A "platinum level" bike ride through Davis, California

[Oyez Oyez]

A "platinum level" bike ride through Davis, California

par Oyez Oyez » Mer Fév 06, 2008 3:30 pm

[img:400:278]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/UCDavis.sized.jpg[/img]It's all about the bicycle in Davis. I visited the college town last week to get a glimpse of what life would be like in the US if everyone decided to stop feeding ExxonMobil's profits and turned to bicycling instead.

It was perfect, two-wheeled bliss. Miles of bicycle lanes criss-cross the town and acres of bike parking are spread across the UC-Davis campus.

This is the bicycle-friendliest community in the US. That's not me saying it. The League of American Bicyclists bestowed the "platinum level" to Davis in the Bicycle Friendly program in 2005.

With just a couple of hours to visit Davis, I rented a bike...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:42:30 -0800



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