By Doug Denison, Dover Post.com Dover, Del. —The Delaware Senate today confirmed Gov. Jack Markell’s nominee to head the state’s embattled transportation agency. New DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt is expected to be sworn in some time in the coming weeks. In the meantime he said he’ll be tying up loose ends at his current job…
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Two Numbers to Keep in Mind $8,220: The average annual operating cost of a car $308: The average annual operating cost of a bicycle If you are one of those fortunate folks saving ~$8K every year, and you’re having trouble figuring out how to spend all that extra cash, Bike Delaware can help you.
~ Except For The Ones Who Don’t Agree ~ What do cyclists think of bike “salmon”ing (cycling in the opposite direction from motor vehicle traffic)? Let’s listen: ********* “When I see a salmon… coming toward me, either in a bike lane or in the “doorspace” of an unlaned street, I put on my Mean Face…
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Governor Markell Nominates New Transportation Secretary Along with the League of Women Voters, the Delaware Nature Society, the Civic League for New Castle County, the Milltown-Limestone Civic Alliance and Delaware Greenways, Bike Delaware asked Governor Jack Markell to appoint a visionary leader for Delaware’s next DelDOT Secretary. Meet Shailen Bhatt: Read civic groups letter to…
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Cross-posted from WashCycle – Kate Ryan reports from the Montgomery College cycling conference that Chief of the Maryland National Capital Park Police Darien Manley said he’d like to see a shift away from the “Share the Road” mentality. “The share the road/share the trail concept implies that every user is an owner, and that they’re…
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By Jeff Riegner — The Wilmington Area Planning Council has announced that the final workshop for the Newark Transportation Plan will be held Tuesday, May 24 at the Newark Municipal Building (map). A presentation will begin promptly at 7 pm, to be followed by a question and answer session. According to the workshop flyer, “Over…
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Travel Between Wilmington and New Castle Faster By Bicycle Than By Car? In the “Walkable, Bikeable Delaware” Resolution passed unanimously last week, the Delaware General Assembly declared that BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in these efforts the Department of Transportation shall create multi-use paths for pedestrian and bicycle user travel within and between cities and…
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Following up on a unanimous vote by the Delaware Senate just two days earlier, the Delaware House also voted unanimously on May 12 to approve Walkable Bikeable Delaware, directing the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) to “create contiguous systems or networks of walkways and bikeways within and between cities and towns in Delaware in order…
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