“Complete Streets” is a phrase to conjure with. The idea that streets are places that should serve many users (and not just car and truck traffic level-of-service) is enormously popular. And, indeed, Delaware has an official policy that is called “Complete Streets”. In reality, however, Delaware’s actual policy is more accurately described as a “routine…
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by Chuck Marohn Cross-posted in Strong Towns Americans do not understand the difference between a road and a street. Roads move people between places while streets provide a framework for capturing value within a place. The value of a road is in the speed and efficiency that it provides for movement between places. Anything that is…
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The “Cyclists’ Touring Club” (CTC) – which bills itself as the United Kingdom’s “National Cyclists’ Organization” – has not been the most effective promoter of cycling. There’s a lot less cycling in Britain now than there used to be and the CTC has been notably ineffective at even slowing – let alone reversing – that…
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Bike Lanes in Intersections Most bicycle crashes happen at intersections. Bicyclists are required by law (and/or common sense) to bicycle at the right side of roads while high speed motorized traffic whizzes by on their left. Irrespective of whether there is a striped bike lane, a shoulder or nothing at all, bicyclists are exposed…
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RELATED: • Can a Stroad Ever Be a “Complete Street”? • We Have Too Many Stroads • Do Conversations Like This Still Happen in 2011? • Wider. Straighter. Smoother. Faster. • First, Do No Harm to Pedestrians and Bicyclists • “Complete Streets” = Routine Accommodation
Have we gotten beyond this type of thinking? Or are we still stuck with it – even now after we understand the consequences – in 2011? RELATED: • Can a Stroad Ever Be a “Complete Street”? • We Have Too Many Stroads • The Important Difference Between a Road and A Street • Wider. Straighter. Smoother.…
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Tuesday that applications for TIGER III grants totaled $14.1 billion, far exceeding the $527 million set aside for the program. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) received 828 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. DelDOT submitted a $13.8 million TIGER III application…
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Originally published: August 31, 2011 Level-of-Service OK, here at Bike Delaware World Headquarters, we love jargon. And one of our favorite pieces of jargon is “level-of-service” (LOS) which refers to the typical delays experienced by cars at a particular place. For example, the mecca of traffic engineering, level-of-service A: (Wikipedia): Level-of-Service A describes free-flow operations.…
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Original post date: 3/9/11 Here at Bike Delaware World Headquarters, we have been concerned about the absence of boxing metaphors on the blog. To address this issue we are inspired to ask, “Why didn’t Muhammad Ali fight Roberto Duran?” Ali and Duran are often ranked among the greatest boxers of all time. Moreover, they were…
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In a new report of the cost to the nation of motor vehicle crashes, AAA found that traffic crashes in 99 urban areas cost $299.5 billion in 2009. AAA based its estimates on Federal Highway Administration data that place dollar values on 11 components: 1) property damage 2) lost earnings 3) loss of household activities 4)…
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