“Complete Streets” – That’s a concept that our streets should be designed for everybody (not just for cars). It’s about redesigning our streets in our built up areas but it is also about new development as well. Delaware has a complete streets policy but in order for that policy to have teeth the policy must be…
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DelDOT is revising its regulations. Among the regulations being revised are those that govern access to DelDOT controlled roads by property owners. Among the many proposed changes is a proposed change to the regulations governing the provision of walking and cycling facilities. The current and proposed new regulations are shown below, with proposed deletions shown as strike throughs and…
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Complete Streets is a phrase to conjure with. The idea that streets are places that should serve many users (and not just car and truck traffic level-of-service) is popular. And, indeed, Delaware has an official policy that is called “Complete Streets”, whose name invokes this idea. Despite the name, however, Delaware’s actual policy is more…
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The University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Transportation and the Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination, will host Complete Communities Delaware Summit 2012. The event will take place on November 13, 2012, at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Cost to register for the Summit is $25. For…
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“Complete Streets” is a phrase to conjure with. The idea that streets are places that should serve many users (and not just car and truck traffic level-of-service) is enormously popular. And, indeed, Delaware has an official policy that is called “Complete Streets”. In reality, however, Delaware’s actual policy is more accurately described as a “routine…
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RELATED: • Can a Stroad Ever Be a “Complete Street”? • We Have Too Many Stroads • Do Conversations Like This Still Happen in 2011? • Wider. Straighter. Smoother. Faster. • First, Do No Harm to Pedestrians and Bicyclists • “Complete Streets” = Routine Accommodation
T4A — The May 5th release of the bipartisan Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011 is an affirmative step toward ensuring the safety and convenience of America’s streets — for everyone. H.R. 1780, sponsored by Democratic Representative Doris Matsui of California and Republican Represenatative Steve LaTourette of Ohio, would require state transportation officials to…
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This is mostly all illegal now: We have traded the symphony of 1906 streets for the muzak of 2011 roads. Read more>>
Original Post Date: 10/7/10 When Governor Jack Markell signed Executive Order #6 on April 24, 2009, ordering the creation of a “Complete Streets” policy at DelDOT, many Delaware bicyclists were giddy. If the Delaware bicycling community were blessed with its own version of Martin Luther King Jr., he might have yelled out “Free at last!…
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When Governor Jack Markell signed Executive Order #6 on April 24, 2009, ordering the creation of a “Complete Streets” policy at DelDOT, many Delaware bicyclists were giddy. If the Delaware bicycling community were blessed with its own version of Martin Luther King Jr., he might have yelled out “Free at last! Free at last! Thank…
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