Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Why Delaware Needs the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Program at DelDOT

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Why Delaware Needs the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Program at DelDOT

Between May of 1997 and March of 2008 (over 10 years), Delaware’s unemployment rate was between 3 and 4%. But for the last four years, unemployment has stubbornly...

 

Will the Delaware General Assembly Vote For Bike and Pedestrian Improvements This Year?

Will the Delaware General Assembly Vote For Bike and Pedestrian Improvements This Year?

We know what we want. And it all comes back to the “Bike and Pedestrian Improvements” program authorization for the Delaware Department of Transportation. We...

 

News Journal: “State agencies draw up a dream trail for cyclists”

News Journal: “State agencies draw up a dream trail for cyclists”

by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal February 15, 2013 Relatively few Delaware workers commute by bike, but they might reconsider when cyclists are whizzing by...

 

Longhurst and Colleagues Fought for Trail Network Funding

Longhurst and Colleagues Fought for Trail Network Funding

“[O]ne of the best ways we can improve our quality of life, and promote healthy lifestyles at the same time, is to make our state more walkable and bikeable. In...

 

Results of 2012 Survey of Delaware Candidates Released

Results of 2012 Survey of Delaware Candidates Released

  What do candidates running this year for Governor and for the Delaware General Assembly think about cycling, and about improving cycling in Delaware? Along...

 

American Bicyclist: Five Ideas From Delaware

American Bicyclist: Five Ideas From Delaware

Getting and Leveraging Public Funds: Five Lessons from Delaware By Darren Flusche League of American Bicyclists Published in American Bicyclist (May/June 2012) Delaware...

 

Delaware General Assembly Votes $13.25 Million for Walking and Bicycling

Delaware General Assembly Votes $13.25 Million for Walking and Bicycling

Senator Robert Venables (left), Governor Jack Markell (center) and Representative Helene Keeley (right) Both the Delaware House and Senate voted unanimously...

 

See the World-Class Statewide Network of Pathways and Trails DelDOT and DNREC Propose to Build

See the World-Class Statewide Network of Pathways and Trails DelDOT and DNREC Propose to Build

This has to be seen to be believed. At last week’s Walkable, Bikeable Delaware Day in Dover, Governor Markell announced the launch of the Delaware Trails and...

 

Bhatt: “We can’t just keep building…roads”

Bhatt: “We can’t just keep building…roads”

To Change Your Community’s Streets, the Action Is in the Statehouse by Tanya Snyder, Streetsblog At a National Bike Summit panel [March 20] on state-level bike...

 

Leadership

Leadership

Three months ago, Governor Jack Markell unveiled his plan to build a walkable and bikeable Delaware at the Delaware Bike Summit.  But in his State of the State...

 
 

Senator Peterson Praises DelDOT for Improving Pedestrian Safety

Senator Peterson Praises DelDOT for Improving Pedestrian Safety

Undoing or ameliorating the results of decades of bad design decisions that have produced our pedestrian and bicyclist unfriendly 21st-century built environment...

 

Walkable, Bikeable Delaware

Walkable, Bikeable Delaware

Governor Jack Markell, October 14, 2011: “My goal is to make Delaware walkable and bikeable, so more of us can enjoy the great Delaware outdoors.  We can create...

 

LAB: How Delaware made statewide bike funding history with CMAQ

LAB: How Delaware made statewide bike funding history with CMAQ

Cross-posted from League of American Bicyclists’ blog. By Darren Flusche League Policy Analyst By tapping into Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)...

 

How do we connect Wilmington and Newark for bicycling?

How do we connect Wilmington and Newark for bicycling?

On Sept 28, 2011, participants from a broad range of civic groups and governmental agencies packed WILMAPCO’s conference room in Newark for the first ever...

 

“Our kids are trapped in our neighborhood in terms of bike riding.”

“Our kids are trapped in our neighborhood in terms of bike riding.”

Before yesterday’s (first ever) joint meeting between the Wilmington Bicycle Advisory Committee and Newark Bicycle Committee, we received an email from reader...

 

Advocacy Acronyms – a reference guide for the rest of us

Bike and pedestrian advocacy acronyms got you down? Here is a quick and easy “cheat sheet” of the most popular terms used on Bike Delaware News! AASHTO:...

 

1st Ever CMAQ-Funded Bike Project in Delaware History

1st Ever CMAQ-Funded Bike Project in Delaware History

New DelDOT Secretary Breaks 20 Year CMAQ Drought   The WILMAPCO Council has approved DelDOTs request for $480,000 in federal CMAQ (“Congestion Mitigation...

 

Coalition wins key support for rail trail

By Carol Ireland, President, White Clay Bicycle Club Supporters of the bicycling community (meant in the broadest sense) showed up in force at the August 18 WILMAPCO...

 

Delaware House and Senate Pass "Walkable, Bikeable Delaware"

Following up on a unanimous vote by the Delaware Senate just two days earlier, the Delaware House also voted unanimously on May 12 to approve Senate Concurrent Resolution...

 

Making the case for open or dashed taper lines

Making the case for open or dashed taper lines

Bike Delaware has been working overtime to develop a tool for sharing Right Turn-Only Lanes (RTOLs) with bike lanes. As Delaware cyclists are all too familiar, shoulders...

 
 

Delaware the 5th most bicycle-friendly state in America? “I figured either LAB had gone crazy or else I had.”

Delaware the 5th most bicycle-friendly state in America? “I figured either LAB had gone crazy or else I had.”

  “When I first saw the headline, I figured either LAB had gone crazy or else I had.” – recent comment by Bike Delaware reader Just a few years ago, Delaware’s “Bicycle Friendly State” ranking by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) was somewhere in the 30s among the 50 states. In 2011, we were [...]

 

TODAY (Friday): City of Wilmington Bike-to-Work Day 2013

TODAY (Friday): City of Wilmington Bike-to-Work Day 2013

The City of Wilmington, Bike Wilmington and its supporters/sponsors are proud to hold the third annual Bike-to-Work Day (May 17th). Bike-to-Work Day is a National event spearheaded by the League of American Bicyclists and is part of the larger Bike Month (May). There are many benefits relating to riding to work including better air quality [...]

 

The Last Time the National Transportation Safety Board Made a Bike Infrastructure Recommendation was in 1972

The Last Time the National Transportation Safety Board Made a Bike Infrastructure Recommendation was in 1972

  Cross-posted from Systemic Failure Each year there are tens of thousands of fatalities on the nation’s highways. A disproportionate [number] of those are non-motorized users — bicyclists and pedestrians. Given that the NTSB has made over 13,000 safety recommendations, you might think at least some of those would relate to the dismal state of [...]

 

Today: The Ride of Silence

Today: The Ride of Silence

On May 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM, the northern Delaware 10 mile Ride of Silence will begin at the Ed Oliver Golf Club in Wilmington.  Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor those cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways.  Although cyclists have a legal [...]

 

League of American Bicyclists: Nomination of Anthony Foxx for Transportation Secretary

League of American Bicyclists: Nomination of Anthony Foxx for Transportation Secretary

April 29, 2013 Statement by League of American Bicyclists: When U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced his departure, the bicycling community asked the White House to appoint a successor with a clear commitment to multi-modal solutions to local transportation challenges. Mayor Anthony Foxx clearly checks those boxes. Under his leadership, Charlotte has invested in light [...]

 

New York Times: Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving

New York Times: Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was recently nominated to be the new United States Secretary of Transportation By JOHN SCHWARTZ New York Times May 13, 2013 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dan Mauney keeps misplacing his car. Mr. Mauney, 42, lives in an apartment tower in this city’s Uptown neighborhood, a pedestrian-friendly quarter with new office buildings, sparkling [...]

 

TODAY (Tuesday): Newark Bike To Work Day

TODAY (Tuesday): Newark Bike To Work Day

Use Newark Main Street’s brand new sharrows to guide your way to work – and to Newark’s Bike to Work Day - TOMORROW (May 14, 7:30–10 a.m. on the Trabant University Center patio at the corner of Delaware and South College Avenues). Speakers will be University President Patrick Harker, Delaware Secretary of Transportation Shailen Bhatt, Sen. [...]

 

The sharrows have landed! (On Main Street in Newark.)

The sharrows have landed! (On Main Street in Newark.)

Newark: May 9, 2013 After a long wait, sharrows have finally landed on Main Street in Newark! Wilmington installed the first sharrows in Delaware on its Market Street downtown in 2010 and Lewes installed some on Bay Avenue last summer. City of Newark Principal Planner (and chair of the Newark Bicycle Committee) Mike Fortner fought hard [...]

 

Connecting 21 Cities and Towns in the Boston Region with a Greenway Network

Connecting 21 Cities and Towns in the Boston Region with a Greenway Network

Note: Professor Peter Furth spoke last week at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover. In a recent paper, he and his co-authors describe a plan to connect 21 Boston-area cities and towns by a “greenway” network designed for cycling. 72% of the regional population lives within 1 km (0.62 mi) of the  proposed greenway [...]

 

Bike to the Bitter End, then hang out at the beach on September 14

Bike to the Bitter End, then hang out at the beach on September 14

Saturday, September 14:  3RD ANNUAL - BIKE TO THE BITTER END Join the Camp Arrowhead Alumni association for ride loops of 5, 20 and 35  riding through the countryside between Angola and Milton.  Registration fees are $35 for riders 18 and up, and $20 for riders 7-17years.  Fees include a post ride lunch and the afternoon [...]

 

“Wheels of Caring” Ride/Race: June 1 in Clayton

“Wheels of Caring” Ride/Race: June 1 in Clayton

Help Ewell’s-St. Paul United Methodist in Clayton stock their local food pantry and “Personal  Items Closet” the best way—on a bike! Fun for road cyclists,  mountain bikers, BMX bikers, and families on  cruisers. Prizes for Top 2 finishers in each distance. More details below. You can download the 1-page PDF HERE.

 

Governor Markell’s Weekly Message: “Connecting Communities, Improving Quality of Life” (VIDEO)

Governor Markell’s Weekly Message: “Connecting Communities, Improving Quality of Life” (VIDEO)

  “A walkable, bikeable Delaware is very much part of our efforts to keep Delaware moving forward.” - Governor Jack Markell

 

Representative Hudson Welcoming the Summit

Representative Hudson Welcoming the Summit

Representative Deborah Hudson, the prime sponsor in the Delaware House of Representatives of Walkable Bikeable Delaware in 2011, welcomes folks to the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit on Wednesday.

 

Senator Venables Welcoming the Summit

Senator Venables Welcoming the Summit

Senator Robert Venables, the author of Walkable Bikeable Delaware in 2011, welcomes folks to the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on Wednesday.

 

Bhatt and O’Mara Announcing New Bicycle Friendly State Ranking

Bhatt and O’Mara Announcing New Bicycle Friendly State Ranking

DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt and DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara preparing to announce Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking on Wednesday at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit.

 

News Journal: Delaware seen as a better place for bicycling

News Journal: Delaware seen as a better place for bicycling

by Kelly April Tyrrell and Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal May 2, 2013 DOVER — People sporting spandex and brightly colored jerseys gathered on the lawn of the Biggs Museum on Wednesday for the Walkable, Bikeable Delaware Summit and to mark the state’s being honored as the most bike-friendly east of the Mississippi River [...]

 

The most bicycle-friendly state east of the Mississippi River

The most bicycle-friendly state east of the Mississippi River

DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt and DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara preparing to announce Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking.   Dover – May 1, 2013 – At the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit in Dover this morning,  DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt and DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara announced Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking. In the sixth [...]

 

Delaware is #10 right now. What will we be on Wednesday?

Delaware is #10 right now. What will we be on Wednesday?

  At 9AM on Wednesday at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit, we will announce Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking at the same time that rankings for every state in the country are being announced in Washington DC. Two years ago, Delaware was ranked as the 18th most bicycle friendly state in American. Last year, [...]

 

Today: Capital City Trail Groundbreaking in Dover at 1:30PM

Today: Capital City Trail Groundbreaking in Dover at 1:30PM

TODAY: Join DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt, DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara, as well as other officials and dignitaries, for the 1:30PM groundbreaking for the construction of the Capital City Trail. In the north, the Capital City Trail will connect to the Silver Lake Park Trail and Silver Lake Park. Silver Lake is the source of the [...]

 

Lawmakers in Florida agree to $50 million for a 275-mile coast-to-coast trail

Lawmakers in Florida agree to $50 million for a 275-mile coast-to-coast trail

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…Make big plans, aim high in hope and work.”  - Daniel H. Burnham US architect & city planner (1846 – 1912)  The Cross Bayou Bridge, part of Florida’s Pinellas Trail Although not in Governor Rick Scott’s proposed budget, Florida lawmakers agreed last week to [...]

 

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Why Delaware Needs the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Program at DelDOT

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Why Delaware Needs the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Program at DelDOT

Between May of 1997 and March of 2008 (over 10 years), Delaware’s unemployment rate was between 3 and 4%. But for the last four years, unemployment has stubbornly stayed above 7%. Today, it is 7.3%. And, if you look at the data, that number is not coming down. It looks stuck. If you are older [...]

 

When cyclists need help, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales are there for us

When cyclists need help, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales are there for us

WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE  SUMMIT PROGRAM The Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit will be chock full of awesome elected officials, engineers and public health professionals charting a course for making Delaware the most walkable and bikeable state in America. But it doesn’t matter how [...]

 

Delaware Bicycle Council

Delaware Bicycle Council

LEGISLATORS RIDE ORGANIZED BY DELAWARE BICYCLE COUNCIL May 1 | To Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE FOR LEGISLATORS RIDE The Delaware Bicycle Council is a sponsor of the 2013 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit and is organizing the Legislators Ride that takes places the same day. What is the Delaware Bicycle Council? The Council is a commission of state [...]

 

Our Summit Sponsors Rock

Our Summit Sponsors Rock

WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE  SUMMIT PROGRAM The Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit would be impossible without its sponsors. What’s another way of saying that? They rock. Check out their awesomeness:    

 

News Journal Front Page: “Pedestrians at high risk”

News Journal Front Page: “Pedestrians at high risk”

Working group formed to study trend of rising fatalities in Del. by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal Published April 11, 2013 [P]edestrian deaths statewide rose by 6.4 percent last year to 30 fatalities, compared with 19 in 2011. Five pedestrians have been killed on Delaware roads so far this year – nearly a third of [...]

 

On May 1, help make Delaware the most walkable and bikeable state in America

On May 1, help make Delaware the most walkable and bikeable state in America

WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE  SUMMIT PROGRAM   If you are passionate about cycling and creating a more bike-friendly Delaware…bring that passion to Dover on May 1. If you are passionate about reversing the epidemic of obesity-related chronic disease, especially in kids, through everyday [...]

 

Categorizing Cyclists

Categorizing Cyclists

The only thing cyclists like more than cycling is categorizing ourselves. Credit: Bikeyface  

 

Air Pollution Tied to Birth Defects

Air Pollution Tied to Birth Defects

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR New York Times April 8, 2013 Rick Bowmer/Associated Press   Exposure in the first two months of pregnancy to air pollution from traffic sharply increases the risk for birth defects, a new study has found. Researchers used data from two large studies carried out in eight counties in the San Joaquin Valley [...]

 

DelDOT Secretary Bhatt at Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit

DelDOT Secretary Bhatt at Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit

WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE  SUMMIT PROGRAM DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt will speak at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on May 1 in Dover. Secretary Bhatt spoke at the National Bike Summit in Washington DC in 2012. His agency also proposed over $10 [...]

 

2013 Wilmington Grand Prix

2013 Wilmington Grand Prix

The Wilmington Grand Prix returns to Delaware May 17-19, highlighted by world-class racing, a six-block free family street festival, and one of Delaware’s most scenic bike rides. The Grand Prix, now in its seventh year, was recently named one of the Top 10 criterium races in the country by U.S.A. Cycling. The action begins on [...]

 

Delaware 2013 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card”

WRA


Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit

Delaware Rx

Why Bike Delaware?

#9: Because to be effective we have to be organized

#8: Because bicycling is cheap

#7: Because our kids are trapped in their neighborhoods, and they shouldn’t be

#7

#6: Because life expectancy is falling in many places, and that’s ridiculous

#5: Because cycling projects create many more jobs than road projects

#4: Because a multimodal transportation system is more resilient

#4

#3: Because streets are not roads

#2: Because to exploit the benefits of bicycling, Delaware needs a low-stress, family-friendly and seamless bikeway network

Reason #2

#1: Because we can make Delaware the most bicycle-friendly state in America

Reason #1

Events Calendar

Bike Delaware Archive: By Category

Bike Delaware Archive: By Month

Walkable Bikeable Delaware Wins National Recognition

Partner Organizations

Alliance for Biking and Walking League of American Bicyclists

Advocacy Advance

Sussex Outdoors

Delaware Greenways

White Clay Bicycle Club

Bike Wilmington

BCGP

Bike Delaware Business Meetings

The Board of Directors meets regularly, and meetings are open to the public. If you would like to attend a meeting of Bike Delaware's Board, email us at meetings@bikede.org for time and location. Minutes from past business meetings are available.