Advocacy

2023 Legislative Highlights: E-Bike Rebates, Statewide Bike Education Funding, More Money for Infrastructure

The state budget fulfilled funding commitments in last year’s Move Ahead WA package–with big increases […]

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Complete Streets are Coming to Washington

A new law that went into effect July 1 requires Washington state highway planners to […]

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$29 Million Will Fast-Track Eastrail Construction Projects

Move Ahead Washington funds will benefit bike infrastructure statewide and speed up completion of key […]

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Washington Bikes Celebrates Passage of Largest Funding Package for Bicycling Infrastructure and Bike Education in Washington History

Legislation with $1.3 billion in spending for bike, walk, and roll initiatives headed to the […]

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Effort to Repeal Helmet Law Advances in King County

Washington Bikes and Cascade Bicycle Club 100 percent encourage people to wear helmets, but we […]

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One Year After a Driver Killed Her Husband, a Widow Speaks About the Need for Safer Roads

Teena Johnson of Tacoma urges people driving to be more cautious around people on bikes, […]

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Washington Bikes 2020 General Election Outcomes + Announcing our 2021 Legislative Agenda

Washington Bikes is excited to begin collaborating with newly elected and re-elected public leaders to […]

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Washington is poised to get its own scenic bikeways program

Updated: Washington Bikes recently helped pass HB 2587 to bring scenic bikeways to Washington. The […]

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Washington Bikes’ 2020 Lobby Day was a huge success for people who bike!

Advocates for better biking converged on the State Capitol in Olympia in January to engage […]

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The Top 2019 Wins for Bikes

As the year nears its end, we wanted to celebrate some of the great successes […]

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