[DB!-Announce] May is Bike Month Announcements

Fri May 1 17:55:42 PDT 2009

*May is Bike Month!*
May is Bike Month promotes using a bicycle for any type of trip - errands,
recreational cycling for health and fitness, and bicycle commuting. So first
off, make sure to register and log your millage at
http://www.mayisbikemonth.com/. The City of Davis has set a community
challenge of *120,000 miles* for the month. This is twice the miles logged
last year, or the equivalent of two miles per Davis resident for the entire
month. The Davis school or class that logs the most bike miles during May
will receive a party with individual awards, courtesy of Davis Bicycles! See
our website <http://www.davisbicycles.org/projects/mayisbikemonth> for more
details.

The Bike Church has recently relocated to a commercial space in Downtown
Davis at the corner of 4th and L St.  In the transition they have organized
as nonprofit 501(c)(3) and donned a new name – *Bike Forth – The Davis
Bicycle Collective. *Check out their Wiki
page<http://daviswiki.org/Davis_Bike_Collective>for more information
or stop by and check out their great new space.

*Some highlights  of what's happening in May
*

There are so many bike events happening in May, that I am just listing the
highlights here. You can see a complete list on the City's web
page<http://cityofdavis.org/bicycles/may-is-bike-month/2009/>,
or as always, information on community bicycling events can be found at
http://davisbicycles.org/events.

*May 2 - Shop by Bike Downtown*
11:00 - 2:00, Central Park, E Street Plaza & Downtown Businesses
Check in first at Central Park with the bicycle you rode downtown and
receive a free canvas shopping bag from the Davis Downtown Business
Association. Noon to 2:00 p.m. at E Street Plaza: Free bike baskets (while
supplies last) installed when you show downtown Davis purchase receipts for
shopping on May 2. Still need a couple of volunteers to help install bike
baskets from 12-2. Contact Tara Goddard <tgoddard at cityofdavis.org> if you
can help.
*May 5th - Council takes up 5th Street*
Davis Bicycles! strongly supports a complete street solution for the Fifth
Street corridor. For more information please see our 5th Street
page<http://www.davisbicycles.org/projects/5thstreet/>.
The Davis City Council is scheduled to take up discussion of the Fifth
Street Corridor at their May 5th meeting. This meeting is the anticipated
follow-up to the last Council discussion held on February 17th.  The key
topic will be to present a range of conceptual project options to the
Council for their consideration and seek direction from the Council on which
option(s) should receive more in-depth analysis and community dialogue. *Please
come and support a complete streets option!

May 9: Bike to the Market Day*
8:00 am to 1:00 pm, Central Park
Ride your bicycle to the Davis Farmer’s Market to participate in Bike to the
Market day. Bike baskets will be offered while supplies last. There will
also be a Free Sale, so bring along unwanted goods to offer as gifts to your
fellow community members. We still need volunteers to help install bike
baskets, contact Rainbow Vogt <rainbowv at gmail.com> if you can help.

*May 13, 20, 26 - May Bike Movies
*6:30pm, The Varsity Theater
Davis Bicycles! will be showing three bike movies at the Varsity, starting
with a reshowing of our Fall Film Festival on the 13th, then Breaking Away
on the 20th, and ending on the 26th with the Davis premier of
Veer<http://veerthemovie.com/>,
an intimate behind the scenes look at bicycling culture, as a fund raiser
for the Davis Bicycle Collective. Look for more information coming soon.

*May 27th - Schools Committee Meeting*
7-8:30 PM, Blanchard Room at the library.
We will focus on getting organized for 2009-2010 back to school, especially
elementary schools.  We need people to sign up to: help prepare a flyer to
be inserted into the back-to-school paperwork, volunteer with city-initiated
bike rodeo organization at elementary schools,  make contact with elementary
school PTA's to get on PTA agendas to talk about SR2S next year, and maybe
to help Tara with planning for a junior high bicycle event. Contact Christal
Waters <chrystal2waters at yahoo.com> for more information

*May 30th - Third Annual Donald J. Aumann Memorial (DJAM) Bike Rides*
In and around Davis and Winters, CA
Margaret Aumann would like to invite all the DB! members & friends to ride
with others to remember Don Aumann. Please see the flyer for more
information.
*
Ongoing Bike Activities
*
*Davis Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting*, 1st Monday, 5:30pm, Community
Chambers
1. Summer 2009 Road and Path Projects - Update from staff on the planned
summer 2009 roadway overlay projects and bikeway overlay or reconstruction
projects.
2. May is Bike Month Update - Staff will present the list of scheduled May
is Bike Month activities
3. Davis Bicycle Collective – Update on the Davis Bicycle Collective and the
new Bike Forth! at 4th and L Streets.
4. Bicycle Parking Ordinance - Staff will present examples from other
communities and discuss options for Davis.

*Davis Bicycles! Steering Committee*, 4th Monday of each month, 6-8pm, 123 C
St. (reply to this e-mail for more info.)

Velolution <http://www.kdvs.org/shows/view/show_id/823> radio show,
8:30-9:30am Thursdays (*new time!*), KDVS 90.1 FM

*And in case that is not enough, some more interesting bike links for your
enjoyment
*
A very nice article detailing a major makeover of an urban street...
http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/0904/livable-streets.html

Get an animated lesson in bikes, stop signs, and the Idaho Stop Law
http://bikeportland.org/2009/04/14/get-an-animated-lesson-in-bikes-stop-signs-and-the-idaho-stop-law/

The only bike shop in Harlem:
http://www.theworld.org/images/slideshows/intlbikes/index.html

Peter and Jeri of Whymcycle fame were on the "Good Morning Korea" show. As
Peter says, "they came a knockin' and I'm afraid we let them have it." For
Korea..in Korean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKe3euqrdsQ

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who used to ride his bike to work at
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab misses his bike in DC:
http://www.grist.org/article/energy-boss-misses-bike1/

Enjoy the Ride...

   Leo Rainer
   President, Davis Bicycles!
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