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End “Share The Road”

UPDATE (August 29, 2015): Researchers confirm that “Share The Road” Doesn’t Work: http://www.bikede.org/2015/08/29/share-the-road-is-a-problem/ UPDATE (January 19, 2014): Bike Delaware is one of 10 finalists for the Bicycling Magazine People’s Choice Award: http://www.bicycling.com/news/advocacy/vote-bicycling-people-s-choice-advocacy-award?page=0,4 UPDATE (November 4, 2013): DelDOT announced it will discontinue all use of “Share The Road” plaque: http://www.bikede.org/2013/11/04/goodbye-share-the-road/ Bike Delaware has asked the Delaware…
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Staff August 19, 2013 89

City of Wilmington Bike Facility Improvements Public Workshop – August 22

PUBLIC WORKSHOP Louis L. Redding City/County Building 800 N. French Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Thursday August 22, 2013 4:00 – 7:00 pm The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) invites the community to attend a public workshop to receive information about the Conceptual Design for a proposed bicycle boulevard. The bicycle boulevard will consist of sharrow…
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Staff August 12, 2013 0

Human Sacrifice. Mass Hysteria. Do It Yourself Traffic Control.

“No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view…
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Staff July 31, 2013 9

How I changed my mind about “sharrows,” and learned to love ’em

I am a seasoned transportation cyclist. I’ve been using the bicycle as my primary means of transportation for 15 of the last 25 years and as a close second for those other 10 years. I “take” the (travel) lane when I want to. I ride up Main Street in Newark in the middle of the…
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bob May 30, 2013 6

The sharrows have landed! (On Main Street in Newark.)

Newark: May 9, 2013 After a long wait, sharrows have finally landed on Main Street in Newark! Wilmington installed the first sharrows in Delaware on its Market Street downtown in 2010 and Lewes installed some on Bay Avenue last summer. City of Newark Principal Planner (and chair of the Newark Bicycle Committee) Mike Fortner fought hard…
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James May 10, 2013 8

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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Staff March 14, 2013 4

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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Staff February 28, 2013 1

City of Newark Applies for Federal Funding for Main Street Sharrows

The City of Newark has submitted an application for funding under the federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) for sharrows for its Main Street. If approved, the sharrows on Main Street will connect the Pomeroy Trail to New London Road. The “sharrow” (or “shared lane”) pavement marking is a relatively recent pavement marking that was introduced…
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James February 20, 2013 3

Beyond Paint 5: Beer Cups

by Brooklyn Spoke Published August 20, 2012 Inspired by Ian Dutton’s Guerilla Bike Lane, I started to think about other, more basic ways to separate drivers from cyclists in the city. Plastic delineators are nice, and a row of parked cars is even better, but sometimes all it takes is very simple approach…. …
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James August 23, 2012 0

If Kant Were a New York Cyclist

By Randy Cohen Published in the New York Times August 4, 2012 The rule-breaking cyclist that people decry: that’s me. I routinely run red lights, and so do you. I flout the law when I’m on my bike; you do it when you are on foot, at least if you are like most New Yorkers.…
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James August 9, 2012 0

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