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Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

TODAY (Tuesday): Newark Bike To Work Day

Use Newark Main Street’s brand new sharrows to guide your way to work – and to Newark’s Bike to Work Day – TOMORROW (May 14, 7:30–10 a.m. on the Trabant University Center patio at the corner of Delaware and South College Avenues). Speakers will be University President Patrick Harker, Delaware Secretary of Transportation Shailen Bhatt, Sen.…
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May 13, 2013 0

Connecting 21 Cities and Towns in the Boston Region with a Greenway Network

Note: Professor Peter Furth spoke last week at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover. In a recent paper, he and his co-authors describe a plan to connect 21 Boston-area cities and towns by a “greenway” network designed for cycling. 72% of the regional population lives within 1 km (0.62 mi) of the  proposed greenway…
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May 9, 2013 0

Bike to the Bitter End, then hang out at the beach on September 14

Saturday, September 14:  3RD ANNUAL – BIKE TO THE BITTER END Join the Camp Arrowhead Alumni association for ride loops of 5, 20 and 35  riding through the countryside between Angola and Milton.  Registration fees are $35 for riders 18 and up, and $20 for riders 7-17years.  Fees include a post ride lunch and the afternoon…
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“Wheels of Caring” Ride/Race: June 1 in Clayton

Help Ewell’s-St. Paul United Methodist in Clayton stock their local food pantry and “Personal  Items Closet” the best way—on a bike! Fun for road cyclists,  mountain bikers, BMX bikers, and families on  cruisers. Prizes for Top 2 finishers in each distance. More details below. You can download the 1-page PDF HERE.


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Governor Markell’s Weekly Message: “Connecting Communities, Improving Quality of Life” (VIDEO)

  “A walkable, bikeable Delaware is very much part of our efforts to keep Delaware moving forward.” – Governor Jack Markell


May 3, 2013 0

Representative Hudson Welcoming the Summit

Representative Deborah Hudson, the prime sponsor in the Delaware House of Representatives of Walkable Bikeable Delaware in 2011, welcomes folks to the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit on Wednesday.


May 3, 2013 0

Senator Venables Welcoming the Summit

Senator Robert Venables, the author of Walkable Bikeable Delaware in 2011, welcomes folks to the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on Wednesday.


May 3, 2013 0

Bhatt and O’Mara Announcing New Bicycle Friendly State Ranking

DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt and DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara preparing to announce Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking on Wednesday at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit.


May 3, 2013 0

News Journal: Delaware seen as a better place for bicycling

by Kelly April Tyrrell and Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal May 2, 2013 DOVER — People sporting spandex and brightly colored jerseys gathered on the lawn of the Biggs Museum on Wednesday for the Walkable, Bikeable Delaware Summit and to mark the state’s being honored as the most bike-friendly east of the Mississippi River…
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May 2, 2013 0

The Most Bicycle Friendly State East of the Mississippi River

Dover – May 1, 2013 – At the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit in Dover this morning,  DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt and DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara announced Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking. In the sixth annual assessment by the League of American Bicyclists, Delaware achieved a #5 ranking nationally, while placing #1 among all…
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