Welcome to Davis, California: A Bicycle Friendly Town

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StreetFilms’ Clarence Eckerson has been in Davis, California the last few days, filming one of the premier bicycling cities in the United States. Clarence has a preliminary report and some photos up on the web site with a StreetFilm yet to come.
It’s worth a quick look.

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