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Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Senator Coons and Representative Carney Will Co-Sponsor the Bicycle and Pedestrian Road Safety Act

Washington, DC – Senator Chris Coons and Representative John Carney will be co-sponsors of the “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act” in the United States Congress. Last year, overall traffic fatalities fell in Delaware to their lowest level in 50 years. But this decline has been entirely driven by a decline in motor vehicle occupant fatalities. Pedestrian and cyclist…
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March 7, 2014 4
James Wislon

To Improve Road Safety in Delaware, the Federal “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act” Is Important

I am in Washington, DC today where I will be speaking at the National Bike Summit about how advocates can be effective in fighting for improved road safety. Tomorrow (Wednesday) Delaware’s cycling delegation, led by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, will head to Capitol Hill to deliver a similar road safety message directly to Delaware’s…
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March 4, 2014 4

Road Safety in Delaware: How We Can Reduce the Number of Dead Pedestrians

“I’m sorry, Officer! He came out of nowhere!“ “Sorry, mate, I didn’t see you!” Every cyclist has, at one time or another, had the feeling of being “invisible” to motorists. Bike Delaware has written about this phenomenon – called “inattentional blindness” – which has been extensively studied by psychologists. But while we have grown to understand why both…
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February 4, 2014 7

The Seven Word “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act”

A bipartisan group of four congressmen last week introduced the “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Howard Coble (R-NC), Peter Fazio (D-OR) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) are the co-sponsors of H.R.3494, which would, in the impenetrable language of government – “amend title 23, United States Code, with…
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November 19, 2013 0

Hockessin Area Legislators Fund Valley Road Walkway

  State Representative Deborah Hudson (R-Fairthorne) recently sent out an update on a project on Valley Road in Hockessin to her constituents: The pedestrian path will connect Swift Park and Hockessin Village to Lantana Square Shopping Center and Tweeds Park. The 0.7 mile-long connector will consist of a paved ribbon, six feet wide, separated from…
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September 17, 2013 0

DelDOT Public Workshop on August 7: Route 1 Lewes-Rehoboth Pedestrian Improvements

Public Workshop Pedestrian Improvements Route 1 Rehoboth Canal to North of US Route 9 Route 1A Columbia Ave/Grove St. to 5th Street Cape Henlopen High School Cafeteria 1250 Kings Highway Lewes Wednesday August 7, 2013 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM   The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is holding a Public Workshop to solicit public…
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July 26, 2013 2

News Journal Front Page: “Pedestrians at high risk”

Working group formed to study trend of rising fatalities in Del. by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal Published April 11, 2013 [P]edestrian deaths statewide rose by 6.4 percent last year to 30 fatalities, compared with 19 in 2011. Five pedestrians have been killed on Delaware roads so far this year – nearly a third of…
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April 12, 2013 2

News Journal: “Pedestrian, bicyclist deaths jump in 2012 traffic fatalities”

by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal Published January 3, 2013 Traffic fatalities on Delaware roadways rose by nearly 12 percent in 2012, an increase caused in part by a spike in pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, according to preliminary figures from State Police and the Delaware Office of Highway Safety. Police recorded 115 traffic deaths last…
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January 30, 2013 1

Traffic Fatalities Are Declining in Delaware…Except for Pedestrians and Bicyclists

If you want to travel from point A to point B in Delaware, doing so has become increasingly safe…as long as you are traveling as an occupant in a motor vehicle. Traffic fatalities for occupants of motor vehicles have fallen almost every year for the past 10 years in Delaware.  That is a cause for…
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January 10, 2013 1

Walk This Way

Always obey pedestrian & traffic safety laws     RELATED: • More MUTCD Humor • First, Do No Harm to Pedestrians and Bicyclists


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