Advocate in California: Preserve safe bikeways; address e-motos; reform Active Transportation Program

Heads-up, Californians: The state legislature’s recess ends August 3, 2026. Get informed on what’s coming, and communicate your positions to your elected representatives in the California Senate and Assembly. 

California Bicycle Coalition / CalBike is a voice for state policies that enable our communities and neighbors to feel safe and comfortable using bicycling and other active transportation. See CalBike’s Legislative Watch table: https://www.calbike.org/legislative-watch/ 

CalBike-sponsored bills for the upcoming legislative session include:

SB 569 (Blakespear) – Preserving Safe Bikeways. Creates a process a local agency must take to remove a bikeway or reduce the physical separation. Passed Assembly Transportation hearing June 29, headed to Assembly Floor in August.

Preserving Safe Bikeways – Support SB 569 https://www.calbike.org/sb569/

SB 1167 (Blakespear) – Illegal e-motos. Unanimous passage into Assembly. Passed Assembly Transportation hearing June 29, headed to Assembly Appropriations in August. 

Truth in Biking – Support SB 1167 https://www.calbike.org/sb1167/

AB 2168 (Wicks) – Active Transportation Program (ATP) Reform. Passed Senate Transportation hearing June 30, set for Senate Appropriations August 3.

Fix Active Transportation Program (ATP): Fund Real Connections – Support AB 2168 https://www.calbike.org/ab2168/ 

Advocate for SB 1167 by contacting your elected representatives in the California Senate and Assembly on your own and/or by using CalBike’s convenient template: 

Truth in Biking – Support SB 1167 https://www.calbike.org/sb1167/

How to sign up for CalBike emails https://www.calbike.org/join-the-calbike-mailing-list/

Find local CalBike partners throughout the state (e.g., on the Central Coast—Bicycling Monterey, Bike Santa Cruz County, Bike SLO County, MOVE Santa Barbara) : https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/

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