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Why I Ride: Nicolas Fauchier-Magnan

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|Date: February 12, 2019
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Why I Ride: Nicolas Fauchier-Magnan

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Parisian bicycling beginnings Davis resident Nico Fauchier-Magnan’s love affair wi ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Parisian bicycling beginnings Davis resident Nico Fauchier-Magnan’s love affair with bicycles goes back a long way. Growing up in Paris, he says, “Biking gave me a lot of indepe ...

February 12, 2019
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Why I Ride: Loretta Moore

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|Date: February 05, 2019
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Why I Ride: Loretta Moore

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Loretta Moore pours her heart and soul into her job as the Program Coordinator for ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Loretta Moore pours her heart and soul into her job as the Program Coordinator for the City of Davis’s “Street Smarts/Safe Routes to School” program. Moore is a certified League ...

February 05, 2019
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City Still Trying to Figure Out Yard Material Pile Collection

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|Date: February 04, 2019
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City Still Trying to Figure Out Yard Material Pile Collection

Up until mid-2016, the city would simply have people on a weekly basis dump yard material in the street, ...

Up until mid-2016, the city would simply have people on a weekly basis dump yard material in the street, and bring the claw by to collect it. That changed, however, for a variety reasons and the coll ...

February 04, 2019
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Why I Ride: David Cluff

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|Date: February 02, 2019
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Why I Ride: David Cluff

By Jennifer Ann Gordon David Cluff is a UC Davis chemistry grad student who researches electrocatalytic r ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon David Cluff is a UC Davis chemistry grad student who researches electrocatalytic reduction of CO2, which Cluff describes as “using electricity to make something useful out of CO ...

February 02, 2019
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Why I Ride: Jonathan and Rhea Bartlett

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|Date: January 28, 2019
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Why I Ride: Jonathan and Rhea Bartlett

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Jonathan Bartlett, a business process analyst with Yolo County Health and Human S ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Jonathan Bartlett, a business process analyst with Yolo County Health and Human Services, began working with The Bike Campaign founder, Maria Contreras Tebbutt, on the Safe Rou ...

January 28, 2019
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Why I Ride: Tom Stallard

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|Date: January 26, 2019
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Why I Ride: Tom Stallard

By Jennifer Ann Gordon An “Active Transportation” advocate, Woodland citizen Tom Stallard stands firm on ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon An “Active Transportation” advocate, Woodland citizen Tom Stallard stands firm on the positive implication of biking for air quality. He has represented Woodland at both the Yol ...

January 26, 2019
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Why I Ride: Wesley Yates

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|Date: January 23, 2019
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Why I Ride: Wesley Yates

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Wesley Yates, 91, is going strong. An avid skier and cyclist, and a lifelong outdo ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Wesley Yates, 91, is going strong. An avid skier and cyclist, and a lifelong outdoorsman, Yates recently purchased an electric road bicycle, or e-bike, from Freewheeler Bicycle ...

January 23, 2019
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Why I Ride: Scott Thomsen

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|Date: January 22, 2019
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Why I Ride: Scott Thomsen

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Scott Thomsen, Principal of Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Davis, commu ...

By Jennifer Ann Gordon Scott Thomsen, Principal of Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Davis, commutes to work from Woodland most days, rain or shine, on his e-bike, which can reach 27 m.p.h. He ...

January 22, 2019
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Why I Ride: Jenny Tan

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|Date: January 20, 2019
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Why I Ride: Jenny Tan

Courtesy Photo By Jennifer Ann Gordon Jenny Tan, a UC Davis alumna, went from driving every day to and fr ...

Courtesy Photo By Jennifer Ann Gordon Jenny Tan, a UC Davis alumna, went from driving every day to and from her job as the Public Information Officer for Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District (Y ...

January 20, 2019
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Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

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|Date: December 28, 2018
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Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walka ...

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walkable neighborhood? These rank highest for amenities in the Sacramento region.” They note that “n ...

December 28, 2018
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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
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Guest Commentary: How Community Design Can Improve Your Health

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|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

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

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|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

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|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

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|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
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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
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