Last year, Delaware got a tiny taste of the new, MUTCD-approved “sharrow” marking. In 2011, we expect to see sharrows on Market Street in Wilmington and on Main Street in Newark. But not everywhere. The sharrow marking tells both cyclists and motorists that it is permissible for cyclists to “take the lane“. But sharrows…
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Governor Markell pays tribute to two great Delawareans, Muriel Gilman and former Governor Russ Peterson, “one of our nation’s great environmental heroes”:
“Primum non nocere” (or “First do no harm”) is a fundamental principle of medical ethics. Despite the many and varied achievements of medical science (hand washing before moving on to a new patient, anesthesia and antibiotics), it is still taught to medical students as a reminder of the limits of their craft and the need…
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Read More: Walking ROI Biking ROI Walking Return on Investment Biking Return on Investment Walking Investment Biking Investment Investment in Walking Investment In Biking If you are a state DOT or other government entity, you have a choice about how you spend your transportation dollar. What the Portland Metropolitan Region has found, however, is that…
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More on the problem of funding for bicycle and pedestrian improvements in Delaware from Carol Ireland: “A couple of years ago I submitted some comments to WILMAPCO regarding their Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Those comments are still valid today. At that time I was pleased with the projects geared to promoting safe bicycling and walking,…
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Bike Delaware member (and former president of the White Clay Bicycle Club) Jeff Butcher: “Approximately 2 percent of state residents rely on non-motorized transportation for daily travel. Cyclists and pedestrians suffer a disproportionately higher rate of injuries and fatalities (in excess of 2 percent) than do their motorized counterparts. If injury and fatality rates were…
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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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A bikeway is a route, way or path which in some manner is specifically designed and /or designated for bicycle travel. Examples: bike lane, cycle track, rail trail, multi-use path, greenway, sharrows, bicycle boulevard, etc.
Some innovative engineering to make road crossings for walking and bicycling safer. Note the combination of speed bumps and LEDs:
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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