At the Delaware Bike Summit, DelDOT Secretary Bhatt dramatically signed a Memorandum of Agreement with his colleague DNREC Secretary O’Mara to develop and execute Governor Markell’s First State Trails and Pathways Plan and build an “integrated non-motorized pathway and recreational trail network to provide opportunities for pedestrians and bicyclists to travel safely and efficiently and to expand…
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Why is a walkable and bikeable Delaware so important? Many of the most challenging public policy questions in Delaware require – or appear to require – difficult and unavoidable tradeoffs. It is unusual to find a public policy solution that presents a “win-win” opportunity. Walking and bicycling, however, are sui generis. They are “win-win-win-win-win“: Win#1: Cost-Effective Transportation for Families…
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Meeting yesterday, the Sussex County Council discussed its 2012 – 2018 Capital Transportation Program Request to DelDOT. Among the County’s identified transportation priorities is the 17 mile Lewes-to-Georgetown bike route, a long discussed and long overdue project. Last week, the 6 mile Wilmington-to-New Castle Industrial Track, in New Castle County, became the first project in…
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The WILMAPCO Council will vote TODAY (Newark, 6:30PM) to approve the FY2012 “TIP” (Transportation Improvement Program) for New Castle County. Among the TIP amendments will be $600,000 for the final phase of the Wilmington-to-New Castle Industrial Track. $480,000 of that $600,000 will be Delaware’s first ever use of federal “CMAQ” funds for a bicycle project.…
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Also Overdue Originally posted: June 15, 2011 Shane Hoffman, Wilmington: “As a resident of Wilmington who works in New Castle, the creation of a Wilmington-to-New Castle bicycle highway would improve my quality of life tremendously. I have attempted to commute to work by bicycle, but the only routes available to me feel much too dangerous,…
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Bike Delaware’s Frank Warnock attended the full League of American Bicyclists (LAB) 2011 National Bike Summit from March 8-10. Anthony Aglio, Delaware Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) Bicycle Coordinator was also in attendance, invited by the League as a panelist for the breakout session “Follow the Money – Fundamentals of current Transportation Financing”. In what appears…
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Phase 2 of the Wilmington-to-New Castle Bike Highway (aka the New Castle Industrial Track) is not yet built (though it has been funded) and Phase 3 (the last phase) has not even been funded, but Phase 1 was built this summer with ARRA funds. And, although it’s still incomplete as a bike commuter route between…
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Paving of Delaware’s newest rail trail, the “Industrial Track” (formerly Penn Central RR) is well under way. Phase 1 of the project, pictured here, runs almost 2 miles from Delaware Street in Old New Castle to just beyond Boulden Blvd to the north. Beautiful wooden bollards, lining the trail in spots, serve as stabilizers to…
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Looking Back at 2015: This article was originally published on May 13, 2015. It was the 5th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2015. The League of American Bicyclists recently announced its new Bicycle Friendly State rankings. For the 4th year in a row, Delaware advanced in the national rankings. We are now ranked #3…
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Check out the slide show below for the 8 most important reasons that Delaware is ranked as the most bicycle friendly state east of the Mississippi River: Link to Slide Show: http://www.bikede.org/2015/05/13/top-8-reasons/ RELATED: • 2015 Bicycle Friendly State Ranking • Delaware’s 2015 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card” • The Fourth Most Bicycle Friendly State in America (Ranking from…
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