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…
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…
Belated Monday Morning Thoughts: Refining the Nishi Proposal
Nishi getting National Attention “Watch out Sacramento – Davis, Calif., is growing,” Govtech warns in a recent…
Sunday Commentary: Lessons I Took Away from the TedxUCDavis Event on Innovation and Carless Existence
In recent weeks, I have really gotten into watching TED videos – while TED has been around…
My View: Slouching Toward Mediocrity
In my time, observing the Davis community, I see two destructive but countervailing trends at work. There…
Commentary: The Art of the Possible
The Nishi project represents an interesting conundrum and opportunity. It is an opportunity because the land rests…
Looking Ahead: Ten Key Issues for 2015
We can look back at 2014 as bringing us some surprising happenings on the local scene. Who…
Commentary: Fifth Street Probably Still Needs Some Tweaks
For years, we debated, discussed — and some went as far as fearing the Fifth Street Redesign. After…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Transportation and Employee Compensation Issues
The results from the recently released UC Davis Campus Travel survey are encouraging. The results from the…
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,…
As If Platinum Level Bike Paths Weren’t Enough, Now There Is a New Isle of Skye Level Bike Path Standard
by Matt Williams The City of Davis has developed a Beyond Platinum Bicycle Action Plan to improve…
Disconnect Between Bicycling Priorities and Infrastructure on East Covell
The city of Davis, concurrent with the Cannery development project, commissioned a $25,000 East Covell Corridor…
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…
Connecting Davis to Sacramento
A lot of people have pushed the idea that with innovation parks will come a demand for…
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…
Bicycling Hall of Fame Announces New Doping Policy
U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame Announces New Policy to Automatically Exclude Athletes with Doping Violations – The…
Sunday Commentary II: Listening to the Voters, Fifth Street, Budget
In the latest in a string of articles that examines letters to the editor, we get one…
We Need To Rid Our Bike Lanes Of All Green Waste
By Darell Dickey I sit on your Bicycle Advisory Commission, I am a board member of Davis…
