The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) has published “An Advocate’s Guide to Elections: Making Campaigns Work for Bicycling & Walking.” It is available to download, free, from the LAB’s web site. According to Darren Flusche, LAB’s Policy Director, “elections matter. During the election cycle, campaigns give bicycling and walking advocacy organizations the opportunity to educate…
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Have you been getting all kinds of letters from national groups about the threat to the Recreational Trails Program? Coalition for Recreational Trails – Save RTP! IMBA – Save RTP! Rail-to-Trails Conservancy The reason these email alerts have been going out is that under MAP-21, the new federal surface transportation authorization law passed by Congress…
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The Delaware Bike Summit will feature national speakers, local, and state officials. What: Coming this Friday, the 4th Annual 2012 Delaware Bike Summit will bring together bicycling advocates, community leaders and elected officials to hear from national speakers and to create strategies on how to make Delaware more bicycle friendly. · DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt…
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by the Chicago Bicycle Advocate Published August 23, 2012 There is no question that many of the car versus bicycle cases that my law firm handles arise from intersection collisions. For the most part those crashes are caused by the driver simply not seeing the bicyclist for one reason or another. Many times the driver…
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by Brooklyn Spoke Published August 20, 2012 Inspired by Ian Dutton’s Guerilla Bike Lane, I started to think about other, more basic ways to separate drivers from cyclists in the city. Plastic delineators are nice, and a row of parked cars is even better, but sometimes all it takes is very simple approach…. …
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By Mark Deshon | Much progress has been made on the Pomeroy Trail’s northern section since April’s progress post. Split-rail fencing, final surfacing, and lighting infrastructure has been completed along all of this portion of the trail up to and including the Laird Campus spur. One of the two bridges north of the Laird Campus…
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By Mina Keyes Published by the Project for Public Spaces Jul 24, 2012 League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke shared his thoughts and experiences with the Project for Public Spaces on what bicycling means as a movement and how it has changed over the last 25 years. Can you tell us what is new…
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THE FIRST TRAIL FUNDED, DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF GOVERNOR MARKELL’S FIRST STATE TRAILS AND PATHWAYS PLAN GRAND OPENING OF THE AUBURN HEIGHTS PRESERVE TRAIL 9:30AM, August 20 642 Benge Road, Yorklyn, DE RSVP: rose.ryodi@state.de.us The Auburn Heights Preserve Trail is the first trail completed under Governor Markell’s First State Trails and Pathways initiative.…
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By Randy Cohen Published in the New York Times August 4, 2012 The rule-breaking cyclist that people decry: that’s me. I routinely run red lights, and so do you. I flout the law when I’m on my bike; you do it when you are on foot, at least if you are like most New Yorkers.…
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United States Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood The new Boxer-Mica Highway Bill (aka MAP-21) eliminated the main federal program that had funded most walking and bicycling projects since 1992. But United States Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that federal funding for walking and bicycling is still possible. But now local advocates are…
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