When Evalene Pyle was killed trying to cross US 13 on a bicycle in Dover in 2022, there was little news coverage beyond perfunctory repetitions of the police report. No TV reporter went to the scene. No candlelight vigil was held. Her death was never marked by any kind of physical memorial or public expressions…
Read more
The Journey to Law Representative Ed Osienski of Newark introduced the Everyone Gets Home Act, Delaware’s first-ever attempt at an anti-“stroad” law, in June of 2023 as HB 247. Important business interests objected to several provisions of the bill in March of 2024, which ultimately resulted in significant changes. But the modified and revised Everyone…
Read more
We’re sharing Jacquee’s story to encourage people to think about cycling for transportation in Delaware. If you have a story about using a bicycle instead of a car to get places that you’d like to share too, we’d like to publish it. Contact us here. by Jacquee Lukawski I live in Bellefonte, a suburban area…
Read more
Delaware has its – very first! – “SILVER” Bicycle Friendly Community. There was literally a decade of hard work (and more) behind this well-deserved recognition. Huge congratulations to both the City of Newark, Delaware and BikeNewark!
Joined by Senator Hansen, Representative Osienski and a dozen of her colleagues, State Senator Elizabeth Lockman recently introduced legislation calling for Delaware to reduce annual traffic fatalities below 100 by 2025. “Traffic deaths have remained roughly constant in Delaware over the last 20 years, averaging over 120 fatalities each year,” Senator Lockman noted. “As Chair…
Read more
We are, all of us, fallible. Being human means we make mistakes. But we believe, with Secretary Buttigieg, that we should not build systems where making a mistake means death. In fact, we’ll go farther than that: we think building systems where people die when they make mistakes (and then calling those deaths inevitable) is immoral. As of…
Read more
1)BikeNewark and Bike Delaware have been advocating for this project since 2014! 2) It’s a safe, low stress and carefully engineered bikeway that extends all the way across the center of Newark (and through the University of Delaware campus) from east to west!) 3) The project will include the first bicycle signals in the state…
Read more
A new flashing beacon is under construction at the Lewes-to-Georgetown Trail crossing on Sweetbriar Road west of Lewes. DelDot is implementing a pilot program that will use state-of-the-art technology to alert motorists of approaching bicyclists and pedestrians. Read more as reported by the Cape Gazette which covers Delaware’s Cape Region.
On the very last day of its 2021 legislative session, the Delaware Senate voted unanimously to make Delaware’s safe yielding law permanent. Following a similar unanimous vote by the Delaware House of Representatives on June 17th, the bill now heads to Governor Carney. * Update* On September 17, 2021, Governor Carney signed the bill making…
Read more
Delmarva Power recently finished repaving the two mile section of the Markell Trail between Ferry Cutoff and Boulden Boulevard north of New Castle. Like most cyclists, we have a bit of a weakness for brand new pavement, so we are looking forward to riding this smooooooth ribbon of black asphalt goodness.
