The Town of Charlestown and WILMAPCO invite you to an important event to help Charlestown to be safer, more attractive and more pedestrian-friendly. The Charlestown Walkable Community Workshop will be held on Wednesday, October 12, from 5 to 8:00 p.m. at the Charlestown Fire Company. A Walkable Community Workshop is an interactive community workshop designed to bring together key stakeholders such as residents, land owners, elected officials, and professionals together to focus on issues related to walkability. This is part of an effort to make our communities more pedestrian friendly.

As reported in the Delaware News Journal, "A 'major' construction project to completely rebuild the driving surface of the Delaware Memorial Bridge is set to begin this fall. The project will remove the top 2 inches of the northbound (New Jersey-bound) side of the bridge deck and replace it with an 'ultra high-performance concrete,' according to the Delaware River and Bay Authority. In phase one, two lanes of the Delaware side of the bridge will be closed to traffic, with a third lane shut down overnight. The remaining two lanes will be open to traffic, as well as a bypass lane that will divert traffic around the construction. The bypass lane will only be for traffic headed to the New Jersey Turnpike, however. Phase one is estimated to run from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22. Phase two, which is expected to run from Feb. 1 to May 25, 2023, will close the left two lanes of the bridge. This will span the entire length of the bridge. The third phase, estimated for Sept. 5 to Nov. 21 of next year, will close the two right lanes of the New Jersey side of the bridge."

In an effort to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists accessing transit, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have released a new guide, which includes a variety of approaches to address common safety issues that are likely to arise near transit stations, bus stops and other places where transit (bus or rail) is operated. The new guide, Improving Safety for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Accessing Transit, provides agencies with a thorough look at pedestrian and bicyclist safety considerations in accessing and using transit.

As reported by Reuters, "Tesla chief Elon Musk said he aimed to get the electric auto maker's self-driving technology ready by year-end and hopes it could be in wide release in the United States and possibly in Europe, depending on regulatory approval. Speaking at an energy conference in Norway, Musk said his attention was currently focused on his SpaceX Starship spacecraft and self-driving Tesla electric cars."