Delaware 2013 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card”
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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 outdoor recreation opportunities.”
Getting these powerful and potentially creative state agencies pointing in the same direction is itself a critical achievement for which Governor Markell, Secretary Bhatt and Secretary O’Mara all deserve praise already. But there is probably always going to be a (we hope, productive) tension in this partnership. The Department of Transportation is about transportation. No self-respecting traffic engineer wants to build trails, but an off-alignment multi-use path for non-motorized transportation? That sounds serious. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, on the other hand, has recreation in its DNA and probably thinks off-alignment multi-use path is something only someone who has put their manhood in a blind trust held by AASHTO could come up with when a perfectly simple straightforward word like “trails” is available.
So which is right?
“off-alignment multi-use path” (DelDOT) -or- “trail” (DNREC)?
The answer is ….”yes”.
These are all also goals that Bike Delaware will be voting on on Tuesday
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