Delaware’s $5 million for bicycling, recently authorized by the General Assembly, could leverage up to an additional $20 million in federal transportation matching funds for Delaware.Go HERE for details. Federal programs to improve air quality and reduce traffic fatalities generously match local and state funds at a 4:1 ratio, which could be a gigantic jobs…
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12:25AM: Following up on a Senate vote less than 2 hours earlier, the Delaware House of Representatives gave final approval to Senate Bill 130, which includes $5 million in dedicated funding for bicycling: Click to expand (+): See League of American Bicyclists blog post HERE.
10:42PM: Senate passes Senate Bill 130, which includes $5 million in new bicycle funding
*** Major victory for bicycle safety and protection in Delaware *** By Amy Wilburn, Chair, Delaware Bicycle Council On Tuesday June 28, 2011, the Delaware House unanimously passed SB 38, the state’s “three foot passing” law. The bill now moves to Governor Jack Markell, a cyclist and supporter of green transportation, to be signed into…
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Walkable, Bikeable Delaware One hundred years ago, Delaware families spent nearly their entire household budgets on just three things: food, clothing and shelter. Today, however, the 2nd largest expense Delaware families face is transportation. We spend more on transportation than entertainment, clothing, food, and even health care! More than $8,000 on average per year. The…
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Crazy Mini-Cooper Drivers Pucher and Dijkstra have calculated that the bicyclist fatality rate in the United States was about 10 times (1000%) the fatality rate for the occupants of cars and small trucks per mile (or kilometer) traveled (1995). We summarized their work in a recent post (where we delved into the statistics a…
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by Mia Birk “I’d like to bike, but…” says the woman in front of me, a Toronto Councilwoman, at a recent forum. This is a phrase I hear all the time in my work creating bicycle-friendly communities. “But I’m afraid to…” She’s in good company! More than 60% of the population is interested in cycling…
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By Gail Robillard, Treasurer, Bike Delaware Advocacy Advance (AA), a partnership of the the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking & Walking, supports local and state bicycle and pedestrian advocacy efforts. By tracking the performance of bike advocacy groups throughout the county, AA identifies winning strategies and best practices and shares the resulting knowledge…
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Overdue Anthony (Tony) Pezone, President, Sussex Cyclists: “As president of the Sussex Cyclists Cycling club I wish to strongly support the rail to trail or rail with trail from Lewes to Georgetown. As the traffic builds in Sussex County due to the influx of tourists and the growth of the population existing roads become more…
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