You are invited to attend an in person Public Workshop for the Newport Transportation Plan on Tuesday, March 7 from 6-7:30pm at the Old Newport Town Hall, 15, N. Augustine Street. During this workshop, we will review the status of recommendations to improve traffic and safety in and around the Town of Newport.

Attend this workshop to hear an update on the status of the improvements and share your thoughts. To learn more, please visit www.wilmapco.org/newport-transportation-plan

To help encourage students to learn more about Delaware's Public Transit System. DART First State invites students to participate in the Annual Transit Theme Poster Contest.

This year's theme is "Transit vs. Driving- Go Green with DART". Your choice to ride the bus adds to a greener Delaware. Students are asked to create a poster which illustrates the “Green” benefits of using public transportation. The poster must include the text Transit vs. Driving—Go Green with DART” and DART’s logo. Check out past contest entries to get some ideas by visiting DART's Green Initiatives page. Children Grades 6 through 12 are eligible.

Healthy Communities Delaware (HDC) has announced a series of interactive web trainings facilitated by Neighborworks America focused on building community and engaging residents in community improvement efforts. Trainings are open to HCD Partners as well as those working to engage and empower residents in community improvement efforts in Delaware.

Effective Participatory Techniques

Thursday, March 16, from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Public Participation Plans & Evaluation

Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

As reported by Delaware LIVE, "Wilmington has received a $200,000 grant from the new federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program.

It’s the only Delaware grant among $800 million awarded for 510 projects nationwide. The city is partnering with WILMAPCO on the grant. The Delaware Department of Transportation and Delaware Transit Corporation have pledged support."

As reported by Delaware Public media, "Avelo Airlines began service out of its newest crew base in Wilmington, Delaware. The airline flew from Wilmington Airport to Orlando International Airport to mark the occasion. Avelo will serve Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach with its fleet of Boeing 737 jets."

This year’s National American Planning Association (APA) Conference will be held in Philadelphia. The conference is being offered in two complementary experiences. NPC23 will be held live, in Philadelphia April 1-4, and NPC23 Online can be streamed to your favorite mobile device April 26-28. Additionally, you can register for Orientation Tours, Mobile Workshops, and Special Events. Don’t miss the opportunity for early registration pricing.

As reported by The Guardian, "Two of the world’s largest tech companies, Google and Microsoft, have announced plans for AI-enhanced search this month. The increasing prominence of AI has implications for every corner of the economy. From retail to transport, AI promises to usher in a wave of change across industries, including transportation.

Transport workers are regarded as most vulnerable in the long term, according to a 2021 report by PwC for the business department forecasting that proportionately the biggest job losses in the next 20 years would come in the transport sector. Nonetheless, drivers are far from expendable, and are demanding high salaries whether operating HGVs, buses or trains – even as the first autonomous buses are trialed in Scotland and Milton Keynes."

As reported by News Atlas, "Researchers in Canada have, for the first time ever, demonstrated how acute exposure to traffic pollution can immediately impair human brain function, offering unique evidence of the connection between air quality and cognition. The findings revealed brief exposure to diesel exhaust caused a decrease in DMN activity, essentially yielding a drop in functional connectivity between different brain regions, compared to what was seen when subjects were exposed to filtered air."