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Why attend Walkable Bikeable Delaware?

Do you live in a development with one entrance? Does your child have a friend in a neighboring development? Do you have to drive your child to her friend’s house, because there are no sidewalks between the developments? If this is something you have experienced then you need to be in Dover on May 1.…
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March 29, 2013 11

Representative Valerie Longhurst at Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit

WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE  Representative Valerie Longhurst, Majority Leader in the Delaware House of Representatives, will address the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on May 1 in Dover. Last year, Representative Longhurst was a leader on two different pieces of pro-cycling legislation. In the spring,…
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March 28, 2013 0

Register to Meet With Your Senator and Representative in Dover

  WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE    Modeled after the National Bike Summit and many state bike summits, a primary goal of the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit is to have bicyclists and walkers and Delaware’s many biking/walking supporters meet face-to-face with their state…
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March 27, 2013 6

Governor Jack Markell to Speak at Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit

  WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE  Governor Jack Markell will speak to the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on May 1 in Dover. Governor Markell spoke at the National Bike Summit in Washington DC in 2010. At the time, he was the only Governor…
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March 21, 2013 0

WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE 2013 SUMMIT Active Transportation, Healthy Families May 1 | Dover, Delaware REGISTER HERE FOR SUMMIT SUMMIT PROGRAM REGISTER HERE FOR LEGISLATORS RIDE   If you are passionate about cycling and creating a more bike-friendly Delaware…bring that passion to Dover on May 1. If you are passionate about reversing the epidemic of obesity-related chronic disease,…
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March 20, 2013 1

Where Transportation and Public Health Intersect

Where do transportation issues and public health concerns overlap in Delaware? With our partners Sussex Outdoors and Delaware Greenways, Bike Delaware will announce the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit tomorrow.  


March 19, 2013 0

Wednesday announcement: Walkable Bikeable Delaware

With partners Sussex Outdoors and Delaware Greenways, Bike Delaware will announce the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit on Wednesday.  


March 18, 2013 0

London Mayor Pledges One Billion Pounds For Cycling. That’s “Billion” with a “B”.

The Mayor’s Vision for Cycling in Lodon London Evening Standard, March 7, 2013: “Meet Andrew Gilligan, Boris’s cycling czar: We want people cycling slowly, without helmets or high-vis… mini-Hollands in the suburbs and Quietways in the city” The Guardian, March 7, 2013: “Mayor’s new plans for cycling in the capital could re-shape the way Londoners…
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March 15, 2013 0

LAB Calls for MUTCD Reform

    The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or MUTCD, defines the national standards used by road managers for all traffic control devices, including road markings, highway signs, and traffic signals, on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public traffic. The MUTCD is maintained and updated by the Federal Highway Administration. The…
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March 14, 2013 4

Broad Creek Byway Bike Tour

The Broad Creek Byway Bike Tour on June 1 is sponsored by the Laurel Chamber of Commerce located in historic Laurel Delaware. Explore the Western Sussex Scenic and Historic Byway This is a quiet adventure starting on Central Avenue along the banks of the historic Broad Creek in Laurel. Tree lined streets in Laurel give way…
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March 13, 2013 1