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This piece also appears at Calbike. CalBike’s two priority bills will likely end up in the Suspense File in the Assembly Appropriations Committee shortly because both have price tags that require scrutiny in Appropriations. The Quick-Build Bill (AB 891, Zbur) provides Caltrans with…

This article via Calbike. CalBike has 14 bills on its legislative watchlist this year, and almost half of them (six) are e-bike regulations. As we have documented repeatedly over the past couple of years, the swift rise in the popularity of e-bikes has…

Image: Calbike. Thirty organizations working for safer streets joined with the California Bicycle Coalition to send a letter to legislators to address the growing trend of local communities placing restrictions on e-bikes because of safety concerns. Those concerns, while legitimate,…

The following post first appeared at Calbike. Today, CalBike is releasing a new report: Incomplete Streets: Aligning Policy with Practice at Caltrans. The report details where Caltrans has succeeded in adding elements for people biking, walking, and taking transit when it repairs…

Note: The California Bicycle Coalition is preparing to release a report, Incomplete Streets: Caltrans Fails to Protect Vulnerable Road Users, in August. This post is the third in a series of excerpts from their research. We have to give Caltrans credit for doing…

The Building Standards Commission is updating the California Building Standards Code sections governing bicycle parking, pursuant to a 2022 law that CalBike helped pass. That law requires bicycle parking standards to be added to the code during its next update. The commission is…

Note: This post was originally published on the California Bicycle Coalition’s blog. On Friday, May 24, bills had to be voted out of the house where they originated. Only two of the bills supported by the California Bicycle Coalition died in…

In California, our transportation sector contributes more than any other sector to climate pollution. The Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) lays out a limited set of plans and goals for reducing emissions from transportation. However, it’s not enough.…

Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the California Bicycle Coalition’s site. Of the bills the California Bicycle Coalition supported that made it to the governor’s desk, six were signed into law, and two were vetoed. Several active transportation measures were…