Month: February 2013

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Bike Wilmington – 4th annual charity team

  Join Bike Wilmington’s 4th annual charity team to raise funds for New Castle County’s Habitat for Humanity. This year’s Habitat in Motion event is set for Saturday, June 22nd (9 a.m. – noon). There are two ways to register: Come to our team building event – Wednesday, February 20th at Iron Hill brewery on…
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February 19, 2013 0

Have you ever wondered how your rim is made?

This doesn’t have much to-do with cycling transportation, but its fun to learn about how your bike is made. Its never been something I wondered about. Yet after watching this video I want to know more.


February 18, 2013 0

If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.

Great article about the Wilmington – New Castle Greenway (aka the Industrial Track Trail) in Friday’s News Journal by reporter Melissa Nann Burke. If you haven’t read it yet, check it out! If I have a caveat about the article, it would be that it might convey the impression that the Wilmington – New Castle…
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February 18, 2013 1

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 them on an off-road trail visible during rush-hour backups. “We’re talking a completely segregated bike path that would allow me to go from New Castle to Wilmington without having…
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February 15, 2013 13

2013 National Bike Summit: “Bicycling Means Business”

March 4-6, 2013 | Washington, D.C. In pure economic terms, bicycling pours billions of dollars into the U.S. economy, creating jobs and boosting community development from coast to coast. In political terms, bicyclists mean business, too. The united voice of the bike industry, event directors, local riding clubs and advocacy groups is a powerful constituency.…
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February 13, 2013 0

27th Annual Amish Country Bike Tour is September 7

by Cindy Small Kent County and Greater Dover Convention and Visitors Bureau DOVER, DE – Registration is now open for the 27th annual Amish Country Bike Tour, set for Saturday, September 7, starting at 8 a.m. on Legislative Mall in Dover, Delaware.  Join more than 2,200 cyclists from all over the world joined together in…
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February 12, 2013 2

Bike and Pedestrian Improvements program authorization cut to zero in proposed DelDOT capital bill

In the proposed FY14 Delaware capital authorization bill recently released (Senate Bill #15), the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements program authorization has been cut to zero. This program was funded at $10.25 million in the FY13 capital authorization passed last year (House Bill #410).  (That earlier authorization is not changed by SB15; the Department of Transportation can still spend those…
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February 11, 2013 0

Authorize. Program. Spend. (A Very Short Guide to Transportation Funding for Cycling Projects)

“All professions are conspiracies against the laity.” – George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw had a way of tartly describing the world around us in ways that encouraged people to look critically at things we usually take for granted.  Shaw probably did not really believe that doctors and lawyers and engineers actually get together in…
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February 8, 2013 0

If you drive your child to school, you decrease their ability to learn the rest of the school day

By Sanne Fettinger January 25, 2013 The Davis Enterprise If you drive your child to school, you decrease your child’s ability to learn the rest of the school day. On the flip side, when children walk or bike to school, instead of being driven in a car, they concentrate much better and the effects last…
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February 7, 2013 1