"Four Solid Uses For Sharrows"
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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2011 National Bike Summit Review
Bike Delaware’s Frank Warnock attended the full League of American Bicyclists (LAB) 2011 National Bike Summit from March 8-10. Anthony Aglio, Delaware Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) Bicycle Coordinator was also in attendance, invited by the League as a panelist for the breakout session “Follow the Money – Fundamentals of current Transportation Financing”. In what appears…
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Two Leaders Who Made a Difference for Delaware
Governor Markell pays tribute to two great Delawareans, Muriel Gilman and former Governor Russ Peterson, “one of our nation’s great environmental heroes”:
First, Do No Harm to Pedestrians and Bicyclists
“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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Newark Bicycle Committee initiatives for 2011
At the end of 2010, Newark Bicycle Committee members weighed in on their priorities for the coming year. Keep your eyes open for the following happenings in 2011: Support adoption of the Newark Transportation Plan, which is expected to contain literally dozens of short- and medium-term bicycle facility recommendations. WILMAPCO will hold a final public…
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Bike/Ped Return on Investment
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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State Funding for Bike/Ped Infrastructure (2)
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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State Funding for Bike/Ped Infrastructure (1)
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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"Complete Streets" = Routine Accommodation
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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