The Woodland City Council OK’d an agreement with Caltrans to design and build a pedestrian overcrossing across Highway 113 linking the southern areas of Woodland. City of Woodland/Courtesy graphic The Bike Campaign started its work to increase bike ridership in Yolo County in Woodland in 2011 by providing free bike clinics to the public in the parking lot of the County Fair Mall on a quarterly basis. The Bike Garage’s original location was at the Woodland Adult School. Courtesy photo The Bike Garage’s first location opened at the Woodland Adult School providing services once a week and now operates twice a week at Douglass Middle School. Two years ago, The Bike Campaign opened a second Bike Garage location in Davis and continues to offer free bike repair, used bikes, education and support for anyone wishing to reduce their automobile dependency.
Efforts have led to providing Bike Skills Training at elementary schools throughout Woodland and Davis as well as official Bike Maps for both cities and participation in the League of American Bicyclists’ certification process for eight business to earn certification as Bicycle Friendly Businesses, and the community of Woodland to earn a Bronze rating as a “Bicycle Friendly City.” For a complete range of Bike Campaign services and accomplishments, see www.TheBikeCampaign.org .
Those in Yolo County are familiar with the bike-friendly town of Davis, known for its bike loop, greenbelt paths and copious bike lanes. Davis has always been synonymous with the bicycle. In recent years, however, Davis’ neighbor to the […]
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