In a recent letter to United States Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, New Jersey senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, joined by several of their senate colleagues – including Tom Carper – asked Secretary Foxx to establish a safety “performance measure” for walking and cycling: “To: The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Secretary, United States Department…
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Representative Valerie Longhurst, Senator Nicole Poore and Governor Jack Markell invite you to join them and the students of Wilbur and Southern Elementary Schools for a morning bike ride and signing ceremony of Delaware House Bill 235, making bicycling the official state sport of Delaware. WHEN: 8:30AM, Saturday, June 14 (Ride starts at 9AM) WHERE: Wilbur…
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May is “Bike Month” in Delaware and across the Unites States. Read the proclamation of Bike Month by Governor Markell and Lt. Governor Denn made at last week’s 2014 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit:
WHAT: Event Announcing National Discovery Trails Act & the American Discovery Trail WHEN: Earth Day, Tuesday 4/22, 2:00pm WHERE: Cape Henlopen State Park, specific location TBD Senator Chris Coons is hosting an event to announce the introduction of the “National Discovery Trails Act of 2014” at Cape Henlopen on Tuesday 4/22 at 2:00pm. The National Discovery…
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The Honorable Jack Markell Governor of Delaware Tatnall Building William Penn St., 2nd Floor Dover, Delaware 19901 April 10, 2014 Dear Governor Markell, On behalf of the American Heart Association, Bike Delaware, Delaware Greenways, the Delaware Bicycle Council, the Delaware Nature Society, the Historic New Castle Alliance, the Greater Wilmington Convention & Visitors Bureau…
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By Anthony Foxx Secretary United States Department of Transportation When I was mayor of Charlotte, NC, I helped oversee development of a Complete Streets approach to transportation that included motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users, transit passengers, and the businesses that lined the city’s streets. I also was mayor when the Charlotte Center City Partners launched…
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Washington, DC – Senator Chris Coons and Representative John Carney will be co-sponsors of the “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act” in the United States Congress. Last year, overall traffic fatalities fell in Delaware to their lowest level in 50 years. But this decline has been entirely driven by a decline in motor vehicle occupant fatalities. Pedestrian and cyclist…
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A delegation of Delaware cycling advocates led by Delaware House Majority Leader Representative Valerie Longhurst is on their way to Washington DC this morning. Check out our delegation below! To read more about what they will talking to Sens. Carper and Coons and Representative Carney today, click HERE. Representative Longhurst was first elected to the…
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Delaware House Majority Leader Representative Valerie Longhurst will lead Delaware’s cycling delegation to Washington DC next week as part of the National Bike Summit. Now in its 14th year, the National Bike Summit unites the voices of bicyclists on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Cycling advocates from all across the country will have an opportunity to…
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by Chris Merriam Executive Director Bikemore Baltimore is on the cusp of a cycling revolution. Like in most American cities, after World War II Baltimore planners and engineers tried to prioritize automotive traffic in a city that was once a haven for walking, bicycling, and public transit. Now, the tide is turning once again, with…
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