Author Archive: Bike_DE

Yesterday marked the debut of DART’s Route 25 bus service to Delaware City. You can now board a bus at Rodney Square in Wilmington to explore the Delaware City waterfront and access the ferry to Fort Delaware State Park. You can ride the boat to visit the moated Civil War prison on Pea Patch Island [...]

Even though it has “urban” in its title, and Delaware is a very automobile oriented suburban and rural state, with some creativity Delaware can still take some great ideas from the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Urban Bikeway Design Guide. Buffered Bike Lanes The NACTO Guide states that appropriate application for buffered bike [...]

Urban Bike Project needs your help! The season is getting into full swing, and the shop is in need of volunteer bicycle mechanics. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Laura Saperstein, at laura@urbanbikeproject.org. Our next volunteer orientation will be held this coming Monday, May 2, at 7 pm. If you [...]

The new Congress is now in session and now is the time to pledge your support for bicycling. The Federal Transportation Legislation is being voted on in Late February and with recommendations for drastic cuts in funding. People for Bikes is asking everyone to send a short email today to your U.S. Representative that affirms [...]

14th Annual Bike Maryland Bicycle Symposium Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 8:30am to 4:00pmLocation: 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD 21401East Miller Office Building in the President’s Conference Center Register Here: http://bikemd.org/page.php?id=375 The Symposium brings together advocates, industry leaders, on and off-road recreational cyclists and commuters, and public and non-profit sector leaders from the Tri-State [...]

Delaware State Police and local media reports in Sussex County indicate that a bicyclist was killed on Wilson Farm Road ½ mile north of Route 18 Bridgeville on Monday November 8, 2010. 54 Year Old Gerald Crossman of Seaford was struck from behind at 5:47 p.m while traveling southbound on the right side of Wilson [...]

8-1 Bicyclist dies on US 9 near Laurel – The News Journal and Delmarva Now report that 52-year-old Jose Aurturo Moscoso of Laurel was killed after being struck by an SUV on Sunday night. According to investigators, Moscoso, a native of Guatemala who had only been in the United States for about a year, was [...]

Gov. Markell will be signing SB 269 into law on Thursday August 12th at 12:00 PM at Paper Mill Park, Polly Drummond and Paper Mill Roads in Pike Creek. SB 269 amends the careless or inattentive driving law by enhancing the penalty for a careless or inattentive driver who contributes to the serious physical injury [...]

From WMDT Channel 47: Car Crashes Into Bicyclist – Latest News by – WMDT Staff BETHANY BEACH, Del. – Delaware State Police are investigating a crash involving a car and bicyclist. Police say the crash occurred around 6:42 a.m. at the intersection of Coastal Highway and Westway Drive (Sea Colony) in Bethany Beach, Delaware. State [...]

From the Wilmington News Journal: Bicyclist in ‘very serious condition’ after Bear crash A 28-year-old New Castle man is in “very serious condition” following a bicycle accident on U.S. 40 in Bear this afternoon, state police say. The accident happened about 2 p.m. near the entrance to the Governors Square shopping center when Shaun Bowyer [...]

It’s been another successful year for what is probably the country’s most effective bike safety campaign, serious crashes on Route 1 have decreased significantly since 2006. Safety checkpoints are a project of Sussex Cyclists, the State Police and DelDOT. Volunteers provide safety tips and lights for those that wish them (Police ticket cyclists without them [...]

The News Journal finally got around to report the opening of bike lanes on the St. Georges Bridge and as expected a flurry of negative comments followed in the online version. Of the ten comments listed not one was supportive (but several were matter-of-fact or neutral).“Just wait for a accident on the Rt 1 bridge [...]

On Saturday, June 5, the National Park Service officially designated the James F. Hall Trail in Newark as a National Recreation Trail, one of only 31 selected nationally for 2010. The James F. Hall Trail is a popular 1.7-mile cross-town pedestrian and bicycle trail in downtown Newark, Delaware. The 8’ wide hard surface pathway is [...]

At yesterday’s Delaware Bike Summit the City of Wilmington highlighted its progress towards making Market St a bicycle friendly street from the Christina to the Brandywine Rivers. The city has put up “Bike Route” signs and will soon install post/ring bike racks along the sidewalk (in sight of the city’s security camera network) and mark [...]

On April 28th, 2005, 22 year old Katarzyna Reteruk was killed by a distracted driver in the right turn lane of the intersection of Routes 1 and 24 by an 18 YO driver. The Polish exchange student was riding at night with lights and just left her place of employment. The Driver was charged with [...]

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) recently completed a Virtual Public Workshop intended to receive public comment on a proposal to declassify State Route 82, removing the state route designation from the roadways that are part of the corridor. As a result of the response generated by the online presentation, DelDOT has announced that no [...]

The Sussex County Ride of Silence will also be held on May 19. The ride will start as usual in the parking lot of the strip mall behind the WaWa on the southbound side of Rt. 1 at Dartmouth Road in the Lewes area (Note: This is not in the town of Lewes but on [...]

NJ Transit announced today that it will discontinue Salem County Transit (SCOT) route 423 effective May 1. The bike rack equipped buses offered 4 weekday round trips over the Delaware Memorial Bridge between Rodney Square and Pennsville/Penns Grove. Though the service was rarely used by bicyclists, its bike rack equipped buses served as the only [...]

On many days in Delaware, you can see groups of serious long-distance bicyclists in their brightly-color spandex biking clothing power their way up and down the scenic hills of northern Delaware. Sadly however, you rarely see families with kids, senior citizens, or just “regular” people out on Delaware roads biking for fun, exercise, or to [...]

Wednesday, May 19, 2010. At 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road [...]

Bike Delaware continues to expand, now with social media outlets Facebook and Twitter. Our pages here will be automatically updated via direct feed to Bike Delaware News. For those who use these services, this will add more tools for staying abreast of the latest news and events. A subscription to our listserver is still required [...]

Mark your Calendar for the next Bike Delaware Meeting on Tuesday April 6 at 6PM at WILMAPCO Offices 850 Library Ave, Suite 100, Newark, DE. An agenda will be posted before the meeting. The 2010 Delaware Bike Summit on May 21st in Wilmington is sure to be near the top of the Agenda.

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is holding a Virtual Public Workshop to present the proposed removal of the State Route designation for what is currently State Route 82. SR 82 continues from SR 52, Kennett Pike, to the Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line. This route is part of the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway; [...]

SEPTA has posted their new bicycle regulations on their website and it contains a nice surprise-the two bikes per train rule has been changed to two bikes per car. Doubling the number of bikes that can be carried on most off-peak trains and offering the potential of carrying as many as 14 bikes on SEPTA’s [...]

In the last 15 years, more than 90,000 Americans have been killed while biking or walking along a street in their community. More than 50,000 Americans – including almost 5,000 children under 16 – have been killed this decade alone. This is the equivalent of a jumbo jet going down roughly every month, yet it [...]

From the Wilmington News Journalhttp://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091110/NEWS/911100347 13-year-old bicyclist killed in crash is ID’d By IRA PORTERThe News Journal A 13-year-old bicyclist was killed Monday when he was struck by a minivan while crossing Del. 273 in Christiana, state police said. The victim was identified this afternoon as John B. Sullivan. The boy was riding across the [...]

William Penn High School, 713 East Basin Road, New CastleTuesday, November 3, 2009, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM DELDOT is holding a Public Workshop to obtain opinions and insight from surrounding businesses and the general public for the proposed sidewalk and roadway improvements along Washington Street, West Seventh Street, and South Street. The workshop will [...]

Please send a note thanking Senators Kaufman and Carper for saving Transportation Enhancements by following the form below. <br> http://capwiz.com/lab/issues/alert/?alertid=14041566

Cecil County MD’s “The Bus” transit buses are being equipped with Bike Racks. The Bus connects with Dart First State Buses in Elkton (Route 65) and at the Peoples Plaza in Glasgow (Routes 40 and 55). Currently 7 of the fixed route buses already have bike racks installed while 3 more buses will be receiving [...]

From the News Journal – A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man was jailed on drunken driving and vehicular assault charges following a hit-and-run crash in Hockessin on Wednesday that left a bicyclist seriously injured, police said today. State police charged Travis Sherwin, of Zion Hill Road in Atglen, with felony vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an [...]