WILMAPCO is seeking proposals to develop the Maryland Route 272 Corridor Plan (MD-272 Plan). The Plan will examine transportation improvements to the MD-272 corridor, bounded on the north by the Joseph Biggs Memorial Highway (MD-274) and on the south by Shady Beach Road and Hance Point Road. The deadline for proposals is July 17, 2024, at 4:30 P.M. Contact Mr. Bill Swiatek, Principal Planner, WILMAPCO, at bswiatek@wilmapco.org with any questions.

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Collaborative Policy Forum: Delaware’s Changing Landscape—Transportation & Demographic Challenges in a Post-Covid Era.

This policy forum will present statewide demographic information and projections, emphasizing Delaware’s older adult population trends. It will feature infrastructure and service delivery challenges and opportunities among the state’s transit and social service providers and land use planners. If you have any questions about this event, contact Julia O'Hanlon at jusmith@udel.edu.

This event is hosted in partnership with the Delaware Department of Transportation Planning Division, Delaware Population Consortium, and Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO).

As reported by the Delaware Business Times, "A new parking option for truck drivers finding their way through Delaware will soon be available as brothers Jordan and Ethan Tucker...are partnering with Baltimore-based Parking Lots For Rent to fill the need for more truck parking in the First State...That void was previously examined in the Delaware Statewide Truck Parking Study prepared by CPCS in association with Century Engineering for the Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) and Delaware’s Department of Transportation (DelDOT) in September 2021."

As reported by Delaware Public Media, "Lawmakers advance a bill requiring state-operated passenger and light-duty vehicles to be zero emission by 2040. The bill follows the announcement of a state regulation to increase the amount of electric vehicle sales over the next nine years."

The Joint ITE International and Mid-Colonial District Annual Meeting and Exhibition (#ITEPhilly2024) offers a rich and dynamic program spanning 14 themed tracks, catering to professionals across various specialties, from planners and engineers to data scientists and educators. For more information, visit https://www.iteannualmeeting.org/

As reported by Rutgers Today, "Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town have found that the installation of a bike lane along the road approaching the convergence reduced driving speeds."

As reported by SMARTCITIESDIVE, "Climate change is impacting roads in surprising ways, and contractors and engineers need to be prepared for extreme weather, sea-level rise and hotter temperatures, said a panelist at the National Institute of Building Sciences’ Building Innovation Conference in Washington, D.C."

As reported by NPR, "The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has hit a new record, as humanity struggles to rein in emissions of greenhouse gasses from burning fossil fuels."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan, which describes agency actions to address the impacts of climate change and help build a more climate-resilient nation.