The National Charrette Institute will be presenting a FREE webinar today at 1PM on Transit Oriented Development (“TOD”). The purpose of the webinar is to show how everyone involved in a TOD project – from the project sponsor to the community-at-large – can work together to produce an exemplar project in timely manner. The webinar…
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The University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Transportation and the Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination, will host Complete Communities Delaware Summit 2012. The event will take place on November 13, 2012, at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Cost to register for the Summit is $25. For…
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“So much of the suburban area where we live is just plain impossible to negotiate unless you are in a car…Our kids are trapped in our neighborhood in terms of bike riding.“ – from email to Bike Delaware from “CS” Here at Bike Delaware World Headquarters we hear observations like “CS”‘s – in one form or another…
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By CHRISTOPHER B. LEINBERGER Published in the New York Times May 25, 2012 Until the 1990s, exclusive suburban homes that were accessible only by car cost more, per square foot, than other kinds of American housing. Now, however, these suburbs have become overbuilt, and housing values have fallen. Today, the most valuable real estate lies…
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Richard E. Killingsworth, the Executive Director & COO the National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, spoke on Thursday at Walkable, Bikeable Delaware in Dover on the impact that our built environment has on our health and well-being. Killingsworth noted that, according to the Trust for America’s Health, an investment of $10 per person per…
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by MELISSA NANN BURKE The News Journal, March 27, 2012 Newark City Council voted unanimously Monday night to significantly restrict the density of future housing developments built in the city’s downtown district. To the disappointment of developers, the new zoning regulations will reduce the density of housing in the downtown area to 20 units an…
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By KIM CAROLLO | Good Morning America Published Jan 2, 2012 While physical activity is known to improve children’s physical fitness and lower their risk of obesity, new research suggests it may also help them perform better in school. Dutch researchers reviewed 14 previous studies from different parts of the world that looked at the…
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by Chuck Marohn Cross-posted in Strong Towns The American Society of Civil Engineers has just released a report that should be titled, “Pretending it is 1952.” Like a broken record, ASCE is again painting a bleak picture of the future if American politicians — as if they need to be plied — won’t open up…
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Originally published: August 31, 2011 Level-of-Service OK, here at Bike Delaware World Headquarters, we love jargon. And one of our favorite pieces of jargon is “level-of-service” (LOS) which refers to the typical delays experienced by cars at a particular place. For example, the mecca of traffic engineering, level-of-service A: (Wikipedia): Level-of-Service A describes free-flow operations.…
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Right now Congress is working on the Livable Communities Act, which would help communities like these all across America plan for and create better and more affordable places to live, work, and raise families. The bill would provide more than $4 billion in resources for local governments to shape their development through smart planning for…
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