Commentary: Employee Morale is Becoming a Crisis For the City
This week Mayor Dan Wolk and Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis put out a piece that laid…
City Puts Out RFP For Yolo Rail Relocation Economic Impact Studies
On Tuesday, the City of Davis put out a Request for Proposals (RFP) “from parties interested in…
Further Analysis: 20-Year Road Projections Will Always Be Imprecise, City Needs to Secure Funding Regardless
Earlier this week, the Vanguard reported on the work that Dan Carson did on behalf of the…
Analysis: Revisions to Pavement Cost Projections Do Not Change Funding Needs
Dan Carson back in June argued that the city needed to take a slower track for a…
City Looks to Improve Richards Boulevard Interchange
On the council agenda this week is a consent item that would allocate $160,000 in Roadway Impact…
My View: B Street Safety Over Convenience?
While we applaud the Davis City Council for looking toward better conflict resolution models with regard to…
Council Takes Community Dialogue Approach on B Street Striping
While an overwhelming number of residents expressed concerns about the safety risks involved with the parking configurations…
Commentary: As City Upgrades Bicycling Infrastructure, Concerns About Safety and Conduct Continue
Davis has long been known as a bicycling mecca, it houses the US Bicycling Hall of Fame,…
My View II: Does Davis Have the Worst Roads in the County?
On Thursday the local paper published a story under the provocative headline, “It’s Official: Davis Has the…
Sunday Commentary: Why Rail Relocation Makes Sense For Davis
In his weekly column last Thursday, City of Davis Chief Innovation Officer Rob White discussed the issue…
City Receives Grant for Rail Relocation Study
There has been a lot of talk in the past year or so about the possibility of…
Are There Still Bicycle Concerns on Fifth Street?
Overall the reaction to the Fifth Street Redesign has been positive, with the caveat that we have…
My View: Fifth Street Finally Fixed
Fifth Street is nearly completed. As we reported earlier this week, traffic lanes were reduced on Fifth…
Fifth Street Lane Reductions Have Been Implemented (Video)
On Monday, the city of Davis implemented the re-striping along Fifth Street between L Street and B…
Connecting Davis to Sacramento
A lot of people have pushed the idea that with innovation parks will come a demand for…
Revisiting the Need For Fifth Street
This week we have an update that on Fifth Street we will see demolition of the existing…
City Prepares For The Final Phase Of The Fifth Street Improvements Project
Construction Project Improves Safety for All Road-Users – In 2009, the City of Davis endorsed a travel-lane…
Council Candidates Respond to Transportation Issues
Transportation issues are among the most pressing and important confronting our city. For the past several Council…
My View: Crude Oil Disaster Could Have Been Here
Amid a growing national safety debate over rail transport of crude oil, the unthinkable happened in faraway…
Construction Ready to Begin on Cannery, Last Second Details Locked Down
The city announced last week that the Cannery project at Covell Boulevard and J Street will begin…
