~ Except For The Ones Who Don’t Agree ~ What do cyclists think of bike “salmon”ing (cycling in the opposite direction from motor vehicle traffic)? Let’s listen: ********* “When I see a salmon… coming toward me, either in a bike lane or in the “doorspace” of an unlaned street, I put on my Mean Face…
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Governor Markell Nominates New Transportation Secretary Along with the League of Women Voters, the Delaware Nature Society, the Civic League for New Castle County, the Milltown-Limestone Civic Alliance and Delaware Greenways, Bike Delaware asked Governor Jack Markell to appoint a visionary leader for Delaware’s next DelDOT Secretary. Meet Shailen Bhatt: Read civic groups letter to…
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Travel Between Wilmington and New Castle Faster By Bicycle Than By Car? In the “Walkable, Bikeable Delaware” Resolution passed unanimously last week, the Delaware General Assembly declared that BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in these efforts the Department of Transportation shall create multi-use paths for pedestrian and bicycle user travel within and between cities and…
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In the most recent data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHTSA), there were 630 “pedalcyclist” fatalities in the U.S in 2009, which accounted for 2% of all traffic fatalities during the year. NHTSA’s report contains a wealth of other information, with the data broken down by rural / urban, intersection / non-intersection,…
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Source John S. Allen writes: “Milvia Street in Berkeley, California is a residential street which runs parallel to Shattuck Avenue, a heavily traveled arterial with narrow lanes. Milvia Street is used as a “bicycle boulevard” — a two-way through route for cyclists on which motor traffic volume and speed are reduced by various measures. The…
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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>>
The Dutch have been dealing with the right-turn only lane problem by re-designing their intersections. But what if that is not a practical option? What if, in practice, all you have at your disposal to make intersections with right-turn only lanes safer for bicyclists is a bucket of paint? Delaware is grappling with this question.…
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Mia Birk (left) with Bike Delaware’s Frank Warnock at the 2011 National Bike Summit. Mia Birk (former Portland Bicycle Coordinator): “People often ask me: what type of bikeway facility should we start with? Off-street paths? Cycle tracks, aka protected/separated bike lanes? Traditional bike lanes? Bike boulevards, aka neighborhood greenways? Shared lane markings?“ Basically, Mia…
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