The Land Use/Transportation Committee meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 9 am via Zoom web conference. This committee covers both NCC-specific and statewide land use issues. New committee members are welcome!

Contact Committee Chair Anna Quisel or the League Office for more information.

Committee Goals

The LWVDE Land Use and Transportation Committee has three main priorities for the coming year:

1) To Support Policies that Lower Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT): Government land use and transportation policies currently lead to a Delaware in which many of us, if we are fortunate enough to have a car and driver’s license, find that we must drive to our destinations. Our committee will support policies in our already developed areas that allow for other modes of transportation that are less polluting, more inclusive and more active. Public transportation, walking and biking only become possible when land use makes walking and biking safe and appealing with mixed use zoning and higher densities, with fewer resources spent on new roads and parking. This is our number one priority and our most all- encompassing goal due to important impacts on health, climate, biodiversity and community;

2) To Support Land Use Policies That Lead to a Planned Approach to Conservation of 30% Natural Open Space in Delaware by 2030 and that Support Environmental Justice;

3) To Support Policies that Electrify Delaware’s Transportation System.

In support of our biggest goal we hosted a January Hot Topic on reducing VMT and we are hosting a book group on “Walkable Cities’’ by Jeff Speck. See information here except note that a newer 2022 edition of the book is recommended. Please join us for any part of the book group – it’s a grab bag of a book where things can be learned from any chapter. Register here. We will conclude our book group with a tour of a community, probably Claymont in northern NCC that has implemented some walkable practices.