The Buses Return To The Beach

DelDOT Secretary welcomes DART to the beach for another summer of transit service

Rehoboth Beach -- Rehoboth Beach-On behalf of the governor, Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Carolann Wicks stood near the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, and unveiled a set of bus seats that she declared are the ''Best Beach Chairs in Delaware.''

Joined by Stephen Kingsberry, director of Delaware Transit Corporation, a division of DelDOT, Secretary Wicks said residents and vacationers alike should use the bus when they arrive at the beach, to ease congestion and to make the streets safer.

Markell had to miss the event because of a last-minute scheduling change, but issued the following statement. ''We need to do everything we can to get Delawareans out of their cars and into alternative means of transportation,'' Markell said. ''The Resort Transit Service is a great way to visit the beach without sitting in traffic.''

Secretary Carolann Wicks said she agrees that DART seats are the best beach chairs in Delaware. ''For as low as one dollar, you can rent a spot on a DART seat that will take you all over the resort area,'' Wicks said. ''For people vacationing here for the week, a Delaware local who wants to spend a day at the beach, or someone who works at the beach, this is a bargain, and clearly the best beach chair in Delaware.''

Wicks said that increased use of public transit in the resort will help ease congestion. ''Unfortunately, there is not much more that my engineers and planners can do to make traffic move more efficiently in some areas within Dthe resort communities of Delaware,'' Wicks said. ''We can make relatively small changes, but certainly, no one wants us to bulldoze all those beautiful, historic properties to make way for a four-lane road. Public transit is clearly one of the solutions to this problem.''