Back in 2010, Bike Delaware wondered what candidates running that year for the 146th Delaware General Assembly thought about walking and bicycling, and about how to make walking and bicycling better in Delaware. So we asked them. And their answers were really interesting. This year, some folks are retiring from government and new folks are…
Read more
Published in the News Journal September 26, 2012 Delawareans – especially, young Delawareans – need to get outdoors more often. First, it’s refreshing. There’s nothing like a little green, or, soon, red and yellow, to wake up your senses and clear the brain. Second, it’s healthy. We spend too much time surrounded by walls. We…
Read more
US 13 Northbound into Dover T. Coleman Dupont’s Original Concept of the Dupont Parkway (now US 13) There are no places in Delaware more hostile to bicycling than certain segments of the Dupont highway (e.g. Hare’s Corner in New Castle). But 100 years ago, when T. Coleman Dupont proposed building a new…
Read more
By Barb Boyce – Bike Delaware participated in the grand opening of the Pomeroy Newark Rail Trail on Monday, September 10th at 11 am. There were dozens of bicyclists in attendance for the event, along with walkers, dignitaries and even a couple dozen preschoolers. The Pomeroy Newark Rail Trail is a 365 day a year…
Read more
by Matt Wempe, League State and Local Advocacy Coordinator Published in LAB blog September 6, 2012 It’s a really exciting time to be in bike advocacy. With the states working on implementing MAP-21 and kids returning to walking and biking to school we’ve been hearing about successes large and small. Read about LAB’s advocacy roundup,…
Read more
“So much of the suburban area where we live is just plain impossible to negotiate unless you are in a car…Our kids are trapped in our neighborhood in terms of bike riding.“ – from email to Bike Delaware from “CS” Here at Bike Delaware World Headquarters we hear observations like “CS”‘s – in one form or another…
Read more
After years of incredible hard work by the City of Newark, Delaware’s newest rail trail – the Pomeroy Trail – will finally open officially on Monday morning. Senator Carper, who obtained the federal funding for the Trail, and Governor Markell, whose First State Trails and Pathways Initiative is a plan to build many more such…
Read more
Cycling in the Netherlands was on its way out. But in the 1970s cycling’s long decline first slowed, and then reversed. Today, in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities, more people get to work by bicycle than by any other mode. Does this have anything to do with the U.S., or Delaware? Maybe not. But it’s…
Read more
The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) has published “An Advocate’s Guide to Elections: Making Campaigns Work for Bicycling & Walking.” It is available to download, free, from the LAB’s web site. According to Darren Flusche, LAB’s Policy Director, “elections matter. During the election cycle, campaigns give bicycling and walking advocacy organizations the opportunity to educate…
Read more
Have you been getting all kinds of letters from national groups about the threat to the Recreational Trails Program? Coalition for Recreational Trails – Save RTP! IMBA – Save RTP! Rail-to-Trails Conservancy The reason these email alerts have been going out is that under MAP-21, the new federal surface transportation authorization law passed by Congress…
Read more
