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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

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|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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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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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
| by David Greenwald

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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

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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

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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