Author Archive: Frank Warnock

Featured in UK’s Cycling Weekly – By Chris Sidwells — This is a British magazine, and although this is a list of things that changed cycling as a whole, we kick off with something that changed cycling in this country, and probably changed it forever. Cycling was already on the way up in the UK. [...]

Cross-posted from Seattle Bike Blog – Chicago is currently installing some of the last miles of new bike lanes the city has planned for 2012: A two-way cycle track on N Dearborn Street through the incredibly dense and busy downtown Loop. The downtown project is part of a protected bike lane push by Mayor Rahm [...]

DC.Streetsblog – By Angie Schmitt One more reason to reduce driving: Exposure to high levels of traffic pollutants may increase the risk that children will develop autism, according to a study published recently in the Archives of General Psychology. Researchers from the University of California Keck School of Medicine examined traffic-related air pollution levels in [...]

The Singing Santa Bike Ride Saturday, December 8th Meet at the Newark Bike Project, 7 Elkton Road, Newark, at 3:00 pm, Carol at 3:45 pm (map) The Singing Santa Ride is hosting a benefit for the Newark Bike Project on December 8th, 2012! Families and friends should all come out to enjoy an afternoon of [...]

Bike Delaware asks – Why is that? NY Times, by Richard Chang — The (Car & Driver) magazine found that reaction time was much worse for both drivers when they were texting while driving than when they were under the influence of alcohol.  [Full article ....] New video highlights the dangers of texting while driving: [...]

Upcoming Events – s (PAST) Complete Communities Delaware 2012 Summit - November 13, 8:30AM-4 p.m.  Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. This event will bring together local, regional, and national private- and public-sector leaders, as well as community stakeholders, to discuss opportunities and issues related to complete communities in Delaware. (PAST) Capital City Trail Public Workshop - November 14, 4-7 [...]

Years of bike improvements pay off in spades as the city tries to rebuild its transit system – Cross posted from Mobilizing the Region – by Sam Handler — A week after Hurricane Sandy, a conversation about “hurricane-proofing” New York City has already begun. Storm barriers, subway tunnel plugs, new wetlands, and oysters are all on the table. While [...]

Official 2012 DC Tweed Ride Revisited, by Felix Cartagena ~ I survived the 2012 DC Tweed Ride. The first few miles were stop and go in heavy traffic. Once we got into the neighborhoods it got easier bit still a lot of hills. We cruised through Gallaudet University, much to the amusement of the students. [...]

Sometimes bikers have to improvise where to leave their bikes, but many common bike racks may be worse than nothing. How many bikes really fit on that rack? From GreenSpec — Biking cross-country from San Francisco to Boston with a friend in 2010, I saw few showers, and had even fewer shaves. As we paused [...]

The University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Transportation and the Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination, will host Complete Communities Delaware Summit 2012.  The event will take place on November 13, 2012, at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Cost to register for the Summit is $25.  For [...]

PUBLIC WORKSHOP Note: Bicycle safety improvements are not mentioned. Please make our presence known by attending this workshop and asking that all modes be included in the planning. State Route 71, Old Porter Road to State Route 7 Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School 4050 Wrangle Hill Road, Bear (map) Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 4:00 PM [...]

Featured in the Wilmington News Journal – A man rides his bike in the rains from Hurricane Sandy on A Street at North Walnut Monday morning. Lewes residents ride their bikes to get a first-hand look at Hurricane Sandy as they roll through the flooded street on Savannah Road. If this doesn’t prove the importance [...]

Cross-posted from WalkBikeJersey Blog – It’s been a busy and truly monumental past couple of days here in New Jersey on the bicycle advocacy front.  Finally after years of work New Jersey now has three Bicycle Friendly Communities, well engineered and well executed on-street bicycle lanes and sharrows have been installed in New Brunswick (more [...]

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater of Philadelphia (BCGP) has been Bike Delaware’s big brother in our region ever since Bike Delaware’s founding.  John Boyle, BCGP’s Research Director, provided personal leadership to Bike Delaware during our early years.  Bike Delaware could not be more excited for this overdue recognition of Philadelphia and, especially, BCGP.  Have you been [...]

Hoard·ing1 Hoarding is the excessive collection of items, along with the inability to discard them. Hoarding often creates such cramped living conditions that homes may be filled to capacity, with only narrow pathways winding through stacks of clutter. Some people also collect animals, keeping dozens or hundreds of pets often in unsanitary conditions. Hoarding, also [...]

By Angela Cunneely, Bike Delaware Membership Director – It was an afternoon of fun and education at the Austin D. Baltz Elementary School in Elsmere, as parents visited the school for Parent/Teacher conferences on October 11. Bike Delaware was there and we got to meet some of the parents, children, teachers and administrators of the [...]

By Tom Maddux, HAD Chair – This year, for the 19th year in a row, you can participate in the Hike Across Delaware. The time and date are: 8:30AM on Saturday November 3rd. Participants check in at 8:30 AM at Battery Park in Delaware City on Clinton Street, the main street in town.  At 9AM, [...]

What better way to spread the word about the Newark Bike Project than to participate in Newark’s Halloween Parade? Join hoards of bicyclists from near and far, as we claim our rightful position among the City’s ghoulish faithful. All riding abilities are welcome, as the pace will be about walking speed. If anything, you’ll need [...]

Featured in LAB’s blog – Thanks to an Advocacy Advance Rapid Response Grant, advocates at Bike Delaware are going to find out. As you may have read in our Election Guide released last month, Bike Delaware conducted a survey of state legislative candidates in 2010 that launched its successful Walkable, Bikeable Delaware campaign. With election [...]

As you may remember, Bob Wheeler bequeathed all his bikes and bike accessories to the White Clay Bicycle Club.  Some things will be donated, but many will be sold in a garage sale format. For those of you that don’t know, Bob Wheeler was a long time WCBC member who was struck by a car [...]

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  Join Bike Delaware on Saturday, October 13 from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM at Lums Pond State Park in Bear as we table the Highmark Delaware 5K and Family Fun Day. There will be group activities for visitors of all ages, including Zumba sessions, a Punt, Pass and Kick competition, a Kiddie K and a 5K run/walk for adults. [...]

Featured in the New York Times – By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL — ONE spectacular Sunday in Paris last month, I decided to skip museums and shopping to partake of something even more captivating for an environment reporter: Vélib, arguably the most successful bike-sharing program in the world. In their short lives, Europe’s bike-sharing systems have delivered [...]

From the League of American Bicyclists – After years of advocacy and months of preparation, the new federal transportation bill, MAP-21, goes into effect next week. As we’ve been explaining in our Navigating MAP-21 campaign, states have a lot of flexibility in how they spend their transportation dollars. Over the past few months we’ve been [...]

Generic bicycle signs are coming to Kennett Pike in Greenville. The standard yellow sign with a bicycle symbol – without “share the road” – are scheduled for installation. It cannot come soon enough, given repeated instances of driver harassment directed at bicyclists who are legally riding in the right lane. Advocates pushed hard for sharrows, [...]

By Michael Jackson, Director of Bicycle Access, MDOT – This is to ask assistance from Bike Delaware, and Bike Maryland, and from our Eastern Shore representative from MBPAC, as well as Cecil County residents to review and offer comments to the draft Cecil County Bicycle Master Plan. Due to the proximity of Cecil County to [...]

In the final days of one of the most painful seasons of his career, Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine on Tuesday lay entangled with his bicycle at the bottom of a ditch next to the Central Park Reservoir. On the wet, slippery path, Valentine was reading a text on his phone from Dustin Pedroia, the [...]

October 10th is the deadline! DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt, himself a cyclist, is requesting information about unsafe conditions for cyclists on the roads we travel frequently. In particular the Secretary would like information on: Intersections (any speed limit) that you think would greatly benefit from bike facilities (lanes, signs, symbols) and that do not currently [...]

Sussex Outdoors hopes to combat obesity Delaware On-Line — A public health campaign must persuade children and their parents to use Delaware’s expanding network of biking and walking trails in an effort to reduce childhood obesity, the secretary in charge of the state’s natural resources said Tuesday. “We can be the first state in trails. [...]

AIGLE, February 17, 2012 (AFP) — French cycling enthusiast Robert Marchand set a new one-hour speed record on Friday—at the age of 100. The centenarian rode 24.25 km (15.1 miles) in 60 minutes watched by crowds of cheering supporters at the International Cycling Union (UCI) velodrome in Aigle, Switzerland. Marchand kept a steady pace and [...]