Last week I slipped over the border to get a glimpse into a possible future for U.S. cycling. Less than 40 miles from the U.S. border is a city of 1.8 million people at the heart of the 15th largest metropolitan area in North America. I woke up the first morning of my visit to…
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On June 16, Delawareans Gail Seitz and Ann Jornlin embarked on a bike journey across the United States, from the West coast to the East coast. They covered over 3,700 miles in fifty days. Inspired by the Mike’s Team Academic Mentoring Program at the Clarence Fraim Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington, DE, Ann and…
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PUBLIC WORKSHOP Louis L. Redding City/County Building 800 N. French Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Thursday August 22, 2013 4:00 – 7:00 pm The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) invites the community to attend a public workshop to receive information about the Conceptual Design for a proposed bicycle boulevard. The bicycle boulevard will consist of sharrow…
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Pre-registration for White Clay Bicycle Club’s third major event of the year closes Sunday, August 18. Ride beautiful, scenic routes (35, 65, and 100 miles) taking you through flat to gently rolling farmland in central Delaware. All routes will be marked and SAG support provided until 5:00 pm. A wide array of bicycle friendly food…
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I had read about what bicycling was like in Europe, especially in cities such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen, but had never experienced it until last month. My husband and I did a fully supported bike tour* from Budapest to Prague and got to ride a wide variety of roads and bike paths. Wow! We encountered…
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by James D. Schwartz Published in Urban Country July 4, 2013 In Copenhagen, traffic signals along “green wave” routes are timed to provide a constant flow of green lights to bicycles traveling at 20km/hour. Bicyclists who ride at this speed will never hit a red light all the way to the city centre. In…
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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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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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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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“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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