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Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Membership Winterfest – 2 Events!

Winterfest You are invited to Bike Delaware’s 2nd Annual membership winterfest***. This year, we’re offering two events, to cover both the Wilmington (on 2/17) and Newark (on 3/1) areas. Next year, we hope to expand by having additional events in Kent and Sussex Counties – stay tuned! Enjoy good food (tapas in Wilmington, Vietnamese in…
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February 5, 2012 0

Newark Bike Project

By Niki Suto ~ As you can see, our organization has found a name – the Newark Bike Project! Please visit our website at NewarkBikeProject.org and save as your home page.  At this website you can examine the final score of our naming survey and find out more about what members of our team have…
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December 7, 2011 0

Do Conversations Like This Still Happen in 2011?

Have we gotten beyond this type of thinking?  Or are we still stuck with it – even now after we understand the consequences – in 2011? RELATED: • Can a Stroad Ever Be a “Complete Street”? • We Have Too Many Stroads • The Important Difference Between a Road and A Street • Wider. Straighter. Smoother.…
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November 22, 2011 0

What Should Bike Delaware Do in 2012?

November 8: Bicycle Advocacy for the Busy Majority If you could get one important thing done for bicycling next year, what would it be? This is not an idle question.  We learned this year that it is an extraordinarily urgent one as moving government in a new direction requires energy, patience, intelligence…and, most importantly, focus.  The list…
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November 4, 2011 0

November 8: Bicycle Advocacy for the Busy Majority

Vote on Bike Delaware’s 2012 Advocacy Goals To paraphrase a great contemporary political philosopher, you may have a life and a family and a job (or may be be looking for a job) and be too busy for bicycle advocacy.  That’s fine.  But, even if you are part of the great Busy Majority, you should…
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November 3, 2011 2

2011 Delaware Bike Summit Final Notes, Survey

By Randi Novakoff, WILMAPCO — Each of the previous Bike Summits held have concretely helped to move Delaware forward toward becoming a more bicycle friendly state, and this year’s Summit proved to be no exception. This year we had many excellent speakers who informed attendees about a variety of topics including how bicycling may fair…
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October 31, 2011 0

Secretary Shailen Bhatt at the Delaware Bike Summit

 DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt at the Delaware Bike Summit: “Our goal is to create a world-class destination for people who want to bike.“


October 20, 2011 0

2011 Delaware Bike Summit recap and photos

The 3rd annual, 2011 Delaware Bike Summit on October 14 was an enormous success. 16 distinguished speakers addressed a standing room-only crowd at the University of Delaware’s Virden Center in Lewes. Among the attendees were scores of advocates and government officials working in unison to achieve the League of American Bicyclist’s highest possible BFS (Bicycle…
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October 15, 2011 0

Our Indispensable Sponsors

Unlike the National Bike Summit and many other state Bike Summits, there is no cost to attend the Delaware Bike Summit in Lewes on Friday.  That is solely due to the generous and gracious support of our Summit sponsors.  We are grateful for their support of the Summit and of bicycling in Delaware.       TITANIUM…
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October 12, 2011 0

2011 Delaware Bike Summit

The Delaware Bike Summit is almost here! This year’s Summit is so popular that registration was closed early and we now have a waiting list.  If you registered early but now cannot attend, please email the Summit organizing committee and let them know so that your space can be given to someone else! For those…
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October 10, 2011 0