All Ages and Abilities Cycling Archives - Page 11 of 18

Governor Jack Markell’s State of the State: “In the years to come, Delawareans will be able to walk and bike to work because of the investments we are making today.”

Excerpt from Governor Jack Markell’s State of the State speech, January 17, 2013. Improving our Quality of Life “In the world we now live in, employers survive only when they hire the most talented workers. And talented employees want to work in places they are proud to call home. “Delaware is blessed with beautiful beaches,…
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Staff January 18, 2013 0

“State Authorized Funding for Bicycling Improvements” Tops 2013 Vote

At Bike Delaware’s 2013 Strategic Vision and Vote on November 15, “State Authorized Funding for Bicycling Improvements” was the top vote getter among 25 candidate goals. While Delaware’s pro-cycling momentum is undeniable, there is no guarantee that it can be sustained. But that momentum has to be sustained. It took a long time to create our…
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Staff November 23, 2012 0

Proposed DelDOT Capital Budget Down 16%

by Melissa Burke Delaware News Journal November 16, 2012 Like any state transportation secretary, Shailen Bhatt hears a lot of pleading. Would you put up a traffic light? Fix this pothole here? Build a wider ramp to there? His agency can’t grant each wish – nor will it try to. Under Bhatt, DelDOT has stopped…
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James November 17, 2012 0

Longhurst and Colleagues Fought for Trail Network Funding

“[O]ne of the best ways we can improve our quality of life, and promote healthy lifestyles at the same time, is to make our state more walkable and bikeable. In the next year, working with Representative Keeley and Senator Venables, we will launch the First State Trails and Pathways Plan. I am proposing that we…
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James November 3, 2012 0

AWESOME Video: The First State Trails and Pathways Initiative

DNREC has put together this awesome 5 minute video on Governor Jack Markell‘s First State Trails and Pathways Initiative: connecting Delawareans to better health connecting Delaware neighborhoods to parks, schools and local businesses connecting communities to each other connecting people of all ages…to the places they want to go Video Narrator: “Governor Jack Markell envisions…
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James November 2, 2012 0

Results of 2012 Survey of Delaware Candidates Released

What do candidates running this year for Governor and for the Delaware General Assembly think about cycling, and about improving cycling in Delaware? Along with our partners Sussex Outdoors and Delaware Greenways, Bike Delaware asked them. And they answered: 3 out of the 4 candidates running for governor, and 48% of all the candidates running…
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James October 17, 2012 0

Thank You 47%. Candidate Survey Is Closed.

A total of 115 candidates for Governor and General Assembly will be on the ballot on November 6. 54 of them – 47% – took the trouble to respond to our survey. A big Bike Delaware thank you goes out to all of them! The survey is now closed. Along with our partners Sussex Outdoors and Delaware Greenways, we will…
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James October 12, 2012 0

Candidate Survey Extended For 24 Hours

With a flood of last minute surveys coming in, we are extending our 2012 candidate survey by 24 hours to make sure we catch any last minute responses. What do candidates running this year for the Delaware General Assembly and Governor think about walking and bicycling, and about making them better? They’ve now got until…
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James October 11, 2012 1

Help Make This Election Matter For Bicycling

Here’s one of the coolest things about the survey Bike Delaware (along with partners Sussex Outdoors and Delaware Greenways) is conducting of all candidates running for the General Assembly: just one call or email from just a single constituent is usually enough to get a candidate to respond. If a candidate tells you he/she hasn’t…
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James October 6, 2012 0

An Election Is An Opportunity

Imagine you are running for public office in Delaware. What issues are you going to talk about in your campaign? What isues are you going to work on if you are elected? Unless you are some sort of ideologue, you’re going to talk about and then work on the issues that you hear about from…
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James October 4, 2012 0

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