[DB!-Announce] March Announcements

[Davis Bicycles Announcements]

*Welcome to the March Davis Bicycles! Announcements*.

February was surprisingly full of bike events for such a cold dark month.
Until just recently March was looking very quiet in comparison, but now a
number of exciting meetings and events have surfaced.

*Davis Bicycles is proud to be a co-sponsor of a brownbag workshop by Dan
Burden on Street Design*
This Friday, March 6th, 11:30-1:00
Davis City Council Chambers, 23 Russell Blvd.
Dan is the absolute best in the field, and has worked with many communities
to help them with their dangerous streets. If anyone can help get all sides
to see the benefit of a complete street solution, he is the one. You can
learn more about him here: http://www.walkable.org/about.html

Davis Bicycles! has decided to officially endorse a complete street solution
to 5th Street as outlined in the oped piece by the Old North Davis
Neighborhood Association in the February 13 edition of the Enterprise. For
more information please see our 5th Street web page:
http://www.davisbicycles.org/projects/5thstreet/

*March's DB! project meeting* will focus on beginning to understand the bike
connections between the new UC Davis West Village development and the City.
A date will be set for late March.  If you'd like to help with the
preparation for this meeting, contact Joe Krovoza at jfkrovoza at gmail.com.

March is great time to join the Davis Bike Club and take part in their *March
Bicycle Maddness <http://www.davisbikeclub.org/mm/default.php>. *For more
information read Russell Reagan's February 16th column:
http://www.davisbicycles.org/column/010_090216.html

*The Bicyclist** *film premiere at The Varsity*
*Monday, March 30th
California premiere of *The Bicyclist, *a new feature film set in the
cycling culture of Portland, Oregon. The screening will be a benefit for the
Histiocytosis Association of America. More information on the film:
http://www.thebicyclist.tv/movie.htm

*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

*Some Interesting Bike Links for your enjoyment
**When I Think of Cycling, I Think of Davis* - the video ad on Davis done
for the Tour of California:
http://www.e-motion-video.com/TOC_Davis.html (...and we have arranged to
show this at the Fall 2009 DB! Film Festival)

A letter to the editor of the Woodland Record by local bike commuter Paul
Erickson regarding the proposed Woodland-Davis bikeway:
http://woodlandrecord.com/default.asp?smenu=109&sdetail=424

Bicycle activists win 1, lose 1 in Bay Area space battles:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/06/BA5C15OF4N.DTL

Something I wish all car drivers would take to heart: 5 Powerful Reasons to
Drive Slower, and How to Do It.
http://zenhabits.net/2007/06/5-powerful-reasons-to-drive-slower-and-how-to-do-it/

Last month the UC Davis Police Department launched BRRP.
No it's not related to fraternity beer consumption. It stands for Bike Right
Recognition Program, and rewards bicyclists riding correctly - using hand
turn signals, not speeding, stopping at stop signs, etc:
http://vcadmin.ucdavis.edu/spirit/2009_winter/#bikeright

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