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Guest Commentary: Former Mayor of Davis Serves as a ‘Roll’ Model for a Car-Free Lifestyle

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|Date: May 06, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Former Mayor of Davis Serves as a ‘Roll’ Model for a Car-Free Lifestyle

By Lisa Montanaro Sometimes it’s the very people that don’t intend to be an inspiration that inspire us t ...

By Lisa Montanaro Sometimes it’s the very people that don’t intend to be an inspiration that inspire us the most. Such is the case with Robb Davis, who served as the Mayor of Davis from 2016-2018 (yes ...

May 06, 2021
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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Silver Lining – Let’s Make Sure Bike Riding to School Is Part of The New Normal

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|Date: March 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Silver Lining – Let’s Make Sure Bike Riding to School Is Part of The New Normal

by Lisa Montanaro It’s been a long winter – in more ways than one. The chilly wet weather kept adults and ...

by Lisa Montanaro It’s been a long winter – in more ways than one. The chilly wet weather kept adults and children cooped up indoors more than usual, and sadly, so did the pandemic. Most people were h ...

March 17, 2021
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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

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|Date: October 27, 2020
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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis se ...

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis sent all candidates a questionnaire focused on three themes: making Davis more livable, reducing ...

October 27, 2020
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Proposed Draft Baseline Features for DISC from BTSSC

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|Date: June 10, 2020
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Proposed Draft Baseline Features for DISC from BTSSC

The following are draft guidelines submitted to the Vanguard by Todd Edelman of the BTSSC (Bicycling, Tra ...

The following are draft guidelines submitted to the Vanguard by Todd Edelman of the BTSSC (Bicycling, Transportation and Street Safety Commission) for the DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability C ...

June 10, 2020
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Bicycling During a Pandemic – Joy, Beauty, and Community on Two Wheels

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|Date: April 15, 2020
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Bicycling During a Pandemic – Joy, Beauty, and Community on Two Wheels

Bicycling During a Pandemic - Joy, Beauty, and Community on Two Wheels by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Camp ...

Bicycling During a Pandemic - Joy, Beauty, and Community on Two Wheels by Lisa Montanaro of The Bike Campaign April 13, 2020 As spring arrives with warmer weather, and folks are itching to escape from ...

April 15, 2020
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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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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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Guest Commentary: Mace Mess – Calling It What It Is

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|Date: November 05, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Mace Mess – Calling It What It Is

By Char Henwood Here’s what it is, folks: the Mace Mess is a very bad design. It was bad when conceived ...

By Char Henwood Here’s what it is, folks: the Mace Mess is a very bad design. It was bad when conceived in 2010, bad when the design was completed in 2013 (without a traffic study), and bad when ins ...

November 05, 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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My View: Time to Call This What It Is – the I-80 Mess

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|Date: October 26, 2019
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My View: Time to Call This What It Is – the I-80 Mess

There was a large showing on Thursday night on the issue of Mace Boulevard But city officials should be ...

There was a large showing on Thursday night on the issue of Mace Boulevard But city officials should be cautious about overreacting to that group’s message. Why? The demographic in that room was hea ...

October 26, 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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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City Proposes Revisions for Mace Blvd. Corridor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2019
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City Proposes Revisions for Mace Blvd. Corridor

After several public meetings with citizen complaints about the redesigned Mace Boulevard, staff is recom ...

After several public meetings with citizen complaints about the redesigned Mace Boulevard, staff is recommending that council proceed with further design revisions for the corridor which were referred ...

April 19, 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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