A delegation of Delaware cycling advocates led by Delaware House Majority Leader Representative Valerie Longhurst is on their way to Washington DC this morning. Check out our delegation below! To read more about what they will talking to Sens. Carper and Coons and Representative Carney today, click HERE. Representative Longhurst was first elected to the…
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I am in Washington, DC today where I will be speaking at the National Bike Summit about how advocates can be effective in fighting for improved road safety. Tomorrow (Wednesday) Delaware’s cycling delegation, led by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, will head to Capitol Hill to deliver a similar road safety message directly to Delaware’s…
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For both cyclists and engineers, we highly recommend this short (6 minute) video about how to protect cyclists at intersections: RELATED: • Video on how the Dutch engineer bike lanes at intersections has over 100,000 views on YouTube • Cycle tracks can be built easily and quickly
“I’m sorry, Officer! He came out of nowhere!“ “Sorry, mate, I didn’t see you!” Every cyclist has, at one time or another, had the feeling of being “invisible” to motorists. Bike Delaware has written about this phenomenon – called “inattentional blindness” – which has been extensively studied by psychologists. But while we have grown to understand why both…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLaTupw-hk
A bipartisan group of four congressmen last week introduced the “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Howard Coble (R-NC), Peter Fazio (D-OR) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) are the co-sponsors of H.R.3494, which would, in the impenetrable language of government – “amend title 23, United States Code, with…
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“Every day, people and businesses rely on a multi-modal transportation system to travel and to move goods to consumers at home and abroad. We know that wherever we invest in transportation infrastructure, opportunities for countless Americans follow. So we want to ensure that our strategic plan serves as a foundation for building, operating, and maintaining…
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For the last two years that federal statistics are available (2012 and 2013), Delaware had the highest per capita pedestrian fatality rate in America. As the Delaware Department of Transportation and the Council on Transportation revise the Department’s process about deciding which transportation projects should get built, it is a good time for a reminder about…
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by James D. Schwartz Published at the Urban Country It’s no coincidence that drivers are more aware and cautious on streets that have more cyclists as opposed to streets where there are very few cyclists. Furthermore, wobbly cyclists are traveling slow and have more time to react to car doors and other objects they may…
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