[DB!-Announce] November Bike Announcements

[Davis Bicycles Announcements]

*November DB! Announcements
*
Interested in starting a bike repair cooperative in Davis?
Or what is happening with the 5th Street corridor and how you can provide
input?
Come to the Davis Bicycles! project meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The first
hour of the meeting, from 7 to 8pm, will be devoted to planning for a Davis
bicycle repair cooperative. We will have presentations from the Sacramento
Bike Kitchen and the Bike Church on the UCD campus followed by discussion
and work to forge some solid actionable ideas. The second hour of the
meeting, from 8 to 9pm, will be devoted to the Fifth Street corridor (see
http://www.ci.davis.ca.us/5thstreetcorridor/). We will review the workplan
scope the City Council approved and learn what input the City is hoping to
receive at this phase of the plan. We will send another e-mail as we get
closer to the 19th, with more details, including the location.

The Bicycle Advisory Commission is changing its meeting date, time and
location. Meeting this Monday, 5:30pm, more details below.

*Upcoming events*

*US Bicycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony*
Sunday, November 2, 6-9, Freeborn Hall
http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/Cofred/Public/Aca/ConfHome.cfm?confid=374

*Bicycle Advisory Commission* meeting (City of Davis)
Monday, November 3, 5:30-7:30, Community Chambers, near Russell Bl.,  A and
B Streets (note new time, date, location!)
http://www.ci.davis.ca.us/meetings/agenda.cfm?c=29
(click on top meeting date to download full agenda)
Main agenda items include Grande Subdivision (in N. Davis)
Bicycle/Pedestrian Path, Major Projects Funding Program, and Bicycle
Transportation Account Grant Program. The latter two items are about which
capital projects should be prioritized for funding.

*Davis Bike Church Dance Party Fundraiser*
Saturday, November 8, 9-?, Delta of Venus

*Davis Bicycles! projects meeting*
Wednesday, November 19 (details given at beginning of this message)

*Ongoing Bike Activities

**Davis Bicycles! Steering Committee*, 4th Monday of each month, 6-8, 123 C
St. (reply to this e-mail for more info.)
*Tara Goddard Office Hours*, first Friday of the month, 8:30-1:00. This
month will be at Cafe Chamonix at Covell and Anderson.
*California Bicycle Museum*, 3rd and B Streets. Wednesdays from 4 to 6pm,
Saturdays 9am-12n, through December 3 ( http://groups.dcn.org/cbm )
*VELOlution* *radio show*, 5-6pm Mondays, KDVS FM, (
http://www.kdvs.org/shows/view/show_id/603)

*Interesting Bike Links

*New Plan for Official U.S. Bicycle Route System Approved by National
Transportation Authority
http://www.adventurecycling.org/news/20081028.cfm?use=web

Report by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy quantifies benefits of bicycling and
walking
Bicycling and walking can save Americans tens of billions of dollars each
year
http://www.railstotrails.org/whatwedo/trailadvocacy/ATFA/

Video: on-street bike parking in Portland
(if you enjoyed the other StreetFilms features at our recent bicycling film
festival...)
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/portland-bike-parking/
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