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TODAY: Extending the Junction and Breakwater Trail to Downtown Rehoboth (DelDOT Workshop)

TODAY – The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is holding a Public Workshop to obtain comments from surrounding residents, businesses and the general public for the proposed extension of the Junction and Breakwater Trail to Rehoboth Avenue. The project proposes to construct a 10 foot wide multi-use path from the termination of the existing Junction…
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January 13, 2014 1

Other People Make Mistakes: Over 8 Million Views on YouTube

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January 8, 2014 1

From Horses to Bicycles: Urban Bike Project Is Bringing Wilmington’s Old Stables Into 21st Century

It used to be the City of Wilmington’s old stables. Now 1500 N. Walnut Street will be the new location of Wilmington’s Urban Bike Project (UBP). The Urban Bike Project (UBP) has served Wilmington for the last six years from 1908 N. Market Street. By providing a means for the public to become self-sufficient in…
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January 7, 2014 140

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: What happened to a place in Michigan when it banned cars for 115 years?

2013 Look Back: This article was originally published on February 26, 2013.  It was the  most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013. by Jeff Potter Excerpted from Mackinac Island: “Watch the Bike!” published in Bicycle Times Magazine (Feb/Mar 2013)   Bike culture has recently been booming in the U.S.  But there’s a little place in the north…
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December 31, 2013 0

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: End “Share The Road”

2013 Look Back: This article was originally published on August 19, 2013.  It was the 2nd most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013. UPDATE (November 4, 2013): DelDOT announced it will discontinue all use of “Share The Road” plaque:  http://www.bikede.org/2013/11/04/goodbye-share-the-road/ Bike Delaware has asked the Delaware Department of Transportation to discontinue its use of the…
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December 30, 2013 0

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: Why Cyclists Get Hit

2013 Look Back: This article was originally published on July 13, 2013.  It was the 3rd most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013.   I’m reading Daniel Simons’ and Christopher Chabris’ book Invisible Gorilla. You’ve probably seen their video as it is one of the best-known modern experiments in psychology and a YouTube sensation with…
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December 29, 2013 1

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: CORRECTION: This Could Actually Happen…If We Demand It

2013 Look Back: This post was originally published on September 25, 2013.  It was the 4th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013.   Bring your kids. Bring your siblings or folks. Bring your friends and neighbors. You can drop by for 10 or 15 minutes and then leave. But, whatever you do, just show…
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December 28, 2013 0

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: Goodbye “Share The Road”

2013 Look Back: This post was originally published on November 4, 2013.  It was the 5th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013.   In August, Bike Delaware asked DelDOT to permanently discontinue its use of the “Share The Road” plaque in Delaware. The article on our ask, which can be read HERE, was viewed…
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December 27, 2013 1

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: How children lost the right to roam in four generations

2013 Look Back: This post was originally published on December 13, 2012.  It was the 6th most viewed Bike Delaware post of 2013.   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,…
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December 26, 2013 1

Best of Bike Delaware 2013: State agencies draw up a dream trail for cyclists

2013 Look Back: This article was originally published on February 15, 2013.  It was the 7th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013.   by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal February 15, 2013 Relatively few Delaware workers commute by bike, but they might reconsider when cyclists are whizzing by them on an off-road trail…
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December 24, 2013 0