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Commentary: Studies Link Housing with Traffic, but in the Opposite Way that You Think

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2018
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Commentary: Studies Link Housing with Traffic, but in the Opposite Way that You Think

It never fails in Davis, you have a housing project and the opposition will make the argument that it wil ...

It never fails in Davis, you have a housing project and the opposition will make the argument that it will increase traffic. Even in the case of Nishi, where the new version intentionally avoided the ...

June 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Davis Roads About to Get More Bad News?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2018
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Analysis: Davis Roads About to Get More Bad News?

Earlier this month, the Davis voters voted down (sort of) a parcel tax measure that would have funded $3 ...

Earlier this month, the Davis voters voted down (sort of) a parcel tax measure that would have funded $3 million for roads over the next decade, in hopes of closing what is believed to be about an $8 ...

June 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Nonsensical Argument that Nishi Project Will Make Downtown Traffic Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2018
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Commentary: Nonsensical Argument that Nishi Project Will Make Downtown Traffic Worse

I noticed on my Facebook feed an article by John Troidl on another site that argues the Nishi project wil ...

I noticed on my Facebook feed an article by John Troidl on another site that argues the Nishi project will make downtown traffic worse. That certainly doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, as I will exp ...

May 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Parking Shmarking!! Accessing Downtown.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Parking Shmarking!! Accessing Downtown.

by Todd Edelman Yesterday the Davis Vanguard asked the nine candidates for City Council: “The city of Dav ...

by Todd Edelman Yesterday the Davis Vanguard asked the nine candidates for City Council: “The city of Davis will be embarking on its update of the core area specific plan. Describe your vision for th ...

April 10, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: We Ignore the Link Between Local Land Use Policies and Climate Change at Our Own Peril

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: We Ignore the Link Between Local Land Use Policies and Climate Change at Our Own Peril

Today is the end of 2017 and, in many ways, 2017 was not a good year on the climate change front – with t ...

Today is the end of 2017 and, in many ways, 2017 was not a good year on the climate change front – with the worst fire season in American history, a bad Atlantic hurricane season, and disease spreadin ...

December 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Receives $250,000 for Davis Amtrak Station Access and Connections Study

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 20, 2017
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City Receives $250,000 for Davis Amtrak Station Access and Connections Study

(From Press Release) - On December 6, the California Transportation Commission awarded the City of Davis ...

(From Press Release) - On December 6, the California Transportation Commission awarded the City of Davis $250,000 to conduct a comprehensive access and connections study for the Davis Amtrak Station. ...

December 20, 2017
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Council to Discuss Revenue Measures for June

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2017
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Council to Discuss Revenue Measures for June

The council has until February 6 of next year to figure out what it wants to put on the June ballot, but ...

The council has until February 6 of next year to figure out what it wants to put on the June ballot, but Tuesday figures to be a critical discussion moving forward to their ultimate decision. Staff no ...

December 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Linking Land Use and Transportation Policies to Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2017
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Linking Land Use and Transportation Policies to Reducing Greenhouse Gases

A recent study by Berkeley epidemiologist Neil Maizlish found that “physical activity due to increased bi ...

A recent study by Berkeley epidemiologist Neil Maizlish found that “physical activity due to increased biking and walking would have a profound impact on health and economic outcomes while contributin ...

December 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Building More Student Housing Will Reduce Traffic Impacts in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2017
| (47) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Building More Student Housing Will Reduce Traffic Impacts in Davis

The Davis City Council has already approved the Sterling Apartments, it is set to hear Lincoln40 and, las ...

The Davis City Council has already approved the Sterling Apartments, it is set to hear Lincoln40 and, last week, the council agreed to move forward with the application of Nishi. All told, those thre ...

October 29, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Awarded $3.54 Million for Bike/Ped Connection from East Olive Drive to Pole Line Road

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2017
| (33) Comments

City Awarded $3.54 Million for Bike/Ped Connection from East Olive Drive to Pole Line Road

Safe Routes to School Improvements for Montgomery Elementary (From Press Release) - On October 18, the ...

Safe Routes to School Improvements for Montgomery Elementary (From Press Release) - On October 18, the California Transportation Commission awarded the City of Davis $3.54 million to design and cons ...

October 22, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Statistics on Commutes Show a Massive and Growing Jobs-Housing Imbalance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2017
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Analysis: Statistics on Commutes Show a Massive and Growing Jobs-Housing Imbalance

One of the big questions about housing is what is our internally-generated housing need. While it is cle ...

One of the big questions about housing is what is our internally-generated housing need. While it is clear that university growth is playing a role in bringing both additional students, as well as fa ...

September 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part I,Traffic Impacts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2017
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Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part I,Traffic Impacts

On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems ...

On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems and impacts by a mega-dorm project like Lincoln40 and try to simplify it to a numbers or ratio ...

August 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2017
| (14) Comments

Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA

When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and had first annou ...

When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and had first announced her run for the Assembly in 2015. One of her key focuses was going to be on the “dismal i ...

June 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Don’t Fix the Road because It Might Lead to Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2017
| (61) Comments

Commentary: Don’t Fix the Road because It Might Lead to Development

There are multiple problems with the Richards corridor in Davis. The most notable is that the number of ...

There are multiple problems with the Richards corridor in Davis. The most notable is that the number of vehicles moving through the main south entrance to downtown is too large for the road capacity. ...

June 06, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Richards Blvd. Interchange Improvements to Proceed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2017
| (28) Comments

Richards Blvd. Interchange Improvements to Proceed

On consent this week, city staff is asking the council to authorize “initial work on Richards Boulevard i ...

On consent this week, city staff is asking the council to authorize “initial work on Richards Boulevard interchange improvements in preparation for the 2018 SACOG Regional Funding cycle.” Currently, R ...

June 05, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Transportation Bill Help Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2017
| (57) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Transportation Bill Help Davis?

The big news was last week the Senate and Assembly passed SB 1, a $5.2 billion annual revenue measure tha ...

The big news was last week the Senate and Assembly passed SB 1, a $5.2 billion annual revenue measure that will fund roads, streets, bridges and an overall transportation network. According to analysi ...

April 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at a Brief Recent History of Road Maintenance in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2017
| (9) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at a Brief Recent History of Road Maintenance in Davis

There is a mix of views on whether the state will finally enact a transportation package which would prov ...

There is a mix of views on whether the state will finally enact a transportation package which would provide at least some statewide money to local communities like Davis, which are struggling under h ...

April 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: If It Is Traffic That We Are Worried About…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2017
| (58) Comments

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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Sunday Commentary: Better Late Than Never…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2017
| (28) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Better Late Than Never…

For some reason I hearken to the critical scene in the 1987 flick “Die Hard.” Terrorists have taken over ...

For some reason I hearken to the critical scene in the 1987 flick “Die Hard.” Terrorists have taken over the building and the hero, John McClane, has managed to get the police to come out, but the po ...

March 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Should We Take Another Look at City Traffic Standards?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2017
| (31) Comments

My View: Should We Take Another Look at City Traffic Standards?

As I looked through the Sterling Apartments Final EIR, one of things that struck me was a typical complai ...

As I looked through the Sterling Apartments Final EIR, one of things that struck me was a typical complaint that commenters have made about most projects in Davis – the impact of the development on tr ...

February 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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