Author: James

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Registration CLOSED for Walkable, Bikeable Delaware

  Registration for Walkable, Bikeable Delaware on April 26 has closed.  You may place your name on a waiting list in case a cancelation for the event occurs. Even if you can’t attend Walkable, Bikeable Delaware on April 26, there is an election coming up in the fall and our elected representatives want – and…
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April 14, 2012 0

Remembering Michael Gropp

We remember Michael Gropp, who was killed on April 6, 2010 – 2 years ago today – at the intersection of Rt. 273 and Brownleaf Road east of Newark. Michael and his girlfriend lived on opposite sides of Rt. 273, which is 82 foot wide and has 4 travel lanes near Michael’s neighborhood. Michael was…
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April 6, 2012 0

Walkable Bikeable Delaware Wins National Recognition

At a packed reception at the National Bike Summit, the Alliance for Biking & Walking announced its 2012 Advocacy Award winners.  Walkable Bikeable Delaware was honored with the Winning Campaign of the Year award. The success of Walkable Bikeable Delaware shows what can be accomplished when bicyclists are united and focused.  Even more importantly, it…
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March 30, 2012 0

Bhatt: “We can’t just keep building…roads”

To Change Your Community’s Streets, the Action Is in the Statehouse by Tanya Snyder, Streetsblog At a National Bike Summit panel [March 20] on state-level bike advocacy campaigns, Dan Grunig of Bicycle Colorado spoke about the importance of reforming the agencies that spend the lion’s share of America’s transportation funding. “If you were starting from…
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March 30, 2012 0

How Boulder Signs Its (Seamless) Bikeway Network

Boulder, Colorado is one of just three “platinum” bicycle friendly communities in the United States (along with Davis and Portland). And it also has the 2nd or 3rd highest bicycle mode share in the country. How did Boulder do it?  In a word, it’s all about the network.  Or, as Boulder bicycle coordinator Marni Ratzel…
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March 30, 2012 0

Newark City Council restricts density for downtown buildings

by MELISSA NANN BURKE The News Journal, March 27, 2012   Newark City Council voted unanimously Monday night to significantly restrict the density of future housing developments built in the city’s downtown district. To the disappointment of developers, the new zoning regulations will reduce the density of housing in the downtown area to 20 units an…
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March 27, 2012 1

National Bike Summit March 20-22

National Bike Summit – Save Cycling March 20-22, 2012 Grand Hyatt|Metro Center|D.C. Look for Bike Delaware if you’re in DC for the Summit today, tomorrow and/or Thursday.


March 20, 2012 0

Michael Gropp Memory Walk is April 15

Two years ago, Michael Gropp was killed at the intersection of Rt. 273 and Brownleaf Road east of Newark.  Michael and his girlfriend lived on opposite sides of Rt. 273, an 82 foot wide, 4 lane arterial road near Michael’s home. Michael was walking her home at 10PM on April 6, 2010 when he was struck…
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March 16, 2012 0