February 6, 2008 archive
It's all about the bicycle in Davis. I visited the college town last week to get a glimpse of what life would be like in the US if everyone decided to stop feeding ExxonMobil's profits and turned to bicycling instead.
It was perfect, two-wheeled bliss. Miles of bicycle lanes criss-cross the town and acres of bike parking are spread across the UC-Davis campus.
This is the bicycle-friendliest community in the US. That's not me saying it. The League of American Bicyclists bestowed the “platinum level” to Davis in the Bicycle Friendly program in 2005.
With just a couple of hours to visit Davis, I rented a bike…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/a-platinum-level-bike-ride-through-davis-california/
Bike racks are installed all over Davis. This old Southern Pacific railroad station in Davis now houses the Amtrak offices. Amtrak makes regular stops here for commuters.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/bikes-parked-at-amtrak-station/
Cruisers, hybrids, mountain bikes and the occasional road bike are parked at racks around the UC-Davis campus, where cars are mostly banned.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/bikes-on-uc-davis-campus/
Bicyclist checks phone messages while going to or from classes at UC-Davis. The city and university each have bicycle coordinators to advocate bicycle use.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/streets-scene-on-campus/
Bike crossing button at Davis, California, intersection. A traffic signal at a busy intersection in Davis has a special phase for bicycles-only.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/special-button-for-bicyclists/
Bikes lined up outside bike shop in downtown Davis, California. Fat tire bikes are the most popular in the city, judged the most bicycle friendly by the League of American Bicyclists.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/bikes-for-sale/
Thousands of bikes parked at UC-Davis. Cars are discouraged from campus, so much of the 30,000 student population, as well as faculty and staff, ride bicycles to classes and work. Bike parking is allowed at bikes racks only, which are installed around all the buildings. Most bike commuters, like the one pictured parking her bike, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/commuter-at-uc-davis/
Cyclists in Columbus, Georgia, are mourning the death of Matthew Scott Matty, a 47-year amateur bicycle racer who was killed on a training ride on Sunday.
Matty and a companion, Jeffrey Davis, 39, had broken off from the main group of cyclists from Columbus Bicycle Racing club so they could get home to spend time with their families when they were struck from behind by a Ford Explorer.
Other club members of the ride learned about the collision by cell phone calls they received after they stopped for lunch…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/02/06/columbus-cyclists-mourn-loss-of-friend-in-bike-fatality/
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