Secretary Shailen Bhatt at the Delaware Bike Summit
DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt at the Delaware Bike Summit: “Our goal is to create a world-class destination for people who want to bike.“
Bike Trails Worth $42M Every Year for Florida’s Orange County
The West Orange Trail Featured in the Orlando Sentinel — Dennis Jones moved to Winter Garden six years ago because he enjoyed using the West Orange Trail, a paved bike path that cuts through the heart of the downtown district. The trail now provides him with a living because he and his wife own Wheel Works,…
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Build, Link and Develop: Delaware’s Vision
Seven Goals of First State Trails and Pathways Plan 1) Re-establish Delaware in the Top Ten of Bicycling Friendly States. 2) Build a world-class interconnected, non-motorized trails and pathway network. 3) Support the creation of local jobs related to bicycling, including construction, maintenance, cycling-related services and eco-tourism. 4) Link Delaware communities internally to support more…
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2011 Delaware Bike Summit recap and photos
The 3rd annual, 2011 Delaware Bike Summit on October 14 was an enormous success. 16 distinguished speakers addressed a standing room-only crowd at the University of Delaware’s Virden Center in Lewes. Among the attendees were scores of advocates and government officials working in unison to achieve the League of American Bicyclist’s highest possible BFS (Bicycle…
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2011 Bike Friendly Elected Official
Sen. Robert Venables, Sr. accepts the Bicycle Friendly Elected Official Award during the Delaware Bike Summit at the University of Delaware’s Virden Center in Lewes on Friday. RELATED: • Robert Venables and Jack Markell
Our Indispensable Sponsors
Unlike the National Bike Summit and many other state Bike Summits, there is no cost to attend the Delaware Bike Summit in Lewes on Friday. That is solely due to the generous and gracious support of our Summit sponsors. We are grateful for their support of the Summit and of bicycling in Delaware. TITANIUM…
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2011 Delaware Bike Summit
The Delaware Bike Summit is almost here! This year’s Summit is so popular that registration was closed early and we now have a waiting list. If you registered early but now cannot attend, please email the Summit organizing committee and let them know so that your space can be given to someone else! For those…
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LAB: How Delaware made statewide bike funding history with CMAQ
Cross-posted from League of American Bicyclists’ blog. By Darren Flusche League Policy Analyst By tapping into Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) improvement funds for bicycling projects – the first time ever in Delaware – Bike Delaware and its allies have opened the door for the future funding of bicycling projects that give people options to substitute their cars…
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Parallel Multi-Use Paths That Don’t Suck
One Small Step for AASHTO. One Giant Leap For Bicycling. One of these days, the very careful, cautious, deliberative and conservative American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), will finally release their long-awaited update of the Guide for the Planning, Design and Operation of Bicycle Facilities. The current Guide – which defines what…
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“Our kids are trapped in our neighborhood in terms of bike riding.”
Before yesterday’s (first ever) joint meeting between the Wilmington Bicycle Advisory Committee and Newark Bicycle Committee, we received an email from reader CS saying she wished she was able to attend: “So much of the suburban area where we live is just plain impossible to negotiate unless you are in a car…Our kids are trapped in our…
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