WILMAPCO, with the Air Quality Partnership of Delaware, is offering a video to instruct children about how the air we breathe affects our health, and how the things we do can impact the air we breathe. Featuring Tropo, our air quality mascot, this fun instructional video is available for use to raise awareness of the importance of air quality.

If you are an educator, librarian, or anyone who would like to share this video to promote air quality education, visit our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@WILMAPCO

Please join us on Thursday December 7^th for Delaware’s annual Winter Freight meeting. This annual meeting brings together public and private sector stakeholders to share information on significant freight and goods movement trends and encourage networking and partnership development.

The meeting will be an in-person event from 9am-noon at Chesapeake Utilities, 500 Energy Lane, Dover, DE 19901. To register for the meeting, please follow the link below.

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) invites you to an Open House for the Old Brandywine Village - Streetscape Improvements, Phase 2 Transportation Alternatives Project (TAP). Tuesday, November 14, 2023, beginning at 4:30 pm

The Village of St. John, 2020 Tatnall Street, Wilmington, DE 19802.

This Open House will focus on proposed pedestrian improvements, signal improvements, and streetscape beautification at:

• Vandever Avenue between Jessup and North Market Streets
• The intersection of Concord Avenue/Vandever Avenue, and North Market Street
• Concord Avenue between North Market and Tatnall Streets

Written comments can be submitted at dotpublic@delaware.gov or mailed to DelDOT Community Relations, ATTN: OBV TAP Project, P.O. Box 778, Dover, DE 19903. The deadline for written comments is December 15, 2023.

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been in the process of developing the new Maryland Transportation Plan (MTP), Maryland’s long-range transportation plan. The MTP guides the state's vision, corresponding policy, and investment priorities for the next 20 years. The draft MTP, The Playbook, is available for review and public comment at: https://www.mdot.maryland.gov/tso/pages/Index.aspx?PageId=22

DART’s 26^th annual “Stuff The Bus” Thanksgiving Food Drive begins on Monday, November 6, and DART is asking for the public’s help in reaching its goal of collecting 20 tons of non-perishable items. The donations assist the Food Bank of Delaware, through its 745 Hunger Relief Partners, in feeding those who suffer from food insecurity throughout the State. This year, the community event is being held over six days at eight locations statewide. DART also encourages the public to donate directly to the Food Bank of Delaware, if they are unable to visit any of the "Stuff The Bus" collection sites. For more information and a list of dates and places to "Stuff the Bus", click here.

As reported by WHYY, "The Commons Boulevard Pathway Bike Trail recently opened to better connect riders with an area of heavy residential and business development...The new pathway connects to the Markell Trail at a tunnel underneath I-295 and runs to the New Castle Corporate Commons...The trail is designed to not only strengthen connections, but also enhance the overall pathway systems in the area."

According to Delaware Public Media, "Some see offshore wind as a vital part of Delaware reaching its goal of zero net additions of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere by 2050. However, Gov. John Carney’s administration has taken a cautious approach to utilizing offshore wind, citing cost concerns."

As reported by the Cecil Whig, "A tree stump in a Port Deposit parking lot is about to become a new park, thanks to Councilman Dan Berlin...Berlin suggested that the stump and the surrounding 8-by-16-foot half circle become what he called a 'Pocket Park.'" 

As reported by Forbes, "Roadside cameras and telematics data have the potential to provide more accurate and comprehensive information about drivers’ use of their cell phones than is currently available, and could lead to better understanding of distracted driving crash risk and how to address it." 

The EPA announced its final determination that emissions of lead from aircraft that operate on leaded fuel cause or contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act.

As reported by StreetsblogUSA, "America's pandemic-era bike boom hit a troubling plateau last year — and unless communities invest more into getting people riding, those numbers may not go up again anytime soon, a new study finds."