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Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Over 1,800 cyclists expected to raise nearly $1 million dollars in massive “Bike to the Bay” ride

Dover, DE – Bike MS: Bike to the Bay presented by NRG Indian River Generating Station is set for September 21 and 22, 2013. Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, Bike to the Bay is the largest and longest running bike ride in Delaware. The goal is to raise MS awareness and $1 million to support national…
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August 6, 2013 0

Superb Urban Bike Paths Catalyze Cycling In Every Great American Cycling City

Minneapolis (named the most bicycle-friendly city in U.S. by Bicycle Times magazine). Boulder (one of just four “platinum” ranked bicycle-friendly cities in U.S) Seattle (a “gold” bicycle-friendly city in the most bicycle-friendly state in the U.S.) Portland (another “platinum” U.S. city) What do all of these bicycle-friendly places have in common? Great urban bike paths…
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August 5, 2013 2

Indianapolis’ $63 Million Bike Lane is a Masterpiece

by Steven Litt Published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer In ambition, aesthetics and follow-through, Indianapolis’s new $63 million Cultural Trail deserves to be mentioned alongside New York’s acclaimed High Line park, Chicago’s Millennium Park and other new paragons of urban place-making. If there were an award for an American city with the most improved public realm, Indianapolis would…
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August 2, 2013 0

Human Sacrifice. Mass Hysteria. Do It Yourself Traffic Control.

“No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view…
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July 31, 2013 9

DelDOT Public Workshop on August 7: Route 1 Lewes-Rehoboth Pedestrian Improvements

Public Workshop Pedestrian Improvements Route 1 Rehoboth Canal to North of US Route 9 Route 1A Columbia Ave/Grove St. to 5th Street Cape Henlopen High School Cafeteria 1250 Kings Highway Lewes Wednesday August 7, 2013 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM   The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is holding a Public Workshop to solicit public…
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July 26, 2013 2

Really, Senator Paul?

Last year, under the leadership of key committee chairs Senator Barbara Boxer of California and Representative John Mica of Florida, Congress passed a new transportation bill, MAP-21 (an Orwellan acronym for “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century”), that dismantled dedicated federal funding for biking and walking by combining Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School…
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July 24, 2013 5

Cycling with Parkinson’s Disease

This two minute video is remarkable: RELATED: • Cycling for Freezing of Gait (New England Journal of Medicine)


July 19, 2013 0

Bring on the havoc. Bring on the wobbly cyclists.

by James D. Schwartz Published at the Urban Country It’s no coincidence that drivers are more aware and cautious on streets that have more cyclists as opposed to streets where there are very few cyclists. Furthermore, wobbly cyclists are traveling slow and have more time to react to car doors and other objects they may…
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July 18, 2013 2

The secret, under-used driver education trick available to every cyclist, every day

by Josh Zisson July 9, 2013 Published at Bike Safe Boston Drivers are stuck in cages all day, so it should be no surprise that they sometimes act like animals. The good news is, animals can be trained. Being exposed to more riders on the road is one way that drivers can become accustomed to…
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July 17, 2013 0

Comments from Delaware cyclists about sidewalk riding

  Question: How often do you ride on sidewalks? A) Never ever. B) Sometimes. C)  A lot. “Never ever.” – A.R. “Rarely if ever.” – L.W. “Never.” – R.P. “Rarely and only if conditions are such that I have to.” – K.P.  “Unless there is a dedicated wide bike lane I will use the sidewalk.…
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July 16, 2013 5