Decades after it was first proposed, Delaware has signed a contract with a local construction firm to complete the long-awaited Wilmington-New Castle Greenway. It’s a project of superlatives: It’s the state’s biggest-ever cycling network improvement project. And it will include a football-field long bike bridge spanning the Christina River which will be, by far, the longest bike bridge ever built in…
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In his remarks last week opening the new Delaware City link of the Castle Trail, Governor Jack Markell noted that most people who will enjoy this new trail in the decades to come won’t have any idea of the hard work involved in making it happen. But that’s exactly what it takes: hard work. And money.…
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Speaking at a hearing in Washington DC on Wednesday, Senator Chris Coons asked United States Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx for help. “Delaware actually happens to be one of the deadliest states in America for pedestrians,” Senator Coons told* Secretary Foxx. “It was #1 in the country in 2012 and 2013…and #3 in 2014,…
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UPDATE (July 3o): The U.S. Senate passed a multi-year transportation bill without the amendment co-sponsored by Senators Carper and Coons. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Boxer of California, did not permit a vote on the amendment. That means (if the Senate bill is eventually also passed by the House) that this program will have to continue…
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Delaware Cyclists Meet with Senators Carper and Coons A delegation of Delaware cyclists led by State Senator Dave Sokola traveled to Capitol Hill on Thursday as part of the National Bike Summit to meet with Senators Carper and Coons about improving cycling and walking in Delaware, and how the federal government can help. Delaware’s…
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Gov. Jack Markell announced last week that he will nominate Jennifer Cohan, the Director of the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, to replace Shailen Bhatt as the secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). Bhatt is resigning to become the executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation. During his tenure as secretary, Bhatt…
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Bike Lovers in Delaware!! READ THIS before you vote on Tuesday, November 4. Candidates running in contested races for the Delaware General Assembly on November 4 are listed below alphabetically by last name. The five “2014 Survey” questions are HERE. Links to the survey questions are also provided below under each candidate for easy reference.…
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Check out the cycling/walking candidate survey that is happening right now. The deadline for candidates to respond is Wednesday. We all know that Barack Obama is the president of the United States. And most of us know the name of the man he beat in the most recent presidential election. But do you know the…
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In a very early vote Tuesday morning, both the Delaware House and Senate voted unanimously to approve an FY15 capital budget bill (HB425) for the state of Delaware that includes a new and substantial $6.3 million commitment to cycling. The $6.3 million commitment for cycling approved this morning includes $3.6 million for “Bike and Pedestrian Improvements” for the…
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Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey (Pennsylvania) introduced an amendment in the Senate Finance Committee to de-fund the federal Transportation Alternatives Program. Ugh. Not again. Five years ago, after the previous federal surface transportation bill expired and the U.S. Congress started a long debate about its replacement (eventually known as “MAP-21”), a series of congressional yahoos…
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