All cycling roads start in Davis

Every person in this country who rides a bicycle should pray — or at least generate a positive thought — toward Davis, Calif. five times a day. When it comes to cycling, this university town of about 65,000 is in its own universe. A lot of what is still considered progressive or radical cycling facilitywise in many places has been part of the landscape in Davis for decades. It introduced the bike lane to America while Lyndon Johnson was president. More than one-sixth of all trips in Davis are made by bike. There are no school buses in Davis because kids ride bikes to school. Davis is the only city in the United States to be named a platinum-level Bicycle Friendly City. But Davis sees challenges to and opportunities for its cycling supremacy, as this article points out. Thanks to Harrison Marshall, transportation planner and planning news aggregator extraordinaire, for the link.