Wednesday announcement: Walkable Bikeable Delaware
With partners Sussex Outdoors and Delaware Greenways, Bike Delaware will announce the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on Wednesday.
London Mayor Pledges One Billion Pounds For Cycling. That’s “Billion” with a “B”.
The Mayor’s Vision for Cycling in Lodon London Evening Standard, March 7, 2013: “Meet Andrew Gilligan, Boris’s cycling czar: We want people cycling slowly, without helmets or high-vis… mini-Hollands in the suburbs and Quietways in the city” The Guardian, March 7, 2013: “Mayor’s new plans for cycling in the capital could re-shape the way Londoners…
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LAB Calls for MUTCD Reform
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or MUTCD, defines the national standards used by road managers for all traffic control devices, including road markings, highway signs, and traffic signals, on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public traffic. The MUTCD is maintained and updated by the Federal Highway Administration. The…
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DC Insiders Give Anonymous Political Advice to Cyclists
The League of American Bicyclists has performed yet another signal service to cycling and cyclists by hiring a consultant to conduct anonymous interviews with 30 congressional staffers (half Republican and half Democratic). The report from the consultant, which was released at the National Bike Summit last week, included some very candid, and pointed, advice to…
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Senator Dave Sokola At National Bike Summit at 11AM Today
March 5, 2013 | Washington, D.C. Senator Dave Sokola (D-Newark) will speak at the National Bike Summit today at 11AM. Senator Sokola is the third in a string of Delaware leaders who have traveled to the nation’s capitol to speak at the National Bike Summit. Governor Markell spoke in 2010 and DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt…
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League of American Bicyclists: Bicycle Friendly *******DELAWARE*******
In advance of the National Bike Summit on Monday, the League of American Bicyclists has published “Building a Bicycle Friendly America“. In the section on bicycle friendly states, can you guess which state out of 50 is profiled? Hint: it’s small, but mighty.
Video on how the Dutch engineer bike lanes at intersections has over 100,000 views on YouTube
No pictures of people bicycling. Just engineering drawings and schematics. And yet this 2 minute video on how the Dutch engineer bike lanes at intersections has over 100,000 views on YouTube: A Bike Delaware Archive note: This post has been categorized in the following Archive categories: Bicycle Friendly Places Engineering Right Turn Lanes Traffic…
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What happened to a place in Michigan when cars were banned for 115 years?
by Jeff Potter Excerpted from Mackinac Island: “Watch the Bike!” published in Bicycle Times Magazine (Feb/Mar 2013) Bike culture has recently been booming in the U.S. But there’s a little place in the north that’s been in love with bikes for generations: Mackinac Island, Michigan, a historic tourist destination on the Straits of Mackinac, between Lakes…
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Why the Georgetown to Lewes Trail Attracted Us to Invest in Delaware
by Randy and Trish Freed February 25, 2013 Manassas, Virginia – We are out-of-staters who are now investing in Delaware real estate. In January, we signed a contract for a new house to be built in Lewes, and we can tell you that one of the key features that made us decide to “seal the deal” for a house…
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Improved DelDOT Sweeping Program Will Factor in Bicycling “Hot Spots”
By Randy Cole Maintenance and Operations Division Delaware Department of Transportation DelDOT’s Division of Maintenance and Operations is responsible for maintaining over 13,000 miles of highways (not to mention over 1,500 bridges, 95 buildings and 1 ferry!). We have a formidable job. Maintaining this road system is a complicated logistical challenge and one that strains…
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