Bicycles Content

Travel Like an Aggie: A Student Transportation Guide

Abigail Julianna Loomis — August 02, 2023 - 4:25pm

Now that you’ve gotten into ��Ƶ, you may be wondering how you’re going to get around ��Ƶ.

Scooters and Bikes: Charge Off Campus, Lock Up Outdoors

Cody Kitaura — November 21, 2023 - 1:30pm

Transportation Services and other campus partners are providing a reminder that bikes, scooters and other wheeled devices cannot be ridden, charged or stored indoors.

Those devices — both electric and non-electric — are everywhere on campus, but this quarter has seen a significant uptick in people riding and charging transportation devices indoors, posing safety concerns.

Office of Traffic Safety Awards Grant for Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety Program

Andy Fell — January 31, 2023 - 3:39pm

The ��Ƶ, Davis, Police Department has received a $71,250 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to fund activities emphasizing bicyclist and pedestrian safety.

IN BRIEF: Bicycle Auction Goes Online

Dave Jones — January 11, 2022 - 10:17am

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Bike auction moves online

In response to the pandemic, Transportation Services’ biannual auction of abandoned bicycles has moved online.

Getting out the News: Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Karen Michele Nikos — June 03, 2019 - 4:41pm

Freshly decorated news racks echo traditions of Davis with eco-friendly art

By Karina Montoya, News Service Intern, with help from The California Aggie

When the Aggie went from a print paper to online only two years ago, the racks that held the papers all over campus went out of use too.

But with the return of a print newspaper came a new problem. Distribution racks.

Still Platinum: ��Ƶ Again Earns Top Bicycle Friendly University Status

Cody Kitaura — November 14, 2017 - 1:00pm

��Ƶ was the second university to be named a Platinum Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists four years ago, and now it's had that status renewed.

“This is ��Ƶ’ second Platinum Bicycle Friendly University designation and in many ways it feels even more special than the first,” said Clifford Contreras, director of ��Ƶ Transportation Services, or TAPS.

��Ƶ, City of Davis Host International Cycling Safety Conference

Andy Fell — September 11, 2017 - 4:19pm

Making the streets safer for cyclists and promoting cycling for all are goals of the International Cycling Safety Conference, to be held Sept. 21-22 at the ��Ƶ, Davis, Conference Center. It is the first time that the conference has been held in the U.S. and appropriately enough, it’s coming to the nation’s premier cycling city.

The conference attendees include experts in urban planning, mechanical and civil engineering, data science, sociology and behavior.

Students! Forget About Your Hair, Wear Helmets!

Cody Kitaura — September 27, 2016 - 9:00am

There are a few things Aggies can count on every fall: A lot of new students, a lot of bicycles, and not very many bike helmets.

Student Health and Counseling Services, the campus unit that provides medical services to students and operates the on-campus urgent care clinic, wants to change that.

“The majority of accidents urgent care sees are bike crashes,” said Shantille Connolly ’11, wellness health educator.

The Download: High-Wheel Adventure, Basketball in Costa Rica

Cody Kitaura — August 23, 2016 - 10:00am

Amy Oleynik, a program coordinator for student orientation, is on a summer adventure with her dad, Randy: They are biking across the country on high-wheels. This photo is from the online news organization Carson Now, which caught up with the Oleyniks in Carson City, Nevada, on Aug. 17. They began their journey five days earlier by dipping the rear wheels of their bikes in the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco.

��Ƶ Bike Expert David Takemoto-Weerts Retiring

Cody Kitaura — May 24, 2016 - 12:25pm

When ��Ƶ bike guru David Takemoto-Weerts takes a vacation trip to a city, he doesn’t photograph the usual landmarks.

“I’ll ask to see his pictures and they’re all of bike racks,” said his wife, Barbara Takemoto-Weerts.