[DB!-Announce] November Bike Announcements

Sun Nov 1 22:08:12 PST 2009

*2009 Film Festival
*This year's film festival was a great success: we watched 22 fun and
informative short films, raised over $2000 for the Steve Larsen bike parking
area, and had a great time. Thanks to everyone who attended and to everyone
who volunteered to make the event go so well! But it's never too early to be
thinking about next year - we would love to have more local, thought
provoking bike films.

*On-street Bike Parking*
There are many different types of bike
racks<http://daviswiki.org/Bicycle_Parking>in Davis, but one solution
that shows a lot of promise is on-street bike
parking. On-street bike parking provides significant benefits to more than
just bicyclists. By replacing a car parking space with up to eight bike
racks, the added visibility from the street provides better exposure to the
businesses behind the space and results in increased safety for pedestrians
crossing at adjacent crosswalks. It also creates a better environment for
those on the sidewalk because there is no longer a car idling at the curb
and bikes are no longer parked along the sidewalk. Many cities, including
Portland<http://bikeportland.org/2006/11/30/more-on-street-bike-parking-comes-to-north-portland/>(and
Portland<http://bikeportland.org/2007/07/26/diy-on-street-bike-parking-in-nopo/>...
and Portland<http://bikeportland.org/2007/10/15/more-on-street-parking-comes-to-mississippi/>)
and Vancouver<http://bikeportland.org/2009/10/06/on-street-bike-parking-coming-to-downtown-vancouver/>have
been experimenting successfully with this concept. Davis has one
nice example<http://daviswiki.org/Fuji_Chef?action=Files&do=view&target=Fuji_Chef.jpg>,
but is looking to install more. Do you like this idea and think it would
help improve downtown? Let your local businesses and DB! know.

*Back to School / Bike to School**
City-wide Student Bike to School Competition*: Save a gallon of gas and win
a prize! Walk, bike, skateboard, carpool with another student, or otherwise
avoid getting into the car and enter a year-long contest to win prizes
ranging from jamba juice to an Ipod Nano. Prizes are awarded monthly through
May 2010. Students can register wtih the Davis Schools team at
saveagallon.org. Elementary school students register under their school and
classroom. Secondary students register under their school. We still need
parent or teacher volunteers to fully implement the contest at Korematsu,
Patwin and Pioneer Elementary and at Davinci and King High Schools. To
volunteer, please contact Christal Waters at chrystal2waters at yahoo.com.

*Healthy Eating and Active Living*
On September 8, 2009, Davis became the third California City to adopt a
Healthy Eating and Active Living Resolution.  The resolution commits Davis
to pursue land use and policy decisions that support healthful personal
nutrition and physical activity choices.  The city will be considering
nutritional standards for food offered at city events and facilities, and
will be working with local businesses to provide and highlight their own
healthful choices.  For more information and to help plan the next steps,
visit the Facebook <http://apps.facebook.com/causes/355670> page or
contact Francesca
Wright <Francesca.wright at gmail.com> or Ellen Seeley <eeseeley at ucdavis.edu>.

*Upcoming Events*
Wednesday, November 4th
10:00 AM, KDRT, 95.7FM, Speakeasy <http://kdrt.org/node/2085>
Christal Waters of Davis Bicycles! and Tim Starback of Saveagallon will be
talking with Autumn Labbe-Renault about DB!s school related projects.

7:30 PM, Bike Forth, 4th&L, *Contagious Love Experiment*
Bike Forth will host two special visitors, Iraq War Vets Josh Stieber and
Conor Curran, that have been bicycling around the country on a personal
mission of peace, sharing their personal stories about their experiences in
the military and Iraq. These two men will boost your hope level with their
upbeat and positive message and report on situations where they've both
"been there-done that". See http://www.davisbikecollective.org/ for more
information.

Saturday, November 7th
6:00 pm, Freeborn Hall, *2009 U.S. Bicycling Hall of
Fame<http://www.usbhof.com/>Induction Dinner and Ceremony
*
The event will include a keynote address by Connie Carpenter Phinney, one
the greatest athletes in American sporting history, and induction
presentations for four legendary members of the cycling world. The four
honorees represent a range of cycling pursuits from bicycle motocross (BMX)
to Olympians with careers spanning from the 1930’s to the present. The
inductees are Richard Cortright (Olympian); Phyllis Harmon (cycling
contributor) ; Clayton John (BMX organizer) ; and Nelson Vails, the first
African American to medal in bicycling in the Olympics. Tickets to the event
are $120 and can be ordered here <http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/bhf.>.

*Ongoing Bike Activities*
*Bicycle Advisory Commission*, Monday, November 2nd, 5:30pm, Community
Chambers, 23 Russell Boulevard
Agenda Items:
Fifth Street Redesign Position Statement
Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) Grant Program Projects
Commission Bicycle Project Financing Sub-Committee
DRAFT Bicycle Parking Ordinance
Long Range Calendar Review
*
Davis Bicycles! Steering Committee*, usually the 4th Monday of each month,
6-8pm, 123 C St. (reply to this e-mail for more info.)

*Davis Bike Collective*. Bike
Forth<http://www.davisbikecollective.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=19>the
volunteer-run nonprofit community bicycle organization at 4th and L
streets.
 Tuesdays 5-7 PM WTF (Women Trans Femme) Workshop
Wednesdays 4-8 PM
Thursdays 4-8 PM
Saturdays 12-6 PM

*And some thought provoking bike links for this month:
*How Do We Get Bicyclists to Obey the Law?<http://www.slate.com/id/2232555/>

 History of clipless
pedals<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/oct/19/shimano-clipless-pedals>

Riding is My Ritalin<http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-12-21050-1,00.html?cm_mmc=BicyclingNL-_-2009_10_20-_-news-_-riding_is_my_ritalin>

The League of American Bicyclists has announced its Fall 2009 Bicycle
Friendly Communities<http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/>and
is recognizing 15 new Bicycle Friendly Communities and three BFC
renewals. Notably, five states have their first BFC designations.

And finally, two pieces on Paris' Velib program - Whither safety?
De-mythologizing bike lanes <http://bespoke.onthefourth.com/?p=555>, and  a
more pesimistic view in the NY
Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/europe/31bikes.html>
.

Enjoy the Ride...

   Leo Rainer
   President, Davis Bicycles!
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