CalBike’s Executive Director, Dave Snyder, will leave the organization in August to take a position as senior director of local innovation at the non-profit organization PeopleForBikes.
“We’re incredibly grateful to Dave for all he’s done for the California Bicycle Coalition, and we’re delighted he’s staying in bicycle advocacy. Dave has built a strong, talented team to continue this legacy of building safer, more equitable communities so all Californians can prosper. We’re also excited about CalBike’s next chapter and have begun the process to identify new executive leadership to take us to the next level,” said Cynthia Rose, CalBike’s Board Chair.
The Board appointed Kevin Claxton, CalBike’s operations manager, as interim director.
Under Snyder’s leadership, CalBike’s said it passed model e-bike legislation, pushed through Complete Streets reform at Caltrans, defeated a helmet mandate, legalized protected bike lanes,
several bills passed to protect bicyclists, including the Three Feet for Safety law requiring motorists to give bicyclists three feet of space when passing, secured an increase in state-level funding for biking and walking to over $1 billion, and won $10 million for e-bike purchase incentives.
