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Council to Have Downtown Plan Check In

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2018
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Council to Have Downtown Plan Check In

The city has begun a robust community outreach effort in looking into developing a new Core Area Specific ...

The city has begun a robust community outreach effort in looking into developing a new Core Area Specific Plan. There is another plan of outreach and public workshops planned for the early part of 20 ...

September 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: How Community Design Can Improve Your Health

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 01, 2018
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Guest Commentary: How Community Design Can Improve Your Health

By Judy Corbett It’s a surprise to many, but there is a relationship between the way a community is plann ...

By Judy Corbett It’s a surprise to many, but there is a relationship between the way a community is planned and the overall health and life span of the people who live there! This is something to kee ...

April 01, 2018
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Bike Share in Davis Is Not for Everyone

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 03, 2018
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Bike Share in Davis Is Not for Everyone

Reasonable Inclusivity, and a Peer-Based Independent Mobility Threshold? Nope, Bike Share in Davis Is Not ...

Reasonable Inclusivity, and a Peer-Based Independent Mobility Threshold? Nope, Bike Share in Davis Is Not for Everyone. By Todd Edelman The wait is over and the regional JUMP bikeshare system g ...

March 03, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: If It Is Traffic That We Are Worried About…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: If It Is Traffic That We Are Worried About…

A comment that caught my attention from the recent discussion on Sterling was that someone noted a meetin ...

A comment that caught my attention from the recent discussion on Sterling was that someone noted a meeting took place at 5:30 on a weeknight and it “took me 25 minutes to get from my home in East Davi ...

March 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Residents Need to Take into Account, Fewer Students Drive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2016
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My View: Residents Need to Take into Account, Fewer Students Drive

Readers noted in comments to yesterday’s article that, while Lincoln40 is proposing to have 473 total bed ...

Readers noted in comments to yesterday’s article that, while Lincoln40 is proposing to have 473 total bedrooms – some of which will be double occupancy to push the number of beds to 708 – they are onl ...

September 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Cannery Back With Requested DA Changes But Also Concessions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2016
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Cannery Back With Requested DA Changes But Also Concessions

In April, The New Home Company had three requested changes to the Cannery development agreement (DA) befo ...

In April, The New Home Company had three requested changes to the Cannery development agreement (DA) before the planning commission, only to have them pulled at the last minute with Bonnie Chiu arguin ...

June 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: I Bike and I’m Voting for Measure A

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 30, 2016
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Guest Commentary: I Bike and I’m Voting for Measure A

By Twanda Thirkill I’ve been a regular bicyclist for as long as I’ve lived in Davis. It’s a hobby, mode o ...

By Twanda Thirkill I’ve been a regular bicyclist for as long as I’ve lived in Davis. It’s a hobby, mode of travel, and way of life for me and many of my friends. If my bike had a bumper sticker, it mi ...

May 30, 2016
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Bike Davis Hosts Council Candidates Transportation Forum

Posted by TPrice
|Date: May 28, 2016
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Bike Davis Hosts Council Candidates Transportation Forum

On May 4, Bike Davis hosted a Candidates Forum to address transportation issues at the US Bicycling Hall ...

On May 4, Bike Davis hosted a Candidates Forum to address transportation issues at the US Bicycling Hall of Fame. The Bike Davis Board prepared four questions, two of which were provided to the candid ...

May 28, 2016
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Council Looks to Further Options on Cannery Bike Crossing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2016
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Council Looks to Further Options on Cannery Bike Crossing

This time there would be no backing down in the face of requests from the Cannery. Councilmember Lucas F ...

This time there would be no backing down in the face of requests from the Cannery. Councilmember Lucas Frerichs sent the message early on stating, “I’m not in favor of Option 1, I think we should tak ...

May 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Bike Advocates and Others Believe Community Short-Changed on Bike Crossing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2016
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Commentary: Bike Advocates and Others Believe Community Short-Changed on Bike Crossing

In November 2013, the city council narrowly approved the Cannery project on a 3-2 vote. A key provision ...

In November 2013, the city council narrowly approved the Cannery project on a 3-2 vote. A key provision of that project was having grade-separated crossings to allow bicyclists and pedestrians to avo ...

May 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Bike Campaign to Reduce Global Warming

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 17, 2016
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Bike Campaign to Reduce Global Warming

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Two months ago, 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly ...

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Two months ago, 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly every country in the world to lowering their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help st ...

February 17, 2016
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Bicycle Ownership Drops by Half While Obesity in California Rises by 153%

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 08, 2015
| (50) Comments

Bicycle Ownership Drops by Half While Obesity in California Rises by 153%

A new study released this month reveals a shocking trend: between 1989 and 2012 bicycle ownership decline ...

A new study released this month reveals a shocking trend: between 1989 and 2012 bicycle ownership declined by half, "from an average PBO [percentage bicycle ownership] of 60% in 1989 to 32% in 2012." ...

December 08, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Are we a Bicycle Friendly City?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 21, 2015
| (62) Comments

Are we a Bicycle Friendly City?

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Did you know that the City of Davis has considered applying for Bicycle Friend ...

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Did you know that the City of Davis has considered applying for Bicycle Friendly Business status, a National Certification from the League of American Bicyclists? What does ...

October 21, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Biking to School By Themselves

Posted by Michelle Millet
|Date: October 19, 2015
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Biking to School By Themselves

by Michelle Millet In August, with my daughter entering sixth grade and my son entering third, I decided ...

by Michelle Millet In August, with my daughter entering sixth grade and my son entering third, I decided this would be the year my kids started to make the bike ride from our house in South Davis to B ...

October 19, 2015
| by Michelle Millet

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Sunday Commentary: Cars, Follow the Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2015
| (48) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Cars, Follow the Law

I see a recent letter to the editor imploring bikes to follow the law. The complaints are noted, with man ...

I see a recent letter to the editor imploring bikes to follow the law. The complaints are noted, with many bicyclists flaunting traffic laws, failing to use lights “or reflective markers on their clot ...

October 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Davis’ Streets Are Treacherous

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2015
| (33) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: Davis’ Streets Are Treacherous

At Tuesday night’s council meeting, four members of the council unanimously approved the B Street parking ...

At Tuesday night’s council meeting, four members of the council unanimously approved the B Street parking changes. However, the conservation shifted from the safety issues driving the need to restrict ...

March 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Staff Recommends Removing Parking, Restriping B Street

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2015
| (60) Comments

Staff Recommends Removing Parking, Restriping B Street

Back in November, when an overwhelming number of residents expressed concerns about the safety risks invo ...

Back in November, when an overwhelming number of residents expressed concerns about the safety risks involved with the parking configurations along B Street between 7th and 8th, the city council pulle ...

March 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: When Bike Meets Car

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2015
| (187) Comments

My View: When Bike Meets Car

Watch the video above taken from my dashcam yesterday around noon at the corner of F and 2nd Streets in D ...

Watch the video above taken from my dashcam yesterday around noon at the corner of F and 2nd Streets in Davis. It’s barely a stone’s throw from the Vanguard’s downtown office. In the just over three y ...

February 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Don’t Blame Bike Activists For B Street

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 02, 2015
| (19) Comments

Don’t Blame Bike Activists For B Street

by Tim Starback The following is a copy of a letter to the Davis City Council: It’s time to rip that Band ...

by Tim Starback The following is a copy of a letter to the Davis City Council: It’s time to rip that Band-Aid off of B Street. No more delays or community meetings. The problem is not between “bike ad ...

February 02, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Fifth Street Probably Still Needs Some Tweaks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2014
| (43) Comments

Commentary: Fifth Street Probably Still Needs Some Tweaks

For years, we debated, discussed — and some went as far as fearing the Fifth Street Redesign. After years ...

For years, we debated, discussed — and some went as far as fearing the Fifth Street Redesign. After years of debate, the redesign became reality. For the most part, it has come off without major probl ...

December 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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