{"id":12470,"date":"2017-02-02T22:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T06:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=12470"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:48","slug":"davis-2017-nbg-proclamation-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2017\/02\/02\/davis-2017-nbg-proclamation-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis 2017 NBG Proclamation Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span><\/strong>s a draft<\/strong>, this is a modification of the last proclamation we created with the City of Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHEREAS, Thomas Stevens, the first person to ride a bike across the United States did so on a HIWheel, the Davis city symbol: and<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEREAS Stevens\u00a0<\/span>rode through Davis as noted\u00a0in the book he wrote about his 1884 journey\u00a0to Boston and then around the world; and<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEREAS, by placing the bicycle at the center of its governance, Davis, home to the first bike lane in America, is\u00a0filled with\u00a0a plethora of bike\u00a0lanes, greenbelts, bike tunnels, traffic calmed streets and bike overpasses; and<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEREAS\u00a0the nonprofit National Bicycle Greenway (NBG) first celebrated the City of Davis with a reception from then Mayor Ruth Asmundson and dignitaries from sister city\u00a0Sangju<\/span><\/a>, South Korea\u00a0 in 2003; and<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEREAS, the first coast to coast highway, the Lincoln Hwy, passed through Davis in 1927; and<\/span><\/p>\n

WHEREAS\u00a0the City of Davis is proud to be\u00a0home of\u00a0the first coast-to-coast bicycle highway, the National Bicycle Greenway that will connect our city, the Bicycle Capital of America, with the Capital of the United States, Washington DC, and the 18 other great cities in between.<\/span><\/p>\n

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, as the bike-centric, car-free Mayor of the City of Davis, welcome the bicyclists to our beautiful City \u00a0and do hereby declare Saturday, May 27, 2017, to be “National Bicycle Greenway Day” in the City of Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Davis to be affixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Robb Davis \u00a0May 27, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a draft, this is a modification of the last proclamation we created with the City of Davis. 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