Great article about the Wilmington – New Castle Greenway (aka the Industrial Track Trail) in Friday’s News Journal by reporter Melissa Nann Burke. If you haven’t read it yet, check it out! If I have a caveat about the article, it would be that it might convey the impression that the Wilmington – New Castle…
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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 visible during rush-hour backups. “We’re talking a completely segregated bike path that would allow me to go from New Castle to Wilmington without having…
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March 4-6, 2013 | Washington, D.C. In pure economic terms, bicycling pours billions of dollars into the U.S. economy, creating jobs and boosting community development from coast to coast. In political terms, bicyclists mean business, too. The united voice of the bike industry, event directors, local riding clubs and advocacy groups is a powerful constituency.…
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by Cindy Small Kent County and Greater Dover Convention and Visitors Bureau DOVER, DE – Registration is now open for the 27th annual Amish Country Bike Tour, set for Saturday, September 7, starting at 8 a.m. on Legislative Mall in Dover, Delaware. Join more than 2,200 cyclists from all over the world joined together in…
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In the proposed FY14 Delaware capital authorization bill recently released (Senate Bill #15), the Bike and Pedestrian Improvements program authorization has been cut to zero. This program was funded at $10.25 million in the FY13 capital authorization passed last year (House Bill #410). (That earlier authorization is not changed by SB15; the Department of Transportation can still spend those…
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“All professions are conspiracies against the laity.” – George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw had a way of tartly describing the world around us in ways that encouraged people to look critically at things we usually take for granted. Shaw probably did not really believe that doctors and lawyers and engineers actually get together in…
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By Sanne Fettinger January 25, 2013 The Davis Enterprise If you drive your child to school, you decrease your child’s ability to learn the rest of the school day. On the flip side, when children walk or bike to school, instead of being driven in a car, they concentrate much better and the effects last…
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The 3rd Annual Newark Bike Swap is just around the corner! Join us Saturday February 23rd for our area’s one and only bicycle swap meet. Clean out your garage or basement, rent a vendor table at the swap and hock all that extra bike stuff that is sitting around gathering dust! Cost is $20 for…
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A draft agenda for the 16th Annual Maryland Bicycle Symposium is available HERE>>> Seating is limited. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to chanda@bikemd.org.
