Delaware 2013 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card”
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We can make Delaware the most bicycle-friendly state in America.
C’mon, really?
Yes, really.
Earlier this year, Delaware leapt 8 places in the League of American Bicyclists’ ranking of bicycle-friendly states, from 18th place to 10th place. So it’s not as if we have to move from the bottom of the list of states. We’re already in 10th place.
To move from 10th place to 1st place will be harder than moving from 18th place to 10th place, but not impossible. Indeed, we are already headed that way. How do you get there from here? Do we need to import 10s of thousands of hard-core “avid” bicyclists from other states? Does the price of gasoline need to skyrocket to $20/gallon? Do Delawareans need to experience a come-to-bicycling epiphany?
Nah. We just need to make bicycling so safe, so convenient and so much fun that everyone will want to bicycle.
But we need your help. Today (Sunday, December 9) you can join (or renew your membership in) Bike Delaware for only $25. By joining with other cyclists, you are funding an organized, unified and powerful voice for bicycling in Delaware. We have shown how powerful – how irresistible, in fact – we are when we are unified, organized and focused. If you want more of that – and want Delaware to be the most bicycle-friendly state in America – please help by renewing your membership in Bike Delaware, or by becoming a member of Bike Delaware for the first time, today.
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• Sunday, December 9: Join Bike Delaware for $25
• Reason #9: Because to be effective we have to be organized
• Reason #8: Because bicycling is cheap
• Reason #7: Because our kids are trapped in their neighborhoods, and they shouldn’t be
• Reason #6: Because life expectancy is falling in many places in America, and that’s ridiculous
• Reason #5: Because cycling projects create many more jobs than road projects
• Reason #4: Because a multimodal transportation system is more resilient
• Reason #3: Because streets are not roads
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