From the League of American Bicyclists – After years of advocacy and months of preparation, the new federal transportation bill, MAP-21, goes into effect next week. As we’ve been explaining in our Navigating MAP-21 campaign, states have a lot of flexibility in how they spend their transportation dollars. Over the past few months we’ve been…
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What do candidates running this year for the Delaware General Assembly think about bicycling, and about making bicycling better? They have 1 week left to tell us! Here’s one of the coolest things about this survey: just one call or email from just a single constituent can be enough to get a candidate to respond. If…
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Back in 2010, Bike Delaware wondered what candidates running that year for the 146th Delaware General Assembly thought about walking and bicycling, and about how to make walking and bicycling better in Delaware. So we asked them. And their answers were really interesting. This year, some folks are retiring from government and new folks are…
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“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 neighborhood in terms of bike riding.“ – from email to Bike Delaware from “CS” Here at Bike Delaware World Headquarters we hear observations like “CS”‘s – in one form or another…
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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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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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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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Money budgeted for trails,pathways nearly doubled By Mike Chalmers July 7, 2012 Published in The News Journal Only about 0.2 percent of Delaware workers commute to their jobs by bicycle, one of the lowest rates in the nation. But a big boost in the new state budget aims to get more people out of their…
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Getting and Leveraging Public Funds: Five Lessons from Delaware By Darren Flusche League of American Bicyclists Published in American Bicyclist (May/June 2012) Delaware is a tiny state with less than 1 million people, but there have been some big victories for biking and walking here during the past year. While each state has its own…
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Both the Delaware House and Senate voted unanimously Saturday evening to approve a capital budget for the state of Delaware, including an unprecedented $13.25 million for walking and bicycling, a 90% increase over last year’s state commitment to walking and bicycling. With about 900,000 people, this represents approximately a $15 per capita funding…
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