Category: Bicycle Friendly Places

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Bike Lessons for Delaware Straight from Copenhagen and Amsterdam

By Kirsten Jones Check out the slide show below for some lesson for Delaware straight from Copenhagen and Amsterdam:   RELATED: • UD Grad Student’s Video Highlights Need for Cycle Track in Newark • 725 Students. 850 Bike Parking Spots. • Cycling for Everyone • How the Dutch Handle the Right Turn Only Lane Problem • “Build it and they…
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August 14, 2015 3

Who Is a “Cyclist”?

By James Wilson Executive Director | Bike Delaware Did you know that most people in Delaware are cyclists? Are you a cyclist? If you cycle on weekends, then you’re a cyclist. If you rode a bike on vacation last summer, you’re a cyclist. If you rode a bike when you were a kid, then you were…
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May 24, 2015 0

Top 8 Reasons Delaware Is the #3 Most Bicycle Friendly State in America

Check out the slide show below for the 8 most important reasons that Delaware is ranked as the most bicycle friendly state east of the Mississippi River: Link to Slide Show: http://www.bikede.org/2015/05/13/top-8-reasons/ RELATED: • 2015 Bicycle Friendly State Ranking • Delaware’s 2015 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card” • The Fourth Most Bicycle Friendly State in America (Ranking from…
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May 13, 2015 1

“Every Skill. Every Age. Everyone.” The 2015 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit

The 2015 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit will be held this year on May 7 in Dover. ***REGISTRATION IS CLOSED*** To add your name to the waiting list, please email wbd [at] bikede.org with your name, city and zip code. The 2015 summit will be hosted by the American Heart Association, the Delaware Department of Transportation, the…
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March 20, 2015 12

Cohan To Replace Bhatt at DelDOT

Gov. Jack Markell announced last week that he will nominate Jennifer Cohan, the Director of the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, to replace Shailen Bhatt as the secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). Bhatt is resigning to become the executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation. During his tenure as secretary, Bhatt…
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January 12, 2015 1

Newark City Council Discusses a Protected Bike Lane for Delaware Avenue

The Newark City Council will discuss a protected bike lane for Delaware Avenue as part of its agenda this evening. Support of a protected lane for Delaware Avenue by the council is critically important. In its recent Bicycle Friendly Community “report card” for Newark, one of the key recommendations from the League of Bicyclists was for Newark…
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August 25, 2014 1

Delaware’s Report Card

Have you seen Delaware’s 2014 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card” from the League of American Bicyclists?  RELATED • Delaware’s 2014 Bicycle Friendly State Report Card (PDF) • League of American Bicyclists: “What Does My State Ranking Mean?”


August 18, 2014 0
Traveling northbound on the protected cycle-track

Philadelphia’s Brand Spankin’ New Protected Bike Lane

After recently building up a new bike, I took a trip into Philadelphia with the intent of observing and experiencing life as a cyclist in the city. I’d heard good things from friends who live in Philadelphia that commute and get around solely by bicycle. Plus, Philadelphia is ranked as a “Silver” level Bicycle Friendly Community…
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July 31, 2014 4

So Close: Just Missing Silver, Newark Wins Bronze Recognition from the League of American Bicyclists

***UPDATE: MONDAY, AUGUST 25: “Newark City Council Agenda for August 25” *** (see “6B”) ***UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20: “Cycle track continues to gain city’s support” (Newark Post)***   Just missing recognition as a Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Community, Newark has again been recognized as a Bronze-Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists: • Newark…
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May 21, 2014 0

Markell and Denn: “We are going to help make Delaware the most bicycle friendly state in America.”

May is “Bike Month” in Delaware and across the Unites States. Read the proclamation of Bike Month by Governor Markell and Lt. Governor Denn made at last week’s 2014 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit:


May 7, 2014 0