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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Commentary: Why Nishi?
Measure J/Measure R campaigns seem to have devolved into an exercise where the opponents of a project…
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…
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…
Commentary: Nishi is On the Ballot, Can It Win?
It’s quiet – too quiet? That was the reaction from a lot of people on Wednesday morning. …
Lincoln40 Project Goes to the Planning Commission
On Wednesday, the Lincoln40 project goes to the Planning Commission which will be asked to recommend to…
Sunday Commentary: Is the Future of Environmentalism More Development?
This week there was a fascinating article in the publication Grist, describing a 2009 meeting between Scott…
My View: New Nishi Proposal Seeks to Fix Previous Problems; Addresses Student Housing Crisis
A lot of people were talking about Nishi’s new proposal yesterday and most viewed it in a…
Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part 3, Will There Be a Pedestrian Crossing?
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems and…
Sunday Commentary: The Need for Evidence-Based Approaches
I am a bit taken aback that my call for a more evidence-based approach to housing has…
My View: Divided Opposition to Sterling?
Much of this week, we have been assembling some data on the housing situation in order to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Not Everyone on Board with Reduced Sterling
On Wednesday, the Planning Commission will review the Sterling project and recommend certification of the EIR and…
Commentary: Is Scaled Down Sterling a Good Deal for Davis?
After the success of the conflict resolution process with the Hyatt House project, the city was quick…
My View: Should We Take Another Look at City Traffic Standards?
As I looked through the Sterling Apartments Final EIR, one of things that struck me was a…
My View: Do We Have a Great and Vibrant Downtown?
The city of Davis is taking on an update of the core area portion of the General…
Commentary: Council Needs to Prioritize Fixing Richards
A letter writer driving through the Richards Boulevard and Olive Drive area on Sunday afternoon described the…
