100 Years Ago: How Dupont Highway (Rt 13) Was Supposed to Have Been Designed
T. Coleman Dupont’s Original Concept of the Dupont Parkway US 13 Northbound into Dover There are no places in Delaware more hostile to bicycling than certain segments of the Dupont highway (e.g. Hare’s Corner in New Castle). But 100 years ago, when T. Coleman Dupont proposed building a new road to connect…
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AAA joins opposition to increased truck weights in GOP highway bill (HR7)
By Keith Laing The Hill The $260 billion transportation bill released [at the end of January] by House Republicans to spur highway construction in the United States would make roads in the country less safe, AAA argued a day after the GOP announced the legislation. The proposal from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John…
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If the only tool we have is a hammer, we’ll tend to see every problem as a nail
If the only tool we have for solving transportation problems is “levels of service” (LOS), then we will tend to see every problem in terms of congestion. As Gary Toth from the Project for Public Spaces notes in a recent article, however, you can “solve” congestion problems by focusing exclusively on levels of service but…
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Streets Are Not For Children
But a 100 years ago they were. Starting around the 1920s, streets were taken away from children (and then from the rest of us as well). There are very few people alive today who remember this history. Now public educations campaigns like the ones shown below are unnecessary. They have been internalized and we teach…
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U.S House Speaker Boehner delays “highway bill” (HR7) vote
By Keith Laing and Russell Berman The Hill 02/15/12, 10:00 AM ET Speaker John Boehner is delaying a vote on the $260 billion transportation bill that was scheduled this week. Boehner (R-Ohio) told his conference Wednesday morning that it was “more important that we do it right than that we do it fast” in explaining…
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American Highway Users Alliance Says “Yes” on HR7
The American Highway Users Alliance is a nonprofit advocacy organization serving as the united voice of the transportation community focused exclusively on advancing public policies that improve roadway safety, expand freedom of mobility and increase highway system performance. It represents motorists, RV enthusiasts, truckers, bus companies, motorcyclists, and a broad cross-section of businesses that depend…
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Rep. John Carney on Job-Killing, Anti-Bike Bill in U.S. Congress
The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (“H.R. 7”) will be voted on by the U.S House of Representatives this week. If enacted by the Senate as well, this legislation would eliminate the federal Transportation Enhancements program (“TE”) which, for the last 20 years, has been the main source (51%) of federal funding for walking and bicycling:…
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Membership Winterfest – 2 Events!
Winterfest You are invited to Bike Delaware’s 2nd Annual membership winterfest***. This year, we’re offering two events, to cover both the Wilmington (on 2/17) and Newark (on 3/1) areas. Next year, we hope to expand by having additional events in Kent and Sussex Counties – stay tuned! Enjoy good food (tapas in Wilmington, Vietnamese in…
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Governor’s Balanced Budget Proposal Invests in Job Growth, Education and Statewide Trails and Pathways
Dover, DE – On Thursday, Governor Jack Markel unveiled a balanced budget proposal that invests in jobs and public education and keeps the state’s commitment to critical areas like public health and safety without the need to raise taxes or add new fees. “Budgets are about priorities, and this budget makes clear that our top priorities are…
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