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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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Why I Ride – Rich Rifkin

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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Guest Commentary: Those Dam Street Beavers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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: Loretta Moore

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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Why I Ride: Jonathan and Rhea Bartlett

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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: Wesley Yates

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Third Street Improvement Project is Almost Completed – Years Later

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2018
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Third Street Improvement Project is Almost Completed – Years Later

The Third Street Improvement Project is almost completed – if it seems like it has been a long time – you ...

The Third Street Improvement Project is almost completed – if it seems like it has been a long time – you would be correct. The road has been blocked off for over a year, but the project has been in ...

December 15, 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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Guest Commentary: How Community Design Can Improve Your Health

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transportation Picture Summed Up in One Chart

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2018
| (86) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Transportation Picture Summed Up in One Chart

This is the single most powerful chart on travel in Davis. It comes from the UC Davis Travel Survey and ...

This is the single most powerful chart on travel in Davis. It comes from the UC Davis Travel Survey and what it finds is rather profound while, at the same time, almost obvious. If you are concerned ...

March 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Bike Share in Davis Is Not for Everyone

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 03, 2018
| (16) Comments

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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2017
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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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Sunday Commentary: The Need for Evidence-Based Approaches

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2017
| (23) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Need for Evidence-Based Approaches

I am a bit taken aback that my call for a more evidence-based approach to housing has seen pushback from ...

I am a bit taken aback that my call for a more evidence-based approach to housing has seen pushback from both sides. On the one hand, my call for a student housing study has been met with skepticism, ...

April 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Do We Have a Great and Vibrant Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2017
| (16) Comments

My View: Do We Have a Great and Vibrant Downtown?

The city of Davis is taking on an update of the core area portion of the General Plan. They initiated a ...

The city of Davis is taking on an update of the core area portion of the General Plan. They initiated a visioning platform for downtown and conducted a community survey during much of the month of No ...

January 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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