Biketober Prizes / Premios and a Half Million Miles of Riding Regionally
Help the Sacramento Region ride half a million miles by bike! The BikeSacRegion365 and Love to Ride team is on a mission to get more people swapping cars for handlebars and they need your help! Log your bike rides to contribute towards our collective goal…
City asks residents to take bicycle survey
The city of Davis is asking residents and anyone familiar with biking in Davis to take the League of American Bicyclists survey to help rank the city’s bicycle friendliness. This survey is meant to provide context for the LAB’s decision-making process, as well as valuable…
Bicycling During a Pandemic: Joy, Beauty, and Community on Two WheelsÂ
As spring arrives with warmer weather, and folks are itching to escape from their homes where they’ve been sheltering in place for a while, the natural world is going to become a living room without walls. One activity that people can still enjoy during this…
Is There an eBike in Your Future?
Imagine biking along at 28 mph using the same amount of energy normally needed to go about half that speed. For those with limited mobility, imagine riding a bike again, at any speed. I recently had the opportunity to ride an electric bike or ebike…
Why I Ride: The Bike Campaign Promotes Biking Throughout Yolo County
The Bike Campaign has commissioned a series of articles about a wide variety of local people who ride their bikes and why they do it. While these stories are presented here in honor of National May Is Bike Month, The Bike Campaign plans to continue…
Car-free Davis: Bicycling and pedestrian improvements arriving in upcoming months
Have you noticed all the construction signs and projects popping up around Davis? There are a lot of projects happening in our city right now including roadway and pathway improvements. In addition to the construction, May is Bike Month in Davis. We want to make…
City Council OKs bike share ordinance, welcomes JUMP bikes to town
The Davis City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance paving the way for bike share locally and setting up rules and regulations for bike share companies to follow here. Beginning in May, Davis residents will see bright red JUMP bikes parked in locations around…
Car-free Davis: Ride-share bikes are coming soon
Davisites, biking in our region is about to get more exciting! A new electric-assist bike-share system is coming to Davis, Sacramento, and West Sacramento this summer. The purpose of the new system is to enhance mobility, encourage active lifestyles, improve air quality, and provide an…
MAY IS BIKE MONTH! 2017 Events in Davis
WELCOME TO MAY IS BIKE MONTH 2017 National Bike Month was established in 1956 to showcase the many benefits of bicycling and encourage more people to give biking a try. Every May, cyclists in the Sacramento region pledge to ride their bikes and log bike…
Celebrating 50 Years of Biking with Stories
To celebrate our local 50 bike lane anniversary, staff and volunteers of Cool Davis — and a few friends — have shared their personal biking stories. Post your biking story to our Facebook page @cooldaviscity with a photo of you then or now. Or send us a…
Davis Pioneered Dedicated Bike Lanes 50 Years Ago
March 24, 2017 By Mike Kluk The Davis Centennial is not our only significant anniversary in 2017: Davis’s dedicated, on-street bike lanes turn 50 this year! The four dedicated bike lanes Davis established in 1967 were the first in the nation. It was a significant…
Car Free Davis: Brush Up on Bike Safety Skills
By Jennifer Donofrio Crossposted from the Davis Enterprise From page A7 | March 22, 2017 Spring is the perfect time of year to refresh your bike skills and learn the rules of the road. The city of Davis has several bike safety education options to…
Davis Centennial: Happy 100th Birthday, Davis!
The City of Davis has lots to be proud of this year: First off we turn 100 years young. To celebrate the Davis Centennial, the City is engaging in a series of events from a slideshow presentation of historical photos at the Varsity Theater to…
Quest to save polar bears begins Feb. 1st
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy page B5 | January 27, 2017 Crossposted from the Davis Enterprise Hey kids, want to save a polar bear? Tell your parents to leave the car at home and walk or bike to school next month instead. All Davis school children will be able…
The Bike Campaign: For Maria the Only Way to Go Is by Bike!
By Judy Moores Cool Davis welcomes The Bike Campaign and Bike Garage as our newest Partner! Founder and director Maria Contreras Tebbutt wants to reduce car trips and increase bike safety. It’s that simple. She encourages everyone who possibly can to take up bike riding….
Holmes Planning for 500 Bike Parking Spaces Amid Reconfigurations
August 30, 2016 By Sophia Lodigiani Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High recently converted their larger bike rack area into additional vehicle parking for the staff members. According to Holmes Junior High Principal Derek Brothers, the new parking lot was long overdue, since the junior high…
Davis Bicycles! On the Move
By Keli Rutan-Jorgensen Congratulations to Davis Bicycles! the winner of the Cool Davis Climate Solutions Transportation Award for 2016. About 10 years ago, a small group of like-minded residents got together to address a local issue. Bike riding as a mode of transportation had dropped…
Steve Wheeler: At the Forefront of the Sustainable Communities Movement
By Richard Bourne “I think Davis has the potential to lead the world in a better direction, onto a sustainable path with a stronger sense of community,” notes Cool Davis 2016 Eco Hero Steve Wheeler. Now a full professor in UCD’s Department of Human Ecology,…
Cycle the Climate Ride with Team Cool Davis
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS YEAR’S CLIMATE RIDE TEAM WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING. PLEASE EMAIL INFO@COOLDAVIS.ORGÂ IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AN INDIVIDUAL RIDE OR BUILDING A TEAM FOR A GROUP RIDE. April 4, 2016 By Michael McCormick Join Cool Davis on the North Coast Climate Ride and…
Cool Davis Neighborhood Transportation Fairs
Cool Davis will be wrapping up the summer with two Transportation Fairs! Alongside our transportation partners we want to help you get to your favorite community destinations while cutting back on emissions.Come down and explore your transportation options, ride a Whymcycle, test drive an electric…
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