Bike Delaware is joining with DelDOT to co-sponsor site licenses in Delaware for an important national webinar: Wayfinding Options for Cyclists Wednesday, December 19 | 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. | Dover and Newark *** Register Here *** Bicycle wayfinding signs are different than other signs placed in the right of way because they are part of…
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By DAVID DERBYSHIRE 15 June 2007 Daily Mail When George Thomas was eight he walked everywhere. It was 1926 and his parents were unable to afford the fare for a tram, let alone the cost of a bike and he regularly walked six miles to his favourite fishing haunt without adult supervision. Fast forward to…
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Complete Streets is a phrase to conjure with. The idea that streets are places that should serve many users (and not just car and truck traffic level-of-service) is popular. And, indeed, Delaware has an official policy that is called “Complete Streets”, whose name invokes this idea. Despite the name, however, Delaware’s actual policy is more…
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We can make Delaware the most bicycle-friendly state in America. C’mon, really? Yes, really. Earlier this year, Delaware leapt 8 places in the League of American Bicyclists’ ranking of bicycle-friendly states, from 18th place to 10th place. So it’s not as if we have to move from the bottom of the list of states. We’re…
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Today and tomorrow (December 9), you can join (or renew your membership in) Bike Delaware for only $25. The benefits of cycling are myriad and profound: a stronger economy a healthier population more independent and self-confident kids a more resilient transportation system But for Delaware to gain these benefits, a lot of Delawareans have to choose…
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For the next 3 days (until December 9), you can join (or renew your membership in) Bike Delaware for only $25. Streets are not roads. A good road is about traffic throughput. A good street is a much more complex, and interesting, entity. It can be about commerce. It can be about neighborhood. It can…
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