#electricbicycles — Public Fediverse posts

Summary of new California #transportation laws for 2026 is on pages 11-12 of Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Bike and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee meeting packet for Feb: https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/e73eb70df/BPC+Agenda+Packet+February+4+Meeting.pdf

Among the new laws:
AB 382 (Berman) – #Pedestrian safety: #SchoolZones: #SpeedLimits
AB 1014 (Rogers) – #TrafficSafety: #SpeedLimits
SB 671 (Cervantes) – #PedestrianCrossing signals
SB 71 (Wiener) – California #Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: #transit projects [AND #ActiveTransportation projects]
AB 544 (Davies) – #ElectricBicycles: required equipment
AB 875 (Murasutchi) – Vehicle removal — In part, "grants law enforcement authority to #impound certain noncompliant electric vehicles. Officers may remove electric vehicles with fewer than four wheels that exceed legal #speed thresholds and do not qualify as #ebikes, as well as Class 3 e-bikes operated
by riders under 16 years old or without required helmets.”

#TrafficLaws #biking #walking #PublicSafety #DriverEducation #BikersEd #youth

KQED Public Forum with guests Kendra Ramsey, executive director of California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike; John Maa, trauma surgeon, MarinHealth Medical Center, and former president of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society; Karen Wiener, co-owner, The New Wheel—an e-bike shop in San Francisco, Oakland, and Marin; and Jesse Villegas, Fresno resident, who bought an e-bike as part of the soft launch of the state's e-bike incentive program.

https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908121/california-offers-long-awaited-cash-incentives-for-e-bikes

#KQED #PublicBroadcasting #ebike #ebikes #ElectricBicycles #ElectricBikes #transportation #ClimateAction