[DB!-Announce] Bike Plan Public Meetings Oct 1, Oct 15 -- come if you can!

[Davis Bicycles Announcements]

Davis Bicyclists: 

The 2007 Davis Bike Plan is in progress.  There are two upcoming public meetings.  
Dates: Monday Oct 1, Monday Oct 15
Times: 7-9PM
Location: Veterans Memorial Bldg (14th and B--on the Davis Bike Loop).  
--if we can have a strong showing it will help our chances of getting a strong bike plan--

The Basics:
* Davis Bicycles! submitted a "Citizens' Bike Plan" in August, 
* Public Works and the Davis Bicycle Commission have been working on integrating our plan with the 2006 plan.  
* The new plan is coming along slowly--Public Works is understaffed and John Berg is volunteering his time
* The plan must be signed off by council by mid-November to be eligible for SACOG funding in 2008.  

At this point, we can't expect an end-all/be-all document.  But we can realistically expect to have these specific additions:  
* include a complete appendix of "capital improvement projects"--the big price-tag items that need to be planned years in advance--bridges, tunnels, new bike lanes.  
* include a map of the city with the existing bike route system, proposed improvements, *and* the improvements proposed by other bike plans relevant to Davis (i.e. Yolo County, Solano County, UC Davis, Caltrans and SACOG).  
* include the policy proposals from the "Citizens' Bike Plan"

Come to the meeting and voice your support for these and other issues, and/or email your comments to Bob Clarke at Public Works, John Berg on the Bicycle Commission, and "Davis Bicycles!" BClarke at cityofdavis.org; jrberg at ucdavis.edu; info at davisbicycles.org

Questions or comments or clarification requests?  Drop me a line.

See some of you on Monday!

Ted Buehler
tjbuehler at ucdavis.edu
Davis Bicycles!

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Resources

The Bike Plans: 
* Draft 2007 Davis Bike Plan (shows some potential, but it's not there yet)
http://www.cityofdavis.org/story/?story=BikePlan_Drft

* 2007 "Citizens' Bike Plan" made by ourselves (Davis Bicycles!)
- http://www.davisbicycles.org/ 

* 2001 Davis Bike Plan (not ambitious, and no new projects were put in the pipeline)
http://www.city.davis.ca.us/pw/pdfs/01bikeplan.pdf

* 1991 Davis Bike Plan (ambitious, very successful in making Davis what it is today) 
http://daviswiki.org/1991_Bike_Plan

* Yolo County 2006 Bike Plan (an example of a good, sturdy, modestly ambitious bike plan--ours should be at least this good) 
http://www.yolocounty.org/org/PPW/engineering/misc/2006-BIKE-PLAN%20.pdf

A few more resources: 
* Past updates on the bike plan
- http://www.davisbicycles.org/bikeplan.html
- http://www.daviswiki.org/write_the_bike_plan

* Aggie article about the Citizens' Bike Plan 
- http://www.californiaaggie.com/news/2007/07/26/CityNews/
Davis.Bicycles.Holds.Hearing.For.Davis.Bike.Plan.Ideas-2927387.shtml

* City Council's email addresses: 
sgreenwald at ci.davis.ca.us; 
rasmundson at ci.davis.ca.us; 
lheystek at ci.davis.ca.us; 
dsaylor at ci.davis.ca.us; 
ssouza at ci.davis.ca.us