When Evalene Pyle was killed trying to cross US 13 on a bicycle in Dover in 2022, there was little news coverage beyond perfunctory repetitions of the police report. No TV reporter went to the scene. No candlelight vigil was held. Her death was never marked by any kind of physical memorial or public expressions…
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1)BikeNewark and Bike Delaware have been advocating for this project since 2014! 2) It’s a safe, low stress and carefully engineered bikeway that extends all the way across the center of Newark (and through the University of Delaware campus) from east to west!) 3) The project will include the first bicycle signals in the state…
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Brand new bicycle infrastructure – courtesy of DelDOT- connecting the Junction & Breakwater Trail into downtown Rehoboth.
In 2015 the Dover City Council committed to creating a more bicycle-friendly Dover when it adopted the Dover Bicycle Plan. That plan called for the construction of the Senator Bikeway as its #1 priority. An east-west bike route through the heart of Dover, the Senator Bikeway would connect neighborhoods with schools and businesses so that…
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Over the past 10 years – and compared to every other state in the United States – Delaware has been extraordinary. Under former Governor Markell and continuing with Governor Carney, state government has made significant investments in infrastructure for people cycling and walking. No city in Delaware has benefited more from these investments than New…
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At a press conference yesterday at Christiana Care’s Visiting Nurses Association, Delaware Greenways and the Delaware Bicycle Council announced $30,000 and $20,000 grants respectively for two new “connector” trails that would make the just-completed Wilmington-New Castle Greenway (“Markell Trail”) directly accessible to tens of thousands of people. Delaware Greenways announced a $30,000 grant provided by…
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Decades after it was first proposed and after nearly a decade of stubborn advocacy and hard work, Delaware is officially opening the long-awaited Wilmington-New Castle Greenway today at 3PM at the Dupont Environmental Education Center in Wilmington. It’s a project of superlatives: Delaware’s biggest-ever cycling network improvement project – creating a safe, direct, flat and paved pathway between the…
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Thanks to strong support from State Senator Ernie Lopez, an ambitious project to build a paved bike path between Lavinia Street and Federal Street, and to connect the now-isolated Wagamon’s West Shore subdivision into Milton using an abandoned railroad right-of-way, will break ground next year. Part of the new pathway will cross the Ingrams…
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Effective Advocacy ≠ Complaining One of the most common misconceptions about advocacy is that advocacy and complaining are related. That is largely wrong. Instead: Effective Advocacy = Solutions If you want to be an effective advocate for more and better cycling in your community, you can do so by being someone who can bring practical…
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Big cycling improvement projects – like the Wilmington-New Castle Greenway or the Lewes-Georgetown Trail – take years to build. But small projects that address “stress points” (a short section of an otherwise decent route that makes even “avid” cyclist nervous) can happen more quickly. Do you have a short “stress point” in your ride that you…
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