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Contentious Mace Boulevard Construction Meeting at East Davis Fire House

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: January 31, 2019
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Contentious Mace Boulevard Construction Meeting at East Davis Fire House

by Matt Williams Between 100 and 150 community members jammed the East Davis Fire House Wednesday evening ...

by Matt Williams Between 100 and 150 community members jammed the East Davis Fire House Wednesday evening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Fifty of the community were provided seats, but the rest of the atten ...

January 31, 2019
| by Matt Williams

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Sunday Commentary: Traffic Complaints about Construction on Mace Seem a Bit Overblown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Traffic Complaints about Construction on Mace Seem a Bit Overblown

In a story that caught my eye, the Enterprise ran one about the frustration residents are feeling by Mace ...

In a story that caught my eye, the Enterprise ran one about the frustration residents are feeling by Mace Blvd. roadwork. A few public commenters last Tuesday raised the issue and Mayor Brett Le ...

January 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Program through PG&E Allows Muir Commons to Install 26 EV Chargers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2019
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Program through PG&E Allows Muir Commons to Install 26 EV Chargers

Eugen Dunlap with his EV at his charging station In November, Muir Commons had a groundbreaking ceremony ...

Eugen Dunlap with his EV at his charging station In November, Muir Commons had a groundbreaking ceremony to unveil what is believed to be a first in the nation: through a PG&E grant, Eugen Dunlap, ...

January 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Changes to CEQA Will Remove Traffic Impacts from Possible Litigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2019
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Changes to CEQA Will Remove Traffic Impacts from Possible Litigation

It took five years to implement SB 743, authored in 2013 by then-Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg. T ...

It took five years to implement SB 743, authored in 2013 by then-Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg. That bill required traffic analysis to be based on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) instead of auto ...

January 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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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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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing Richards Blvd At Least Partially Has Become Possible

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing Richards Blvd At Least Partially Has Become Possible

Over the years, the city of Davis has attempted a number of fixes to the perpetual problem of traffic flo ...

Over the years, the city of Davis has attempted a number of fixes to the perpetual problem of traffic flow through the narrow Richards Corridor into the south end of the downtown. In the late 1990s, ...

December 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2018
| (9) Comments

City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects

The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange Imp ...

The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange Improvement Project that the city has been seeking to achieve for years now. The $5 million in gr ...

December 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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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
| (33) Comments

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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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
| (9) Comments

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
| (73) Comments

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
| (86) Comments

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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