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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...

 
 

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Sobering statistic from our friends in Connecticut.
The automobile, a tool invented to safely transport people with all its crumple zones, airbags, seat belts, safety glass, computers and various safety systems, kills more people every year in the United States than the gun; a tool invented to kill.

Over the last few decades – roughly speaking – every year fire arm deaths are in the 30,000′s and motor vehicle deaths in the 40,000′s.

Year           Firearms               Motor Vehicles
1999………..28,874………………….41,717
2000………..28,663………………….41,945
2004………..29,569………………….42,836
2007………..31,224………………….41,059

Facts were drawn from Wikipedia and the CDC. Read the full blog post HERE.

 

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

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

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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...

 
 
 

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