Welcome to Davis, California: A Bicycle Friendly Town

By Aaron Naparstek
Jul 25, 2007

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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