That brings the community together. The pioneer picnics brought the oldtimers and the hippies together. The oldtimers had the picnics, and all of a sudden the hippies wanted to go meet the oldtimers. They have a whole different perspective now, and that was built by working together. That adds up to more bicycles per capita than any other city in the nation.
Bicycles are only one symbol of that city's many-pronged ecological campaign.
Since the early 1970s, city officials have effected a host of measures related to energy and water conservation, growth management, housing, land use, transportation, and cooperatives. Davis is the home of one of the nine University of California campuses. The student and faculty vote is a significant element in city council and other elections. Included in the neighborhood are orchards, vineyards and a three-acre community garden. Davis has a wide variety of cooperative ventures.