Category: Cool People

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

How I Use My Bike Instead of My Car

We’re sharing Jacquee’s story to encourage people to think about cycling for transportation in Delaware. If you have a story about using a bicycle instead of a car to get places that you’d like to share too, we’d like to publish it. Contact us here. by Jacquee Lukawski I live in Bellefonte, a suburban area…
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April 9, 2024 3

Human fallibility is inevitable (but traffic deaths aren’t)

We are, all of us, fallible. Being human means we make mistakes. But we believe, with Secretary Buttigieg, that we should not build systems where making a mistake means death. In fact, we’ll go farther than that: we think building systems where people die when they make mistakes (and then calling those deaths inevitable) is immoral. As of…
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April 20, 2022 0

Delaware House of Representatives: Brookside

State Representative Ed Osienski and Gregory Wilps are running to represent the residents of Brookside (just east of Newark) – extending from Library Avenue (in the west) to Harmony Road (in the east) and from Capitol Trail (in the north) to I95 (in the South) – in the Delaware House of Representatives on November 3.…
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October 31, 2020 0

Delaware Senate: Middletown-to-Smyrna

State Senator Bruce Ennis and Craig Pugh are running to represent the residents of southern New Castle County and part of northern Kent County – from Middletown and south to Smyrna – in the Delaware Senate on November 3. Bike Delaware sent a short (just 3 questions) survey to them and asked for their views:…
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October 29, 2020 1

Delaware House of Representatives: Bear and Delaware City

State Representative Valerie Longhurst and Michael Higgin are running to represent the residents of Bear (south of Pulaski Highway), Wrangle Hill and Delaware City in the Delaware House of Representatives on November 3. Bike Delaware sent a short (just 3 questions) survey to them and asked for their views: “Delaware’s three-year-old law permitting safe yielding…
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October 29, 2020 0

Delaware House of Representatives: Pike Creek

State Representative Mike Ramone and Stephanie Barry are running to represent the residents of Pike Creek in the Delaware House of Representatives on November 3. Bike Delaware sent a short (just 3 questions) survey to them and asked for their views: “Delaware’s three-year-old law permitting safe yielding at stop signs by people using bicycles (HB…
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October 24, 2020 0

Delaware House of Representatives: Trolley Square and Greeneville

State Representative Gerald Brady and Jordan Nally are running to represent the residents of Wilmington’s Trolley Square and nearby Greeneville in the Delaware House of Representatives on November 3. Bike Delaware sent a short (just 3 questions) survey to them and asked for their views: “Delaware’s three-year-old law permitting safe yielding at stop signs by…
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October 24, 2020 0

Delaware Senate: Brandywine Hundred

State Senator Catherine Cloutier and Kyle Evans Gay are running to represent the people of Brandywine Hundred in the Delaware Senate on November 3. Bike Delaware sent a short (just 3 questions) survey to them and asked for their views: “Delaware’s three-year-old law permitting safe yielding at stop signs by people using bicycles (HB 185…
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October 23, 2020 0

International Team of Transportation Experts to Visit Delaware

The theme of the 8th annual Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit (May 2 in Dover) is “Dutch Ideas for Delaware.” As a result of over 40 years of innovation, most short trips in the Netherlands today are accomplished using a bicycle. The goal of the 2019 summit is to learn, directly, from leading Dutch transportation system…
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April 17, 2019 1

In Suburbs Northeast of Newark, State Representative Ramone Defends Delaware House Seat Against Challenger Barry

Delaware House District 21 encompasses the suburban area northeast of Newark between Possum Park Road and McKennans Church Road and (mostly) north of Kirkwood Highway. It includes notable landmarks such as the Middle Run Valley Natural Area and Carousel Park. The incumbent for District 21, State Representative Mike Ramone, is being challenged by Ms. Stephanie Barry tomorrow…
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November 5, 2018 0