Boulder, Colorado is one of just three “platinum” bicycle friendly communities in the United States (along with Davis and Portland). And it also has the 2nd or 3rd highest bicycle mode share in the country. How did Boulder do it? In a word, it’s all about the network. Or, as Boulder bicycle coordinator Marni Ratzel…
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By Karl Hassler – Can you imagine what it would be like if the Wilmington Riverfront‘s potential to be the premier cultural, recreational and residential hub in the Mid-Atlantic region was realized? Can you imagine what it would be like if the Riverwalk-Market Street area’s vibrant mix of businesses, residences and thriving art scene…
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By Karl Hassler – Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up on a beautiful morning and be able to ride safely from your Newark-area home to your job in Wilmington on a 12 mile bike trail? You get to work and feel like you’ve already had a vacation! You passed people…
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This has to be seen to be believed. At last week’s Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover, Governor Markell announced the launch of the Delaware Trails and Pathways web site. The site contains a wealth of information about the state’s initiative to make Delaware one of the most walkable and bikeable states in America, and an…
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Boulder, Colorado is one of just three “platinum” bicycle friendly communities in the United States (along with Davis and Portland). And it also has the 2nd or 3rd highest bicycle mode share in the country. How did Boulder do it? In a word, it’s all about the network. Or, as Boulder bicycle coordinator Marni Ratzel…
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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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Mia Birk (left) with Bike Delaware’s Frank Warnock at the 2011 National Bike Summit. Mia Birk (former Portland Bicycle Coordinator): “People often ask me: what type of bikeway facility should we start with? Off-street paths? Cycle tracks, aka protected/separated bike lanes? Traditional bike lanes? Bike boulevards, aka neighborhood greenways? Shared lane markings?“ Basically, Mia…
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PolitiFact Examines Portland Mayor’s Claim Portland mayor Sam Adams recently claimed that, for all the value that Portland’s bike infrastructure had brought to Portland, the entire cost of building all of this bicycle infrastructure in Portland was equivalent to the cost of a single mile of highway. That startling claim aroused the interest of the…
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