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Bicycle council recommends signs to ban mopeds from trails The Delaware Bicycle Council last month asked the Department of Transportation to explore the availability of signs restricting mopeds on paved trails after growing concern about the safety of the veh...

@capegazette.bsky.social: Bicycle council recommends signs to ban mopeds from trails

A really interesting new study showing that the smaller the area at which we plan for development, the more restrictive policies become.

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Decorations delight along the Lewes-to-Georgetown Trail As hikers, runners and bikers traverse the Lewes-to-Georgetown Trail, they are greeted by the unique lawn decorations that litter each side of the...

Decorations delight along the Lewes-to-Georgetown Trail

Alright alright alright!

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, MIKE JOHNSON, SAYS "IT'S GETTING REALLY UGLY" IN PORTLAND WHICH IS INCREDIBLY RUDE. I AM NEVER RUDE EVEN THOUGH OTHER PEOPLE ARE OFTEN VERY MEAN TO ME I SAY "IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL."

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

More than Seattle. More than Sacramento. More than anyplace on the East Coast south of DC.

Wilmington has the 14th highest Amtrak ridership in the U.S. (and also has a smaller population than all of the 12 cities above it on the list).

Source: www.bts.gov/browse-stati...

@mattmeyerde.bsky.social

THIS IS A SAVAGE AND UNCIVILIZED REBELLION AGAINST AMERICAN MODESTY LIKE NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.

THE PRESIDENT MUST INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT IMMEDIATELY!!!

THANK YOU FOR AVERTING YOUR EYES FROM THIS MATTER.

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Anything that can go faster than 28 mph (or 20 mph with no pedaling) is a moped.

New research finds that midblock bus stops are particularly dangerous for people on foot.

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

More evidence that biking is really good for you:

After reviewing 23 studies, researchers concluded that there a "positive association between cycling and cognition" in adults 45+.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

Trump is rescinding road safety grants all over the country, in blue states and red ones.

The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

You cannot freeway your way to economic vitality and human connection. Larger parking lots and wider lanes will never create cleaner air. A healthier America is one where everyone is able to get to their destination without needing a car.

Every community benefits from less car dependancy.

For reasons of both legal economy and improved public understanding, we prefer (the already existing term) "moped" to (the we think unnecessary) "e-moto."

Lowering the cost of housing is the most important priority but lowering the cost of transportation is a pretty close second actually.

Thanks for submitting your back to school photos! Thanks to everyone who submitted back-to-school photos! We hope everyone has a great year!

Whoever submitted this photo is our hero.

(Back to school in Lewes.)

Don't these look like AI-generated images?

(They're not.)

Places where we meet each other "in real life" (i.e. with all our three dimensional, physical selves not just behind a screen name) may be even more important in the Age of the Internet than they were in the past. @mattmeyerde.bsky.social t.co/ubVtBOHDfK

Idiocracy captured the idea of living in a time when genius and idiocy coexisted. But it was only a temporary coexistence.

One way of describing this is that traffic forecasting is a bit of a black art.

Another way of describing this is that traffic forecasting is bullshit.

"Between 2018 and 2023, six crashes involving bicyclists or pedestrians occurred within a half mile of this proposed trail corridor, including the tragic death of a bicyclist near Towanda last year"

Apparently safety and economic development is "no longer aligned with the department’s priorities"

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What about in the *other* direction? Have there been any past decreases in flexibility that have letter to better outcomes?

What precedent can we point to of changes in federal government infrastructure policy that have actually produced better projects?

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People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the red asphalt cycling paths and cycling streets of Delft, which are lined with buildings, lighting fixtures, trees, plants and flowers, and bike parking.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the red asphalt cycling paths and cycling streets of Delft, which are lined with buildings, lighting fixtures, trees, plants and flowers, and bike parking.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the red asphalt cycling paths and cycling streets of Delft, which are lined with buildings, lighting fixtures, trees, plants and flowers, and bike parking.

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the red asphalt cycling paths and cycling streets of Delft, which are lined with buildings, lighting fixtures, trees, plants and flowers, and bike parking.

No fewer than half of all trips in Delft are made by bike, a success replicated in cities and towns across the country. But the Dutch blueprint for urban vitality was forged on these streets decades ago, when the strategic decision was made to build a network and to build it as quickly as possible.🧵

YouTube video by Bike Delaware Introduction to Stroads

As part of their successful campaign to get anti-stroad legislation passed in 2025 in Delaware, @bikede.bsky.social produced an excellent "Introduction to Stroads".

Worth sharing.

Amish Country Bike Tour returns Sept. 6 The 39th Annual Amish Country Bike Tour is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 6, starting and ending at Legislative Mall in downtown Dover. With routes of 16, 25, 50, 62 and 100 miles, there are options fo...

The 39th Annual #RideForPie (aka the Amish Country Bike Tour) is Saturday, September 6.

It would be hard to have confidence that robot cars will improve road safety if they were somehow immunized from liability so, in that specific sense, holding a robot car maker liable is encouraging. Perhaps their promise of improved safety will turn out to be real.

Does this help at all?