Question: How often do you ride on sidewalks? A) Never ever. B) Sometimes. C) A lot. “Never ever.” – A.R. “Rarely if ever.” – L.W. “Never.” – R.P. “Rarely and only if conditions are such that I have to.” – K.P. “Unless there is a dedicated wide bike lane I will use the sidewalk.…
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The League of American Bicyclists recently released a series of videos about bicycling, including everything from “HOW TO CHOOSE A BIKE” to “TRAFFIC LAWS”. The one that caught our eye, though, was “Riding on the Sidewalk”: Riding on sidewalks is, as Commute By Bikes notes, a “hotly debated topic.” Here’s the video from the…
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WHAT: DelDOT/DRBA Public Information Meeting Connecting Phase I and II of Wilmington – New Castle Industrial Track WHEN: Monday, July 8, 2013 4 pm – 7 pm WHERE: Howard J. Weston Community Center 1 Bassett Ave # 1 New Castle, DE 19720 After years of planning, effort and investment, a seven-mile long “bicycle highway”, the Wilmington-New Castle…
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by Sophie Egan Published in the New York Times June 13, 2013 It took only a few days for reports of the first cycling accident involving New York’s new bike-sharing program to begin circulating. But experts and growing experience from bike-sharing programs in other cities make clear that bicycling can be a safe mode of…
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The League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) program provides a roadmap to improve conditions for bicycling and guidance about how to make a better, more bikeable community a reality. As a part of the program every year the League also rates (and therefore compares) communities all over the United States in terms of how…
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Research shows that the largest share of the community is “interested but concerned” about bicycling; this group may be nervous riding with traffic or may lack confidence in their cycling skills. The Newark Bicycle Plan seeks to increase the ease of bicycling for these citizens with improvements to off‐road routes, low‐volume streets and educational programs…
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Yesterday the Joint Committee on Capital Improvement of the Delaware General Assembly voted – unanimously – to approve capital budgets for DelDOT and DNREC that include new funding for walking and cycling. BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS (DELDOT) In last year’s Bond Bill, the Joint Committee approved a request from the Governor and DelDOT to fund the…
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1:05PM: UPDATE Committee increases state’s Transportation Enhancements program by 73% (votes to add $2.6 million in state money to $3.5M program). They also vote to add $0.25 million in state money to Bike and Pedestrian Improvements program. (This is on top of the $1.25 million in federal CMAQ money the committee voted about an hour…
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by Rita Landgraf and Dr. Sandra Hassink News Journal June 19, 2013 ….Good health care doesn’t start in the clinic. It begins in the way we use our land and design transportation systems and vital community infrastructure such as schools, clinics, stores, churches, parks, trails, sidewalks and bikeways. Read entire article in News Journal HERE>>>…
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By Jen Rini Delaware State News June 18, 2013 DOVER — Lawmakers on the Bond Bill Committee have an extra pot of money to work with, but their list of additional capital projects may prove to be problematic to fund. Numbers from the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council’s June report, coupled with $24.5 million…
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