Its not too late to submit your feedback on the Glasgow Avenue Planning Study.  WILMAPCO, DelDOT, and New Castle County are working on a transportation and land use study for Glasgow Avenue, between US 40 and SR 896/Porter Road (about 1.3 miles). The study is intended to create a vision plan to guide transportation improvements and future land use changes along Glasgow Avenue. Speeding traffic and unsafe conditions for pedestrians, bicyclists, and people driving vehicles characterize the current roadway.  With development activity planned, this corridor will continue to face mobility and safety challenges. If you live, work, or play in the Glasgow area, we'd like to hear from you. Please complete a brief survey and review project information here: 

www.wilmapco.org/glasgow.  

According to USA Today, "About 2,500 pedestrians are killed at night every year crossing the road, in many cases because drivers can't see them because their headlights don't shine brightly enough. Outdated federal rules have blocked automakers from introducing adaptive beam headlamps that automatically adjust to oncoming traffic to reduce glare and help drivers see better, even though the technology is legal and available in Europe and Japan. At the same time, sleek styling and manufacturing mistakes on currently available systems has led to poor performance on the road, including excessive glare and insufficient light on the pavement."  To view the source article, please visit https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/05/26/outdated-headlights-put-drivers-and-pedestrians-risk/102108152/?mc_cid=326afb9f5e&mc_eid=9c2a778248 .

Planting Flowers in Potholes to Prompt Attention 

According to My Modern Met, "people plagued by neglected potholes in cities around the world, from Chicago to London, have begun transforming unsightly cracks and holes into beautiful, miniature gardens. While these colorful tiny gardens don't last long, they bring attention to unfilled potholes". To see photos of this and other creative pothole-filling works of art, please visit http://mymodernmet.com/pothole-flowers-protest-art/ .

Getting Kids Moving Now Saves Billions 

According to Education Week, "fewer than 1 in 3 American children get enough exercise every week. If they don't become more active, more than 8 million will be obese by their 18th birthdays-and their health care and lost productivity as adults could cost the country close to $3 trillion, finds a new study in the journal Health Affairs. Researchers found fewer than 32 percent of children ages 8 to 11 get at least 25 minutes of strong physical activity at least three times a week. The researchers found that increasing the percentage of children who exercise regularly to 50 percent would cut the adult obesity rate and save nearly $22 billion in medical costs and lost productivity during their lifetimes. Getting at least 3 out of 4 kids active would save more than $40 billion."  For more information, please visit http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2017/05 .   

Design Your Town Interactive Resource 

RPA has announced, "Design Your Town - an interactive web-based resource for citizen planners, professionals and anyone concerned about the quality of the villages and landscapes where they live. This website has attractive and sustainable designs for different kinds of places as well as the details, policies and regulations needed for implementation. You can start by picking the kind of place you want to fix - from downtowns to rural villages - or by searching through best practices for landscape design, connectivity and mixed-use development."  To learn more, please visit http://lab.rpa.org/tips-tools-designing-town/ .