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Commentary: It’s Not the Commission – It’s Our Investment

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|Date: February 05, 2020
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Commentary: It’s Not the Commission – It’s Our Investment

Bob Dunning is offended. He noted in a recent column that he was in Portland and greatly disturbed by a ...

Bob Dunning is offended. He noted in a recent column that he was in Portland and greatly disturbed by a sign he saw - “Portland: Bicycle Capital of the Nation.” He then notes the headline from a few ...

February 05, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Strange Decision on Commissioner Punctuates a Strange Night for Council

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|Date: February 03, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Strange Decision on Commissioner Punctuates a Strange Night for Council

On a night when the centerpiece council item was a wireless ordinance and the bulk of the public commente ...

On a night when the centerpiece council item was a wireless ordinance and the bulk of the public commenters were talking about the dangers of 5G, perhaps the oddest item turned out to be a decision by ...

February 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative

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|Date: December 23, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative

by Diane Swann In a commentary in the Davis Enterprise regarding the Freedom to Park (FTP) Initiative, su ...

by Diane Swann In a commentary in the Davis Enterprise regarding the Freedom to Park (FTP) Initiative, supporters claimed that upon hearing all the facts many opponents were at least willing to put it ...

December 23, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs

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|Date: December 08, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs

I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to env ...

I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to environmental policy.” But the reality is that those environmental policies are undermined by the ...

December 08, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation with Barbara Goodman

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|Date: November 21, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation with Barbara Goodman

by Lisa Montanaro Barbara Goodman has always been a fan of cycling, and doesn’t necessarily consider hers ...

by Lisa Montanaro Barbara Goodman has always been a fan of cycling, and doesn’t necessarily consider herself a trailblazer on two wheels. She genuinely enjoyed bike riding as a sport in high school an ...

November 21, 2019
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Letter: Davis Students Need to Wear Bike Helmets

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|Date: November 09, 2019
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Letter: Davis Students Need to Wear Bike Helmets

By Dana Treadwell Davis. Really? You are the bicycling campus capital of California. You proudly advertis ...

By Dana Treadwell Davis. Really? You are the bicycling campus capital of California. You proudly advertise your Platinum Bicycle Friendly University rating, a much-deserved honor: “One of two UC schoo ...

November 09, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation with Carlos Casillas

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|Date: November 02, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation with Carlos Casillas

by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign When Carlos Casillas sat on his first bicycle at 9-years-old, he h ...

by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign When Carlos Casillas sat on his first bicycle at 9-years-old, he had no idea the extraordinary role the bicycle would play in his life. He only knew at that time ...

November 02, 2019
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200 Show Up at Pioneer Demanding the City Change Mace Back

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|Date: October 25, 2019
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200 Show Up at Pioneer Demanding the City Change Mace Back

It was large crowd, at times angry, as many of them were not going to be satisfied with any answer other ...

It was large crowd, at times angry, as many of them were not going to be satisfied with any answer other than to turn Mace Boulevard back to the way it was – this despite considerable evidence present ...

October 25, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation With Jessica Jacobson

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|Date: August 04, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation With Jessica Jacobson

by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign Jessica Jacobson is a newcomer to Davis, but not a newcomer to bik ...

by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign Jessica Jacobson is a newcomer to Davis, but not a newcomer to bike riding. As a kid growing up in the Midwest, Jessica first started riding a bike as a means of ...

August 04, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

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|Date: July 29, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburb ...

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and housing. and Bob Dunning’s seeming tunnel vision of the decline of Davis' bicycling place ...

July 29, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation With Clark Fitzgerald

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|Date: July 06, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation With Clark Fitzgerald

by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign Clark Fitzgerald first started riding a bike on a consistent basis ...

by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign Clark Fitzgerald first started riding a bike on a consistent basis in 2007. He came back from Afghanistan, where he had been deployed as a member of the military ...

July 06, 2019
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Pedaling Love: Life Viewed from the Vantage Point of Two Wheels

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|Date: May 31, 2019
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Pedaling Love: Life Viewed from the Vantage Point of Two Wheels

by Lisa Montanaro In the summer of 2012, I relocated from New York to Northern California, specifically, ...

by Lisa Montanaro In the summer of 2012, I relocated from New York to Northern California, specifically, to the college town of Davis. There are many things that make Davis a fabulous place to live: f ...

May 31, 2019
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My View: Mace Before the Redesign Was Dangerous for Kids and Bicyclists

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|Date: April 27, 2019
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My View: Mace Before the Redesign Was Dangerous for Kids and Bicyclists

Following my commentary on Mace from Thursday in which we called for El Macero residents to pay for their ...

Following my commentary on Mace from Thursday in which we called for El Macero residents to pay for their fair share of the roadway revisions that they were demanding, I received a letter in response ...

April 27, 2019
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Bike Campaign Swings into Gear to Reduce Traffic and Congestion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2019
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Bike Campaign Swings into Gear to Reduce Traffic and Congestion

With L Street under construction for the foreseeable future, Fifth Street has taken on much more congesti ...

With L Street under construction for the foreseeable future, Fifth Street has taken on much more congestion than normal. The downtown remains impacted by parking shortages during peak hours. Is there ...

April 26, 2019
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Why I Ride – Rich Rifkin

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|Date: April 04, 2019
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Why I Ride – Rich Rifkin

“I love to ride for the health!” said Davis Enterprise political columnist and former associate editor fo ...

“I love to ride for the health!” said Davis Enterprise political columnist and former associate editor for The Economist, Rich Rifkin. Living out in the country far from downtown Davis, a lot of Rifki ...

April 04, 2019
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Why I Ride – Iben Wilson

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|Date: March 07, 2019
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Why I Ride – Iben Wilson

By Jennifer Ann Gordon As a child in Denmark, Iben Wilson rode her bike everywhere...to see friends, to t ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon As a child in Denmark, Iben Wilson rode her bike everywhere...to see friends, to the movies. She loved the independence biking brought to her. Wilson’s love affair with Davis be ...

March 07, 2019
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Why I Ride – Koen Van Rompay

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|Date: March 02, 2019
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Why I Ride – Koen Van Rompay

By Jennifer Ann Gordon “I’m very impressed with what The Bike Campaign is doing,” said UC Davis research ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon “I’m very impressed with what The Bike Campaign is doing,” said UC Davis research professor Koen Van Rompay. “I usually have students or postdocs living with me who need bikes. ...

March 02, 2019
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Why I Ride: Dennis Dingemans

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|Date: February 28, 2019
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Why I Ride: Dennis Dingemans

By Jennifer Ann Gordon “Bicycling has been important to me,” said Dennis Dingemans. “I was a low self-est ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon “Bicycling has been important to me,” said Dennis Dingemans. “I was a low self-esteemed kid. My dad told me, ‘Just try it.’ I fell on the grass. But then I got the hang of it. M ...

February 28, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Those Dam Street Beavers

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|Date: February 27, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Those Dam Street Beavers

By Jennifer Ann Gordon When I first moved to Davis, I wondered who or what was creating the ubiquitous mo ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon When I first moved to Davis, I wondered who or what was creating the ubiquitous mounds of vegetation in the gutters. I reasoned that it couldn’t be the residents, for who would ...

February 27, 2019
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The Bike Campaign Gives Zigo Cargo Bike to Empower Yolo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2019
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The Bike Campaign Gives Zigo Cargo Bike to Empower Yolo

(From Press Release) - Empower Yolo provides community outreach and educational programs about available ...

(From Press Release) - Empower Yolo provides community outreach and educational programs about available resources to promote health, stability, and self-sufficiency for individuals and families. The ...

February 26, 2019
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