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These and more regionally
for air quality impacts this summer.
that New Castle County and Cecil County will continue to meet their transportation air emissions budgets
miles traveled, ozone emissions are projected to decrease by about transportation emissions (analyzed only in New Castle County), meanwhile, are projected to fall by
WILMAPCO has completed its
Staff participated in more than two dozen municipal and committee meetings through November. A handful more are planned through year’s end. We heard about the need to improve safety along the need to begin implementation of the Newport Train Station, the value of adding public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Wilmington, and opportunities for walking and bicycling investments in Charlestown.
public comment period, which kicks
“Our Town” event and RTP Public Workshop will be held on February feedback, WILMAPCO expects to adopt the RTP in March.
Please visit www.wilmapco.org/rtp for more information and to sign up for updates or www.wilmapco.org/ ourtown to learn more about the event.
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DelDOT Looking for Feedback
on How to Make Delaware Safer for Pedestrians
In its continuing effort to make a safer and more accessible place for the Pedestrian Action Plan Phase I in October to coincide with Pedestrian Safety Awareness Month.
Phase I focused on reviewing and summarizing goals, objectives, strategies, and action items from components, including the 2007 Plan, Long Range Transportation Plan, Strategic Highway Safety Plan, on pedestrian cluster mapping and connectivity mapping also began under this phase.
The plan adopted the four goal
of items that have been completed since 2007, as well as objectives with corresponding actions that are
either ongoing or are actions that
& Plan, Standards & Guidelines, Responsibility & Funding.
Phase II of the project will focus on engaging with planning partners and the public to evaluate the existing goals within Phase I of the plan and identify new goals, objectives, and action items to improve pedestrian safety, accessibility, connectivity, and equity throughout the state. Additional pedestrian crash cluster, connectivity, and equity mapping will also be undertaken. Work on Phase II is scheduled to begin in spring 2023.
The public is encouraged to read the plan and provide feedback via the survey at https://tinyurl.com/ PedActionPlanGetInvolved. Questions or comments may be submitted to pedaction.plan@delaware.gov. A QR code for the survey is also available below.
