From dutchm at wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us Wed Feb 14 15:55:55 2007 From: dutchm at wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us (Donald A. Martinich) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:55:55 -0800 Subject: [OldNorth] Fwd: [DBC] More on the Davis Bike History Presentation Message-ID: Hi folks- I got this on the Davis Bike Club list. I thought some of you may be interested in this presentation. Dutch > > >Hi All, > >I'm doing the presentation on the 26th--I've been in town for 3 >years, I introduced myself briefly at the January DBC meeting. I'm >not much of a road biker these days, just around town, so I don't >frequent DBC meetings very often. > >A little on the research, Susan Handy at the Institute for >Transportation Studies (ITS) obtained funding to have a student do a >history of bicycle policy in Davis, and I've been doing the research >off and on for two years now. It's been a lot of fun, I've been >interviewing folks, reading Enterprise and Aggie archives, looking >through old planning and policy documents, etc. I presented it to >ITS in December, and had a lot of requests for a second >presentation, so we arranged for a night at the Varsity. You can >download a flier for the event at >http://mae.ucdavis.edu/~biosport/jkm/VarsityEvent.jpg Everyone is >invited, I hope many of you can come. > >I and others have been speaking on behalf of bicyclists, better bike >lanes, racks, etc. with on the TPAC committee on campus, but it >seems that there is no coordinated effort to do this in the city. >From my perspective, it's about visioning the future you want, and >working within the system to create it. When people were doing this >in Davis, the conditions for bicycling improved. Now, with lots >more cars and people than we had in the 1980s, we need better >minimum standards and maintenance of bike facilities, revitalized >education programs, etc to offset density. I'm hoping that a >byproduct on this historical presentation will be to remind people >that back in the day it was a lot of work to make Davis a great >place for bikes, and suggest that now it may now again require work >to ensure it stays this way. > > >Comments and feedback welcome, > >Ted Buehler >tjbuehler at ucdavis.edu > >DBC mailing list >DBC at dbclist.org >http://dbclist.org/mailman/listinfo/dbc From dutchm at dcn.org Wed Feb 14 16:30:52 2007 From: dutchm at dcn.org (Donald A. Martinich) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:30:52 -0800 Subject: [OldNorth] Davis Bike History Presentation -try #2 Message-ID: Hi folks- I got this on the Davis Bike Club list. I thought some of you may be interested in this presentation. Dutch > > >Hi All, > >I'm doing the presentation on the 26th--I've been in town for 3 >years, I introduced myself briefly at the January DBC meeting. I'm >not much of a road biker these days, just around town, so I don't >frequent DBC meetings very often. > >A little on the research, Susan Handy at the Institute for >Transportation Studies (ITS) obtained funding to have a student do a >history of bicycle policy in Davis, and I've been doing the research >off and on for two years now. It's been a lot of fun, I've been >interviewing folks, reading Enterprise and Aggie archives, looking >through old planning and policy documents, etc. I presented it to >ITS in December, and had a lot of requests for a second >presentation, so we arranged for a night at the Varsity. You can >download a flier for the event at >http://mae.ucdavis.edu/~biosport/jkm/VarsityEvent.jpg Everyone is >invited, I hope many of you can come. > >I and others have been speaking on behalf of bicyclists, better bike >lanes, racks, etc. with on the TPAC committee on campus, but it >seems that there is no coordinated effort to do this in the city. >From my perspective, it's about visioning the future you want, and >working within the system to create it. When people were doing this >in Davis, the conditions for bicycling improved. Now, with lots >more cars and people than we had in the 1980s, we need better >minimum standards and maintenance of bike facilities, revitalized >education programs, etc to offset density. I'm hoping that a >byproduct on this historical presentation will be to remind people >that back in the day it was a lot of work to make Davis a great >place for bikes, and suggest that now it may now again require work >to ensure it stays this way. > > >Comments and feedback welcome, > >Ted Buehler >tjbuehler at ucdavis.edu > >DBC mailing list >DBC at dbclist.org >http://dbclist.org/mailman/listinfo/dbc From dutchm at wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us Wed Feb 14 20:23:07 2007 From: dutchm at wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us (Donald A. Martinich) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:23:07 -0800 Subject: [OldNorth] F Street closure, Tue., Feb, 20 Message-ID: Hi neighbors, Those of you who are not cycling fans may not be aware that a major international bicycle race will be coming through Old North Davis on the 20th which is next Tuesday. They will be racing up F St. about the middle of the day and there will be a street closure. You can find out the details at: http://www.city.davis.ca.us/story/?story=bikeraceroadclosures You can find out more about the race at: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/ If the weather is nice, have a picnic out on the lawn and watch the race. Dutch