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Commentary: Does Davis Need More Jobs, Diversified Economy?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2019
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Commentary: Does Davis Need More Jobs, Diversified Economy?

Assuming the project goes forward, Davis residents will be asked to vote on whether or not to approve the ...

Assuming the project goes forward, Davis residents will be asked to vote on whether or not to approve the Aggie Research Campus. The developers for the project are estimating that roughly 5882 jobs w ...

December 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the ...

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the people opposing the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) is to point out the 4340 parking spots that are ...

December 29, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 23, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative

by Diane Swann In a commentary in the Davis Enterprise regarding the Freedom to Park (FTP) Initiative, su ...

by Diane Swann In a commentary in the Davis Enterprise regarding the Freedom to Park (FTP) Initiative, supporters claimed that upon hearing all the facts many opponents were at least willing to put it ...

December 23, 2019
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My View: Parking Issues Should Be Re-Examined in Light of Data on Student Driving Patterns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2019
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My View: Parking Issues Should Be Re-Examined in Light of Data on Student Driving Patterns

These days it seems that parking is one of the more interesting and surprisingly polarizing issues in thi ...

These days it seems that parking is one of the more interesting and surprisingly polarizing issues in this community. On one side are those who argue that we should reduce the number of parking space ...

December 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Process and the Need to Solve Vexing Problems in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Process and the Need to Solve Vexing Problems in Davis

If the facts are on our your side – debate the facts. If the law is on your side – debate the law. If n ...

If the facts are on our your side – debate the facts. If the law is on your side – debate the law. If neither is on your side – pound on the process. That’s the rule of thumb in Davis but one thing ...

November 24, 2019
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Caltrans Hosts Open House to Discuss Corridor Improvement Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2019
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Caltrans Hosts Open House to Discuss Corridor Improvement Project

It has gone from an afterthought to one of the biggest issues in town. The impact of I-80’s increased tr ...

It has gone from an afterthought to one of the biggest issues in town. The impact of I-80’s increased traffic and the increasing rate of cut-through traffic has led to more people using bypasses, exa ...

November 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Why I Ride: A Conversation with Barbara Goodman

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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Thursday’s Caltrans Workshop Key to Davis Growth and Climate Future

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 20, 2019
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Thursday’s Caltrans Workshop Key to Davis Growth and Climate Future

By Alan Hirsch On Thursday Caltrans will hold a workshop on the future of the I-80 corridor, Davis’s Conn ...

By Alan Hirsch On Thursday Caltrans will hold a workshop on the future of the I-80 corridor, Davis’s Connection to rest of the World. It will be at the Blanchard Room of the Library at 6;30pm. Caltran ...

November 20, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation with Carlos Casillas

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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

Posted by David Greenwald
|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
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Five Early Thoughts on the Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Five Early Thoughts on the Aggie Research Campus

We have been talking about Aggie Research Campus (ARC) for months already, but until this past week we ha ...

We have been talking about Aggie Research Campus (ARC) for months already, but until this past week we had not had an official application to look at. There remains a lot to look at in the next sever ...

October 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Details Emerge in Aggie Research Campus Application

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2019
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Analysis: Details Emerge in Aggie Research Campus Application

When the team of developers led by Project Manager Dan Ramos sent a letter to the city on June 11, they h ...

When the team of developers led by Project Manager Dan Ramos sent a letter to the city on June 11, they had not yet resubmitted an application, so the details for the revised project were lacking. Th ...

October 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Granted Additional $2.7 Million for I-80/Richards Interchange Improvement

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 17, 2019
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City Granted Additional $2.7 Million for I-80/Richards Interchange Improvement

(From Press Release) – The City of Davis announced today that it has received an additional $2.7 million ...

(From Press Release) – The City of Davis announced today that it has received an additional $2.7 million in grant money for the I-80/Richards Interchange Improvement project from the Sacramento Area C ...

August 17, 2019
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Why I Ride: A Conversation With Jessica Jacobson

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2019
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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

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Commentary: Do We Need an Additional Traffic Study on Mace?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2019
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Commentary: Do We Need an Additional Traffic Study on Mace?

Most of Alan Pryor’s guest commentary deals with the current conditions on Mace and the need to study tra ...

Most of Alan Pryor’s guest commentary deals with the current conditions on Mace and the need to study traffic prior to making changes on Mace – but he also points to the 800-pound gorilla as being the ...

July 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2019
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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
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Commentary: New Housing Project Is Unlikely to Be a Major Impact on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2019
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Commentary: New Housing Project Is Unlikely to Be a Major Impact on Mace

There was a letter in the local paper worried about the impact of the new Chiles Road Apartments project ...

There was a letter in the local paper worried about the impact of the new Chiles Road Apartments project on the Mace Boulevard congestion. The writer notes: “So the city recently heard from 150 folks ...

July 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
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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

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City Provides Updates to Plans at Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2019
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City Provides Updates to Plans at Mace

After receiving complaints about changes to the Mace Boulevard roadway, the city has gone back to the dra ...

After receiving complaints about changes to the Mace Boulevard roadway, the city has gone back to the drawing board and is laying out plans to fix some of the worst concerns including the congestion a ...

July 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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