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Transportation
News from the Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO)
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All meetings are
open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held in the
WILMAPCO Conference Room.
In case of
inclement weather, please call (302) 737-6205, or toll free from Cecil
County at (888) 808-7088 for cancellations or postponements.
WILMAPCO will be
closed on December 25.
For updates or
more information on upcoming WILMAPCO meetings, please visit www.wilmapco.org.
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 WILMAPCO News
 WILMAPCO Public Workshop
- North East Transit Oriented Development Plan
You are invited to
attend a public workshop to help shape the future of North East,
Maryland. During the workshop, draft recommendations for future bus
transit, commuter rail service, and surrounding land uses will be
discussed, including a proposed location for a new train station. The
workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 11 at the North East Town
Hall. Stop by anytime from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There will be a
presentation at the Town Board Meeting at 7 p.m. To learn more, please
visit www.wilmapco.org/northeast.
Save the Date for 2014 Heels
& Wheels: Delaware Walk and Bike Conference
The Delaware Trail
Summit and the Delaware Bike Summit have proudly joined forces to make
Delaware an even better place to walk, ride, and live. Delaware
Recreation & Parks Society, Department of Natural Resources &
Environmental Control, Department of Transportation, Dover/Kent
Metropolitan Planning Organization, and WILMAPCO invite you to Heels
& Wheels: Delaware Walk and Bike Summit 2014. For more
information, please visit www.wilmapco.org/heelsandwheels.
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Member Agency News 
Public
Hearing - Cecil Transit
Cecil Transit will
conduct a Public Hearing
to allow an opportunity for the public to review plans for the addition
of an abbreviated version of a Mid-County Fixed Route. The Public
Hearing will be held on Wednesday, December 18 at 2:30 p.m., at the
Cecil County Administration Building 200 Chesapeake Blvd., Elkton, MD,
Senior Center 1st Floor Classroom. Cecil Transit will begin
operation of an abbreviated version of the Mid-County Fixed Route on or
about January 13. The purpose of this route is to add fixed route
service to Cecil College from the towns of Charlestown, Elkton, North
East, and Perryville. For more information, please contact Gary
Blazinsky at (410) 996-8422 or submit written comments to: Cecil
Transit, 200 Chesapeake Blvd., Elkton, MD 21921, Attention: Gary
Blazinsky.
Maryland
Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
MDOT has released
the Draft Twenty-Year Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan for public
review and comment. The public comment period will remain open until
December 10. The Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
establishes a 20-year vision for making walking and bicycling an
integral part of Maryland's transportation system. Development of the
Plan has proceeded alongside efforts to update the Maryland
Transportation Plan, which serves as MDOT's overarching policy
document. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan focuses on creating a
strategic framework to guide MDOT's policies and actions towards a more
walkable, bikeable future. For more information, please visit www.mdot.maryland.gov/bikewalkplan.
MARC Growth and
Investment Plan Update
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 Local News
APA
Delaware Annual Meeting
Join the Delaware
Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) for its Annual
Meeting.The meeting will be held on December 11 at Fraizers Restaurant
in Dover, DE, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Max Walton, Esq. will present
updates on the disposition of land use cases in Delaware and discuss
the implications of those decisions. Max will also discuss the
trilogy of the recent takings cases decided by the United States
Supreme Court and the impacts that those cases have on planning in
Delaware. To register, please visit www.delawareapa.org.
Regional Planning
Conference - Call for Presentations
Organizers of the
2014 Delaware/Maryland Regional Planning Conference, "Planning for
Healthy & Sustainable Places," are pleased to begin their search
for conference sessions and presentations. The two-day event will be
held at the Embassy Suites in Newark, Delaware on October 28 and 29,
2014.
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 National News
Motor
Vehicle Pollution: More Deaths than Traffic
Pimp Your Block Online
Tool
According to an
October 15th Gizmodo article, "Pimp your block with Blockee, a
tool designed by several Code for America fellows, just type in an
address to generate a Google Street View image (or upload your own
photo), and using the editor, drag and drop everything from vegetable
gardens to food trucks to bike share kiosks into the street. Once you
share your creation, the site offers tips for how to make your vision a
reality." To view the source article, please visit http://gizmodo.com/this-awesome-app-helps-you-add-civic-bling-to-your-st-1445655766.
Realtors
Report: Americans Prefer Mixed Use, Walkable Communities
According to an
October 31st National Association of Realtors release, "Choosing a
community is one of the most important factors for consumers as they
consider buying a home, and research by the National Association of
Realtors has consistently revealed that Americans prefer
walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods and shorter commutes. According to
NAR's 2013 Community Preference Survey 60 percent of respondents favor
a neighborhood with a mix of houses and stores and other businesses
that are easy to walk to, rather than neighborhoods that require more
driving between home, work and recreation. The survey findings indicate
that while the size of the property does matter to consumers, they are
willing to compromise size for a preferred neighborhood and less
commuting."To view the survey, please visit www.realtor.org/sites/default/files/reports/2013/2013-community-preference-analysis-slides.pdf.
New Tool to Provides
Renters and Homeowners with a new Housing and Transportation Cost
Calculator
According to a
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) release, "HUD Secretary
Shaun Donovan and U.S.
DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx have unveiled the Location Affordability
Portal (LAP), a cost calculation tool that allows users to estimate
housing and transportation costs for neighborhoods across the
country. The LAP will help consumers and communities better understand
the combined costs of housing and transportation associated with
living in a specific region, street, or neighborhood and make
better-informed decisions about where to live, work, and
invest." For more information about the Location
Affordability Portal, please visit www.hud.gov/locationaffordability.
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About Us
The Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) is the regional
transportation planning agency for New Castle County, Delaware and Cecil
County, Maryland. As the federally designated Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO), WILMAPCO is charged with planning and coordinating
transportation investments for the region based on federal policy, local
input, technical analysis, and best practices. For more
information, please visit our website at www.wilmapco.org.
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