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Analysis: Collisions Up, Traffic Down Two Years after 5th St Corridor Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2016
| (65) Comments

Analysis: Collisions Up, Traffic Down Two Years after 5th St Corridor Changes

For next Tuesday’s city council meeting, city staff has analyzed the impact of the Fifth Street Corridor ...

For next Tuesday’s city council meeting, city staff has analyzed the impact of the Fifth Street Corridor Reconfiguration, two years after the changes were implemented. “Staff collected data on Fifth ...

September 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Residents Need to Take into Account, Fewer Students Drive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2016
| (206) Comments

My View: Residents Need to Take into Account, Fewer Students Drive

Readers noted in comments to yesterday’s article that, while Lincoln40 is proposing to have 473 total bed ...

Readers noted in comments to yesterday’s article that, while Lincoln40 is proposing to have 473 total bedrooms – some of which will be double occupancy to push the number of beds to 708 – they are onl ...

September 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: I Bike and I’m Voting for Measure A

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 30, 2016
| (66) Comments

Guest Commentary: I Bike and I’m Voting for Measure A

By Twanda Thirkill I’ve been a regular bicyclist for as long as I’ve lived in Davis. It’s a hobby, mode o ...

By Twanda Thirkill I’ve been a regular bicyclist for as long as I’ve lived in Davis. It’s a hobby, mode of travel, and way of life for me and many of my friends. If my bike had a bumper sticker, it mi ...

May 30, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Measure A Is Good for the Downtown – A Small Business Perspective

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 28, 2016
| (5) Comments

Measure A Is Good for the Downtown – A Small Business Perspective

By Beth Annon Lovering Owning a small business in Davis isn’t always easy. My lease, payroll, taxes, and ...

By Beth Annon Lovering Owning a small business in Davis isn’t always easy. My lease, payroll, taxes, and other expenses all add up, and we have to work around the ebb and flow of the UCD schedule when ...

May 28, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Bike Davis Hosts Council Candidates Transportation Forum

Posted by TPrice
|Date: May 28, 2016
| 0 comments

Bike Davis Hosts Council Candidates Transportation Forum

On May 4, Bike Davis hosted a Candidates Forum to address transportation issues at the US Bicycling Hall ...

On May 4, Bike Davis hosted a Candidates Forum to address transportation issues at the US Bicycling Hall of Fame. The Bike Davis Board prepared four questions, two of which were provided to the candid ...

May 28, 2016
| by TPrice

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Sierra Club Yolano Group – Davis City Council Candidate Questionnaire, Part Three

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 04, 2016
| (2) Comments

Sierra Club Yolano Group – Davis City Council Candidate Questionnaire, Part Three

The Sierra Club will not be making a Davis City Council endorsement this year “since all candidates were ...

The Sierra Club will not be making a Davis City Council endorsement this year “since all candidates were perceived by our management committee as being equally qualified and all did very well in respo ...

May 04, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Bike Advocates and Others Believe Community Short-Changed on Bike Crossing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2016
| (139) Comments

Commentary: Bike Advocates and Others Believe Community Short-Changed on Bike Crossing

In November 2013, the city council narrowly approved the Cannery project on a 3-2 vote. A key provision ...

In November 2013, the city council narrowly approved the Cannery project on a 3-2 vote. A key provision of that project was having grade-separated crossings to allow bicyclists and pedestrians to avo ...

May 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Bike Campaign to Reduce Global Warming

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 17, 2016
| (3) Comments

Bike Campaign to Reduce Global Warming

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Two months ago, 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly ...

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Two months ago, 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly every country in the world to lowering their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help st ...

February 17, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Bicycle Ownership Drops by Half While Obesity in California Rises by 153%

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 08, 2015
| (50) Comments

Bicycle Ownership Drops by Half While Obesity in California Rises by 153%

A new study released this month reveals a shocking trend: between 1989 and 2012 bicycle ownership decline ...

A new study released this month reveals a shocking trend: between 1989 and 2012 bicycle ownership declined by half, "from an average PBO [percentage bicycle ownership] of 60% in 1989 to 32% in 2012." ...

December 08, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Are we a Bicycle Friendly City?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 21, 2015
| (62) Comments

Are we a Bicycle Friendly City?

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Did you know that the City of Davis has considered applying for Bicycle Friend ...

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Did you know that the City of Davis has considered applying for Bicycle Friendly Business status, a National Certification from the League of American Bicyclists? What does ...

October 21, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Biking to School By Themselves

Posted by Michelle Millet
|Date: October 19, 2015
| (30) Comments

Biking to School By Themselves

by Michelle Millet In August, with my daughter entering sixth grade and my son entering third, I decided ...

by Michelle Millet In August, with my daughter entering sixth grade and my son entering third, I decided this would be the year my kids started to make the bike ride from our house in South Davis to B ...

October 19, 2015
| by Michelle Millet

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Sunday Commentary: Cars, Follow the Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2015
| (48) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Cars, Follow the Law

I see a recent letter to the editor imploring bikes to follow the law. The complaints are noted, with man ...

I see a recent letter to the editor imploring bikes to follow the law. The complaints are noted, with many bicyclists flaunting traffic laws, failing to use lights “or reflective markers on their clot ...

October 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Davis’ Streets Are Treacherous

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2015
| (33) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: Davis’ Streets Are Treacherous

At Tuesday night’s council meeting, four members of the council unanimously approved the B Street parking ...

At Tuesday night’s council meeting, four members of the council unanimously approved the B Street parking changes. However, the conservation shifted from the safety issues driving the need to restrict ...

March 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (33) Comments

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Staff Recommends Removing Parking, Restriping B Street

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2015
| (60) Comments

Staff Recommends Removing Parking, Restriping B Street

Back in November, when an overwhelming number of residents expressed concerns about the safety risks invo ...

Back in November, when an overwhelming number of residents expressed concerns about the safety risks involved with the parking configurations along B Street between 7th and 8th, the city council pulle ...

March 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Lessons from Police and B Street Forums on Consensus Building

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 11, 2015
| (3) Comments

Lessons from Police and B Street Forums on Consensus Building

By Alan Hirsch The Davis City government has recently begun using facilitated community meetings as a too ...

By Alan Hirsch The Davis City government has recently begun using facilitated community meetings as a tool to advance the City through often difficult issues. This process helps us avoid elevating iss ...

February 11, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Following Up on Summer Lunches and the Bicycle Accident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2015
| (34) Comments

Following Up on Summer Lunches and the Bicycle Accident

In Saturday’s article “When Bike Meets Car,” I describe and opine on an accident that occurred around the ...

In Saturday’s article “When Bike Meets Car,” I describe and opine on an accident that occurred around the corner from my office, at F and 2nd Street in Davis. While my main concern was my observations ...

February 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

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My View: When Bike Meets Car

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2015
| (187) Comments

My View: When Bike Meets Car

Watch the video above taken from my dashcam yesterday around noon at the corner of F and 2nd Streets in D ...

Watch the video above taken from my dashcam yesterday around noon at the corner of F and 2nd Streets in Davis. It’s barely a stone’s throw from the Vanguard’s downtown office. In the just over three y ...

February 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (187) Comments

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Don’t Blame Bike Activists For B Street

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 02, 2015
| (19) Comments

Don’t Blame Bike Activists For B Street

by Tim Starback The following is a copy of a letter to the Davis City Council: It’s time to rip that Band ...

by Tim Starback The following is a copy of a letter to the Davis City Council: It’s time to rip that Band-Aid off of B Street. No more delays or community meetings. The problem is not between “bike ad ...

February 02, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (19) Comments

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My View: Innovation, Away from Internal Combustion and Going Carless

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2015
| (37) Comments

My View: Innovation, Away from Internal Combustion and Going Carless

One of our readers in the past week “suggested” that perhaps the term innovation is an overused term. The ...

One of our readers in the past week “suggested” that perhaps the term innovation is an overused term. There is more than a modicum of truth to that, so I’m not sure that the idea of being carless is a ...

January 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (37) Comments

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Belated Monday Morning Thoughts: Refining the Nishi Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2015
| (7) Comments

Belated Monday Morning Thoughts: Refining the Nishi Proposal

Nishi getting National Attention “Watch out Sacramento – ...

Nishi getting National Attention “Watch out Sacramento – Davis, Calif., is growing,” Govtech warns in a recent article on Davis and the Nishi Gateway p ...

January 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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