This story includes reporting initially from a legislative update at Streetsblog California that includes more on E-bike Classifications and Batteries. Read the rest of the report here. This story is an edited copy of a legislative update at Streetsblog California…
The Senate Transportation Committee met today and passed a number of bills, including some related to e-bikes, bike infrastructure, and charging bike riders and pedestrians tolls on bridges. E-Bikes A.B. 1774, from Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach), clarifies that it…
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has approved guidelines for the Active Transportation Program Cycle 7 and issued a call for applications, which are due June 17. The program currently has at least $100 million budgeted for each year of Cycle 7, which programs…
very five years, the California Air Resources Board creates a five-year strategic plan laying out state priorities for research on air quality and climate issues. They are asking members of the public to weigh in, either by submitting a comment on…
First things first: at the last minute, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) rescheduled its discussion of the controversial Yolo Causeway project, which is a plan to widen I-80 between Davis and Sacramento. The delay was apparently in response to a letter sent…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California legislature is in the second year of a two-year session, which means, first, there some “two-year” bills left over from last year. There are also new bills. Second, all bills must…
This article first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California Bicycle Coalition’s biannual Bike Summit is fast approaching, and organizers have released the schedule of events. Some details are still being finalized, including the timing of local bike tours, but the…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. For more than three years, the California Air Resources Board has been working to formulate and launch a statewide e-bike incentive program. Progress has been glacial, and answers to requests for information…
The following article first appeared on Streetsblog California. California’s Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies opened the 2024 legislative session yesterday with an informational hearing to talk about how the state should proceed in its climate policies. Cap-and-trade, created in…
The California Air Resources Board recently announced $33 million in grants for supporting planning and implementing clean transportation projects across the state. These grants are in the Planning and Capacity Building, Clean Mobility in Schools (CMIS), and Sustainable Transportation Equity Project…
The following article first appeared on Streetsblog California. The California Bicycle Coalition held a lively discussion this morning on the topic of S.B. 960, the Complete Streets bill authored by Senator Scott Wiener. The webinar was a preview of the kinds…
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) and Caltrans released a new tool to aid in the state’s work towards addressing the inequitable distribution of transportation benefits and burdens. Called the Transportation Equity Index (EQI), the tool is similar to the state’s…
Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) has introduced a bill that would require that all e-bike riders are at least twelve years of age, and require every e-bike rider to have either a driver’s license or a waiver and state-issued ID with them.…
A bill that was introduced last year – S.B. 768, from Senator Anna Caballero (D-Fresno) – attempted to exempt rural and suburban areas from new rules under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). It didn’t go anywhere, because as it was…
“Let’s talk about the promises we are keeping,” said Governor Newsom at the announcement of his proposed 2024-25 budget yesterday. “California’s climate commitment us up there.” Then he outlined his budget proposal, which includes multiple cuts to the state programs that…
