[DB!-Announce] February Announcements

Tue Feb 3 18:54:19 PST 2009

*Welcome to the February Davis Bicycles! Announcements*.
Thanks to everyone who attended our schools meetings in January and helped
make them so successful. The first two projects the schools project group is
focusing on are bike parking and safe routes to schools. If you are
interested in participating please contact Christal
Waters<chrystal2waters at yahoo.com>or sign up for the DB
Schools<http://lists.davisbicycles.org/listinfo.cgi/schools-davisbicycles.org>list
serve.

February's project meeting will be an organization meeting to plan for a May
Bike Celebration during bike-to-work week. Time and place have not yet been
finalized, but it will be in the last week of February, after all the Tour
of California madness has abated. In the mean time, contact Leo
Rainer<lirainero at gmail.com>if you would like to help.

*Upcoming events**
*** *UC Davis Bikeway & Transit Study Workshop*
Thursday, February 5, Noon - 2 p.m. or 4 - 6:30 p.m., UC Davis Freeborn Hall
Join UC Davis campus planners for an open house comment session to review
the draft bikeway and transit network plan. Information and materials for
review are available at the project web site:
http://www.ormp.ucdavis.edu/btns/

*First Stage of the Tour of California
*Sunday, February 15, 12 Noon*
* Some general information for you to share with friends, colleagues,
family, and neighbors:

   1. The viewing crowd in Davis is projected to be 10,000 (if it rains) to
   35,000 (in great weather). Davis residents will be asked to walk or cycle on
   that day simply to keep traffic manageable.
   2. Those coming from out of town who can feasibly take Amtrak are
   encouraged to bring their bikes on the train and enjoy the day car free.
   3. Parking in the core area of Davis will essentially not exist.
   Parking Lots (there are a few) will be designated for Key Amgen support.
   Street parking will be limited. Spectators and volunteers who drive to Davis
   on Hwy 113 or I-80 will be directed to peripheral parking on the UC Davis
   campus and shuttles will bring people into the core area.  Or bring your
   bikes, park in the outlaying lots and cycle for the day
   4. Pre-race program at the start line (approximately 3rd and C Streets)
   will begin at 11:15 am; Rider Call-up is scheduled at 11:50 am, and the race
   will begin at 12 Noon.
   5. The Davis Bike Club is sponsoring a Junior Criterium: three levels for
   junior riders, boys and girls, on the race course immediately following the
   start of the Tour.

For more information try these web sites:
http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Route/stages/stage1.html
http://www.tourofcalifornia-davis.com
http://www.davisdowntown.com/ddba_events/AMGEN08/

And for anyone who thinks there is no connection between bike racing and
bike commuting, read about George Hincapie, bike commuter:
http://bikecommutetips.blogspot.com/2009/01/george-hincapie-bike-commuter.html

*Davis City Council scheduled to take up discussion of the Fifth Street
Corridor
*Tuesday, February 17, 6:30 pm, Council Chambers.
Staff will be preparing a report for the meeting and will make it available
for review on the City web site the week prior.  On the 17th staff will
provide the City Council with a summary of their preliminary
community/stakeholder outreach efforts.  The City Council will also be asked
to establish priorities for the Corridor to help guide the next step of data
collection and devising alternatives. For more information go to our 5th
street page: http://www.davisbicycles.org/projects/5thstreet/

*Davis-Woodland Alternative Transportation Corridor Community Meeting*
Monday, February 23, 4-7 pm, Woodland Community Center.
The goal of the meeting is to introduce the project and the feasibility
study process, identify preliminary goals and schedule, and obtain public
input. There will also be one or two future public meetings to share the
results of the public outreach and present the findings of the feasibility
study.

*LCI Training Course*
The League of American Bicyclists will be holding an instructor training
course in downtown Sacramento this Spring, on February 27, 28 and March 1st
(Friday evening until Sunday lunchtime).  The last Sacramento course was in
October 2006, so this is a fairly rare event! This course will train up to
another 15 League Certified
Instructors<http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/education/seminars.php>(LCIs).
 LCIs are certified and insured to teach the League's Bike Education
curriculum.
For more information contact Owen Howlett <owen_howlett at yahoo.com> at (916)
233 9636

*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.)
*
**Velolution* radio show, 5-6pm Mondays, KDVS FM, (
http://www.kdvs.org/shows/view/show_id/603 )

*Ride the Davis Bike Loop, Friday mornings at 10. Newcomers welcome!
*Join the leisurely paced ride with Dutch Martinich and Gerry Peterson of
the Davis Bike Club, for an approximately 15-18 mile ride around the Bike
Loop and other greenbelt paths. Meet in front of the entrance to the Vets
Center at 14th and B Streets, Fridays at 10am. The ride finishes in the
downtown area, with a stop for refreshments if riders are interested.
Helmets are required. If in doubt about the weather, contact the ride
leaders at dmartinich at att.net or gnjpeter0856 at juno.com

*And Lastly, Some Interesting Bike Links
*Log your Non-Recreational miles, biking to work or walking to the store
http://saveagallon.org/

An audio slide show about the BicycleWORKS, Saint Louis' Earn-A-Bike program
for kids:
http://www.stltoday.com/mds/news/html/1782

An article on Earl Blumenauer, Portland US House representative, and the
founder of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus - a Bicycle Evangelist With the
Wind Now at His Back:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/earth/13profile.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1

More information about the tax free bike benefit:
http://bikeblogs.org/sf/2008/12/04/bike-bux-mastercard-for-the-bike-commuter-tax-benefit/

Enjoy the Ride...
   Leo Rainer
   President, Davis Bicycles!
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