For the 2007 State Legislative session, the Marin County Bicycle Coalition supported several bills. The following bills were signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger:

• AB57, Safe Routes to School (Soto)
• AB33, Teen Cell Phone Use (Simitian)
• AB458, Night-time illumination (Wolk)
• AB1581, Traffic actuated signals for bicyclists and motorcyclists (Fuller)

The following bills that MCBC supported will be taken up again by the Legislature in January 2008:

• AB 1358 (Leno) The Complete Streets Act
• AB 163 (Mendoza) Bicycle Facilities Improvement Act of 2007
• AB 211 (Jones) Local Health Officers (formerly AB 437)
• AB 1472 (Leno/DeSaulnier) Public health: California Healthy Places Act of 2008

Please see the California Bicycle Coalition's webpage for details.

The California Bicycle Coalition promotes bicycling to create safe, healthy, and livable communities. The CBC is your voice in state government.

The California Bicycle Coalition (www.calbike.org) works to develop and pass legislation that improves bicycle infrastructure and education for the State of California. In past years, they have sponsored legislation that increased the Bicycle Transportation Account and launched the Safe Routes to Schools capital program.

America Bikes was formed in 2002 to lobby for improved bicycle funding at the federal level through the reauthorization of TEA-21 (the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century). You can reach America Bikes at 202-833-8080. America Bikes includes representation from the eight big national bicycle groups: Bikes Belong Coalition, the League of American Bicyclists, Adventure Cycling Association, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, International Mountain Biking Association, the National Center for Walking and Bicycling, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and Thunderhead Alliance. Affiliated with America Bikes are also: the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and the Surface Transportation Policy Project.