Connected, Low-Stress Bike Networks

Is your community’s bike network incomplete? Does it have bike lanes used by only the most fearless bike riders? Join us on Thursday, March 5, 2020, 11 am – 12pm PT for a free webinar. You already know the value of complete, low-stress bike networks in your community. Join us to learn about new, free, […]

edge lane roads

California Needs Edge Lane Roads

CalBike is working to provide an important new tool to traffic engineers. It will give people who on bikes safe space to ride on narrow roads. The tool is a road design called ‘edge lane roads’ and we need your help to identify places where they should be installed.  What is an edge lane road? […]

Micromobility America

CalBike Members Get 30% Off Micromobility America 2020

Micromobility America returns to Richmond, CA, for the largest-ever gathering of people specifically focused on new modes of urban mobility. Important note: The 2020 Micromobility America conference has been rescheduled from April 22-23 to July 16-17, due to coronavirus concerns. Speakers include Lime president Joe Kraus, Curbed editor Alissa Walker, Strava data leader Cathy Tanimura, and […]

Vote DeniAntionette Mazingo Assembly District 42

CalBike Endorsement: Vote for DeniAntionette Mazingo for Assembly District 42 on March 3rd!

The 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 […]

New State Law Leads to $90M for San Diego Bike Projects  

Advocates 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 rebates

E-Bikes Deserve the Same Rebates as Electric Cars

When 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 […]

connected bike networks

CalBike 2020 Agenda

At 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 […]

2019 California Bicycle Summit

Reflections on the 2019 California Bicycle Summit

The 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

Linda Khamoushian Promoted to CalBike Policy Director

The 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 […]

bike by the Capitol

CalBike 2019 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

Several 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 […]