This was a year of ups and downs, of big wins for safer streets and big setbacks for funding to build safer streets. Like almost every year, 2024 was a time of contradictions and mixed messages for bicycle advocates in California and beyond. So it’s time to celebrate the good and make fun of the bad. Here’s CalBike’s rundown of the best and worst of 2024. Best evidence that persistence pays off: SB 960, the Complete Streets Law
Three bills. Eight years of campaigning. And, in 2024 — Complete Streets success! We applaud Senator Scott Wiener for standing behind and reintroducing his legislation to require Caltrans to build infrastructure for people walking, biking, and taking transit on state-controlled roadways. CalBike stuck with it, too, tirelessly campaigning for Caltrans to live up to its own policies around Complete Streets.
CalBike’s Andrew Wright brings us a festive holiday song to celebrate this win (sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne): Complete Streets Verse 1: Should safer streets be just a dream,
And never see the day?
Not anymore — Complete Streets Bill
Has paved a brighter way!
Chorus: For safer roads and paths we cheer,
For biking, walking fine,
Let’s raise a toast, the fight is won,
This victory is thine! Verse 2: Guv’nor’s pen has sealed the deal, Complete Streets law is here. A step toward safety for us all, Let’s celebrate this year! Honorable mention: the Transportation Accountability Act, AB 2086 Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo’s Transportation Accountability Act, AB 2086, […]
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