TO: Director of Transportation, City of Wilmington Department of Public Works FROM: James Wilson, Executive Director, Bike Delaware We are excited about the opportunity presented to Wilmington by a federal Transportation Alternatives program grant and by the idea of using this grant to create a neighborway in the city. The City of Portland has had as…
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State Representative Deborah Hudson (R-Fairthorne) recently sent out an update on a project on Valley Road in Hockessin to her constituents: The pedestrian path will connect Swift Park and Hockessin Village to Lantana Square Shopping Center and Tweeds Park. The 0.7 mile-long connector will consist of a paved ribbon, six feet wide, separated from…
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Why is Portland one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the United States? Read the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s web site: “No person should have to be “brave” to ride a bicycle; unfortunately, this is a sentiment commonly expressed to those who regularly ride bicycles by those who do not. There are many…
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For quite a few people in America, talking about what Americans can learn from the cheese-eating surrender monkeys of the Old World is about as popular as replacing the Super Bowl by the World Cup would be. If you are one of those people, STOP READING RIGHT NOW. Still there? OK, here are the…
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Last week I slipped over the border to get a glimpse into a possible future for U.S. cycling. Less than 40 miles from the U.S. border is a city of 1.8 million people at the heart of the 15th largest metropolitan area in North America. I woke up the first morning of my visit to…
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“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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by Josh Zisson July 9, 2013 Published at Bike Safe Boston Drivers are stuck in cages all day, so it should be no surprise that they sometimes act like animals. The good news is, animals can be trained. Being exposed to more riders on the road is one way that drivers can become accustomed to…
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Question: How often do you ride on sidewalks? A) Never ever. B) Sometimes. C) A lot. “Never ever.” – A.R. “Rarely if ever.” – L.W. “Never.” – R.P. “Rarely and only if conditions are such that I have to.” – K.P. “Unless there is a dedicated wide bike lane I will use the sidewalk.…
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Three days short of a year after Bob Wheeler died tragically, after being hit by a car while out on a recreational ride, a new area in the Smyrna Memorial Garden was dedicated. On June 25, six WCBC/Bike DE members, Amy Wilburn (chair of the Delaware Bicycle Council), and Anthony Aglio and Jim Westhoff from…
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by Doug Denison and Jonathan Starkey The News Journal June 18, 2013 State officials announced Monday that higher personal income tax collections helped produce an extra $21.3 million for lawmakers to budget in the coming year, and Gov. Jack Markell proposed using $8 million of that to bail out Delaware’s three casinos struggling with regional…
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