Traffic Archives | Davis Vanguard

Grid
List

My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2019
| (62) Comments

My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how big a driver is traffic co ...

One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how big a driver is traffic concerns. If we look at the survey results, the percentage of those polled who saw traffic as th ...

July 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (62) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: New Mace Blvd Traffic Study Needed Before Making any More Changes

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2019
| (28) Comments

Guest Commentary: New Mace Blvd Traffic Study Needed Before Making any More Changes

by Alan Pryor The City is in the midst of trying to formulate a plan to alleviate traffic congestion alon ...

by Alan Pryor The City is in the midst of trying to formulate a plan to alleviate traffic congestion along the Mace Blvd. corridor. Following are excerpts from the Staff Report presented to the Bicycl ...

July 18, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (28) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
| (78) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It ...

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis,” and “Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are t ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (78) Comments

Read more
Council Looks to Fix Mace and San Marino Intersection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2019
| 0 comments

Council Looks to Fix Mace and San Marino Intersection

While the council looked at longer-term fixes for Mace Boulevard back when they met last on April 23, one ...

While the council looked at longer-term fixes for Mace Boulevard back when they met last on April 23, one of the quick and relatively inexpensive fixes will be at the corner of Mace and San Marino, wh ...

May 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Bike Campaign Swings into Gear to Reduce Traffic and Congestion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2019
| (20) Comments

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

| (20) Comments

Read more
Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2019
| (8) Comments

Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace

The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the first ask ...

The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the first asking staff to immediately make changes to the Mace and San Marino intersection, along with the t ...

April 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (8) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Proposal Won’t Solve Mace Problems, Could Make It Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
| (22) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Proposal Won’t Solve Mace Problems, Could Make It Worse

When the Davis City Council attempted to address the paid parking pushback, they installed a compromise t ...

When the Davis City Council attempted to address the paid parking pushback, they installed a compromise that on paper seemed rather reasonable. With large numbers of businesses and citizens up in arm ...

April 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (22) Comments

Read more
City Proposes Revisions for Mace Blvd. Corridor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2019
| (24) Comments

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

| (24) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: Solution for Mace is to Regulate Traffic at Mace and Montgomery

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2019
| (21) Comments

Guest Commentary: Solution for Mace is to Regulate Traffic at Mace and Montgomery

By Jason Taormino The problem with the Mace Blvd traffic is Waze and other mapping solutions. They are re ...

By Jason Taormino The problem with the Mace Blvd traffic is Waze and other mapping solutions. They are rerouting drivers off of highway 80, down Treemont and up Mace Blvd on Thursday and Friday evenin ...

April 18, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (21) Comments

Read more
Commentary: When Critics Get It Wrong

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2019
| (31) Comments

Commentary: When Critics Get It Wrong

Clearly there are some unanticipated problems with the redesign of Mace Boulevard, but some critics have ...

Clearly there are some unanticipated problems with the redesign of Mace Boulevard, but some critics have turned this into an opportunity to attack the "complete streets" concept itself. On Sunday, I ...

April 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

Read more
City Lays Out Some Alternatives for Mace; Residents Mostly Want It to Go Back to How It Was

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2019
| (9) Comments

City Lays Out Some Alternatives for Mace; Residents Mostly Want It to Go Back to How It Was

Over 200 people attended a community engagement meeting and workshop at the South Davis Fire Station, as ...

Over 200 people attended a community engagement meeting and workshop at the South Davis Fire Station, as the city laid out a few alternatives on what to do with the Mace Boulevard design. The public ...

April 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Everyone Has Made Up Their Minds on Mace – but What if They’re Wrong?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2019
| (15) Comments

Commentary: Everyone Has Made Up Their Minds on Mace – but What if They’re Wrong?

On Thursday, there will be another meeting on the Mace Boulevard issue, and hopefully by that point the c ...

On Thursday, there will be another meeting on the Mace Boulevard issue, and hopefully by that point the city will be ready to roll out what it views as a solution to a slew of publicly expressed conce ...

April 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

Read more
City Will Be Looking at Making Tweaks to Mace Blvd in Wake of Complaints

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2019
| (17) Comments

City Will Be Looking at Making Tweaks to Mace Blvd in Wake of Complaints

In the last several weeks, the city has continued to receive many complaints about congestion and traffic ...

In the last several weeks, the city has continued to receive many complaints about congestion and traffic impacts related to Mace Boulevard. Police Chief Darren Pytel explained to the Vanguard that i ...

April 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (17) Comments

Read more
Petition to Restore Mace to Four Vehicle Lanes Gains Traction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2019
| (52) Comments

Petition to Restore Mace to Four Vehicle Lanes Gains Traction

So far 316 (as of press time) have signed a petition to ask the city of Davis to restore Mace Boulevard t ...

So far 316 (as of press time) have signed a petition to ask the city of Davis to restore Mace Boulevard to two lanes in both directions. (The petition on Change.org is located here.) According to Bra ...

March 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (52) Comments

Read more
Commentary: City Looking at Taking Steps to Address the Traffic Mess on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2019
| (30) Comments

Commentary: City Looking at Taking Steps to Address the Traffic Mess on Mace

This traffic situation on Mace is bad and getting worse – that’s the message received by the city, mayor ...

This traffic situation on Mace is bad and getting worse – that’s the message received by the city, mayor and councilmembers on Thursday evening at a community meeting. The easy part was acknowledging ...

March 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2018
| (16) Comments

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

| (16) Comments

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2018
| (39) Comments

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

| (39) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Why Nishi?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 18, 2018
| (14) Comments

Commentary: Why Nishi?

Measure J/Measure R campaigns seem to have devolved into an exercise where the opponents of a project att ...

Measure J/Measure R campaigns seem to have devolved into an exercise where the opponents of a project attack the weaknesses of the project and the proponents of the project are forced to play defense ...

May 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

Read more
Analysis: A Glance at the Nishi Ballot Arguments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2018
| (44) Comments

Analysis: A Glance at the Nishi Ballot Arguments

In general, elections are not won and lost on the ballot arguments, but the Nishi ones are somewhat inter ...

In general, elections are not won and lost on the ballot arguments, but the Nishi ones are somewhat interesting because there is a good amount of disagreement over core contentions. I find it interest ...

March 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (44) Comments

Read more
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

| (86) Comments

Read more

12 3 4

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up