California Association of Bicycling Organizations

California's bicycle clubs organized into a state federation in 1972 to protect bicyclists' interests statewide and to encourage, maintain, and improve bicycling conditions.

CABO fosters and promotes a favorable climate for bicycling in California by:

1. Serving as a forum and information clearing house for bicycle clubs and other bicycle groups, 
2. Representing the interests of cyclists before the appropriate governmental bodies to protect their rights and promoting laws, policies, and actions that treat cyclists equitably, and
3. Any other activities not specified in (1) or (2), but which reasonably relate to the purpose.

In addition to the usual officers, CABO has Area Directors which mirror the boundaries of the twelve Caltrans districts. All are unpaid volunteers.

May is National Bicycle Safety Month - see our webpage on cycling safety instructors and courses in your area

"Cyclists deserve proper accommodation upon the nation's roadways, nothing more, but certainly nothing less. Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles." - John Forester

"Cyclists should expect and demand safe accommodation on our public roads, just as does every other user. Nothing more is expected. Nothing less is acceptable." - Jack R. Taylor 

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