CalBike Summit Roundup
Too many sessions and conversations to cover!
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Active Transportation Program Calls for Volunteer Evaluators
Apply to be a volunteer ATP application evaluator by May 10.
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Bill to Require Speed Control in Vehicles Goes Limp
Also passed yesterday were S.B 961, the Complete Streets bill, a bill on Bay Area transit funding, and a prohibition on state funding for Class III bikeways.
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CalBike Summit to Advocates: Don’t Take No for an Answer
"Persistence with kindness." "Keep trying different things." "You have to be kind of annoying." "Light up their phones."
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CA High-Speed Rail Takes a Step Towards Acquiring Trains
The contract calls for two prototype trainsets for testing to be delivered by 2028, and four trainsets to be used on the "early operating segment" between Merced and Bakersfield, ready between 2030 and 2033.
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More Early Bill Approvals: E-bike Classifications and Batteries, Adding Malibu to Speed Camera Program
Drilling down on e-bike safety, and whether speed cameras belong everywhere
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Early Committee Approval for a Few Bike Bills
Bills to allow Marin County to pass an age and helmet restriction on Class 2 e-bikes, prohibit ATP funds from being used on useless Class III bikeways; and make it permanently illegal to charge bike riders and pedestrians tolls on bridges.
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State Active Transportation Program Issues Call for Projects
Bay Area region issues its regional application at the same time. Project applications are due June 17.
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What Should the Air Resources Board Study?
CARB looks for public ideas, comment on its strategic research plan, due by April 16
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Transportation Commission: Touting Active Transportation, Approving Highway Expansions
Despite public pleas to stop spending on highway expansion, pro-expansion forces still take the day.
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