Advocacy
Basics
Meet the Advocates Pushing St. Louis’s Transportation Transformation
“It’s about forming, storming and norming," said one activist about the challenges to keep up the energy.
September 23, 2024
Sacramento City Council May Declare Emergency Over Traffic Safety
The proposal to declare an emergency is appropriate, say advocates — but it needs to be much stronger.
September 18, 2024
Where Can a Body Safely Park a Bike?
This group wants to map, rate, and review bike parking everywhere — with your help.
September 6, 2024
Killed by a Traffic Engineer: CalBike Interviews Wes Marshall
There is nothing that says you have to design for the peak or for 20 years from now. It’s a choice we’re making.
August 29, 2024
Encouraging Seniors to Use Active and Public Transportation
Using - and encouraging the use of - active and multimodal transport can greatly enhance people's lives, especially seniors.
July 17, 2024
Get to Know Your MPO: An Advocate’s Guide to Some of Our Most Critical Transportation Agencies
The Metropolitan Planning Organization can have an outsized influence on local transportation decisions. Here's what every advocate needs to know about how they operate — and how to win them over.
June 24, 2024
‘A Petition, a Website, and a T-shirt’: Ann Arbor Advocates Share Tips for Fighting Highway Expansions
Ann Arbor advocates helped get a destructive and wasteful highway expansion thrown out — and they have some ideas on how you can, too.
June 10, 2024
Environmental Groups File Suit Against I-80 Highway Expansion
The environmental report for the Yolo Bypass project understates the true impacts of the project, according to the lawsuit.
May 31, 2024
How Bad Is Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Cut to Calif.’s Active Transportation Program? Awful.
It would have zeroed out the entirety of Cycle 7 - but the legislature has rejected the cuts.
May 29, 2024
Register Your Bike. It’s Easy, It’s Free, and It Helps Everyone
Bike Index, a free national bike registry, just launched an iOS app to make it even easier.
May 23, 2024
