Cross-posted from League of American Bicyclists’ blog. By Darren Flusche League Policy Analyst By tapping into Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) improvement funds for bicycling projects – the first time ever in Delaware – Bike Delaware and its allies have opened the door for the future funding of bicycling projects that give people options to substitute their cars…
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One Small Step for AASHTO. One Giant Leap For Bicycling. One of these days, the very careful, cautious, deliberative and conservative American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), will finally release their long-awaited update of the Guide for the Planning, Design and Operation of Bicycle Facilities. The current Guide – which defines what…
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Before yesterday’s (first ever) joint meeting between the Wilmington Bicycle Advisory Committee and Newark Bicycle Committee, we received an email from reader CS saying she wished she was able to attend: “So much of the suburban area where we live is just plain impossible to negotiate unless you are in a car…Our kids are trapped in our…
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Here at Bike Delaware’s new World Headquarters, we are excited about tomorrow’s workshop on a “bicycle highway” (or “trail” or “greenway” or “pathway” or “off-alignment multi-use path” or whatever you want to call it) connecting Wilmington and Newark. A lot of people, including the Governor, the General Assembly and Bike Delaware have worked very hard…
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Yesterday (September 22) was “World Carfree Day” which we know because Senator Coons’ office told us (while simultaneously giving a very nice shout-out to Bike Delaware on the Senator’s blog.) Senator Coons’ staff is clearly on the ball. (And doing our job for us.) Read the Senator’s blog HERE.
Where Bicycling Shows Up in the State’s Spending Priorities About a month before the Delaware General Assembly passed “Walkable, Bikeable Delaware“, Governor Jack Markell signed Executive Order #26, releasing an updated “State Strategies for State Policies and Spending“. What the heck are “State Strategies for State Policies and Spending”? Well, in a nutshell (also known…
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Is it possible to build a limited access “I95” for bicycling between Wilmington and Newark? Hop on and turn one way and arrive in minutes at the Wilmington Riverfront and the Wilmington Train Station? Or turn the other way and head to the Pomeroy Trail and downtown Newark? Let’s find out. Meeting details HERE.
Meeting yesterday, the Sussex County Council discussed its 2012 – 2018 Capital Transportation Program Request to DelDOT. Among the County’s identified transportation priorities is the 17 mile Lewes-to-Georgetown bike route, a long discussed and long overdue project. Last week, the 6 mile Wilmington-to-New Castle Industrial Track, in New Castle County, became the first project in…
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(Poster’s note: The decision last July by DelDOT to protect federal CMAQ program money from recission appears even more notable in the wake of the later decision to use federal CMAQ funds for the first time for a bike project in Delaware.) Bike-Eligible Federal Program Money Protected By DelDOT CMAQ. STP. FHWA. Rescission. Still reading?…
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