Advocacy Acronyms – a reference guide for the rest of us

 

Delaware 2013 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card”


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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Why Delaware Needs the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Program at DelDOT

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Why Delaware Needs the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Program at DelDOT

Between May of 1997 and March of 2008 (over 10 years), Delaware’s unemployment rate was between 3 and 4%. But for the last four years, unemployment has stubbornly...

 

Will the Delaware General Assembly Vote For Bike and Pedestrian Improvements This Year?

Will the Delaware General Assembly Vote For Bike and Pedestrian Improvements This Year?

We know what we want. And it all comes back to the “Bike and Pedestrian Improvements” program authorization for the Delaware Department of Transportation. We...

 

News Journal: “State agencies draw up a dream trail for cyclists”

News Journal: “State agencies draw up a dream trail for cyclists”

by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal February 15, 2013 Relatively few Delaware workers commute by bike, but they might reconsider when cyclists are whizzing...

 
 

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Bike and pedestrian advocacy acronyms got you down? Here is a quick and easy “cheat sheet” of the most popular terms used on Bike Delaware News!

AASHTO
: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ADA: American Disabilities Act
ADT: Average Daily Traffic
ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ARSI: Arterial Road Signalized Intersection
CMAQ: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
CMS: Congestion Management System
CTP: Capital Transportation Program
DNREC: Delaware Department of Natural Resources
DOT: Department Of Transportation
FHWA: Federal Highway Administration
HAWK: High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk
LAB: League of American Bicyclists
LOS: Level-of-Service
MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization
MUP: Multi-Use Path
MUTCD: Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
NACTO: National Association of City Transportation Officials
NCC: New Castle County
NMWG: Non-Motorized Working Group
PAC: Public Advisory Committee (of an MPO)
ROW: Right Of Way
RTC: Rails to Trails Conservancy
RTOL: Right Turn-Only Lane
RTP: Long Range Transportation Plan
SAFETEA-LU: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
SHA: State Highway Administration (i.e. Maryland)
Sharrow: Shared Lane Marking
SHSP: State Strategic Highway Safety Plan
SOV: Single Occupancy Vehicle
SRTS: Safe Routes To School
STIP: State Transportation Improvement Program
TAC: Technical Advisory Committee (of an MPO)
TE: Transportation Enhancements
TIP: Transportation Improvement Program
TMA: Transportation Management Association
VMT: Vehicle Miles Traveled
WCBC: White Clay Bicycle Club
WILMAPCO: Wilmington Area Planning Council

And last, but not least ….

SALMON: Contraflow bicyclist (illegally opposing traffic), or?

 

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Delaware the 5th most bicycle-friendly state in America? “I figured either LAB had gone crazy or else I had.”

Delaware the 5th most bicycle-friendly state in America? “I figured either LAB had gone crazy or else I had.”

  “When I first saw the headline, I figured either LAB had gone crazy or else I had.” – recent comment by Bike Delaware reader Just a few...

 

TODAY (Friday): City of Wilmington Bike-to-Work Day 2013

TODAY (Friday): City of Wilmington Bike-to-Work Day 2013

The City of Wilmington, Bike Wilmington and its supporters/sponsors are proud to hold the third annual Bike-to-Work Day (May 17th). Bike-to-Work Day is a National...

 

The Last Time the National Transportation Safety Board Made a Bike Infrastructure Recommendation was in 1972

The Last Time the National Transportation Safety Board Made a Bike Infrastructure Recommendation was in 1972

  Cross-posted from Systemic Failure Each year there are tens of thousands of fatalities on the nation’s highways. A disproportionate [number] of those...

 

Today: The Ride of Silence

Today: The Ride of Silence

On May 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM, the northern Delaware 10 mile Ride of Silence will begin at the Ed Oliver Golf Club in Wilmington.  Cyclists will take to the roads...

 
 
 

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