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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “Why ‘Share The Road’ Is Gone in Delaware”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on April 4, 2014.  It was the most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014. Published in the Institute of Transportation Engineers Bicycle and Pedestrian Council Newsletter April 4, 2014 “Share The Road”: It’s practically the national motto of cycling advocacy in the United States. It’s the cycling…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “Delaware Cyclist Ticketed for Riding His Bike”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on January 27, 2014.  It was the 2nd most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014. UPDATE –  Wednesday, January 29: Joe was “arraigned”. His trial is scheduled for May 27th at 1:30pm. UPDATE #2 –  Tuesday, May 27: Joe is found not guilty! Have you ever been ticketed…just…
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Phillip Bishop

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on September 16, 2014.  It was the 3rd most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014.   Phillip Bishop was a committed environmentalist and lover of the outdoors. He kept a garden at home where he grew everything from squash to sunflowers, and had a passion for backpacking…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “National Committee Votes for Bike Signals, Contraflow Bike Lanes, Bike Lanes Through Intersections, Bike Boxes and More”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on July 16, 2014.  It was the 4th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014. Warning: only read this article if you have a strong stomach for acronyms. The most important committee for bicycling you’ve probably never heard of is the  National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “A Busy Tuesday! Cyclist Is Not Guilty. Rumble Strip Fix Test Will Be Completed by 2nd Week of June”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on May 27, 2014.  It was the 5th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014. Wow, talk about a busy Tuesday. Joe Jackson went on trial for cycling on Snuff Mill Road in Hockessin. And cyclists spoke with DelDOT management about the improperly installed rumble strips along Route…
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#6 Most Viewed Article of 2014: “Deadly Weekend: One Pedestrian and One Cyclist Are Dead, Another Pedestrian Is Critically Injured”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on July 28, 2014.  It was the 6th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014.   Three crashes over the weekend left one pedestrian and one cyclist dead and another pedestrian critically injured. Joanne “Jo-Jo” Johnson, 67, a long-time employee at the News Journal, was struck by…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit set for May 1 in Dover”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on February 28, 2014.  It was the 7th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014.   The American Heart Association, Bike Delaware, the Delaware Department of Transportation, Delaware Greenways and Sussex Outdoors will together host the 2014 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover on May 1. The…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “WILMAPCO Votes Funding to Complete Wilmington-New Castle Greenway”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on March 14, 2014.  It was the 8th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014.   Yesterday, the Wilmington – New Castle Greenway – a safe, flat, direct and paved 7 mile long and 10 foot wide “bicycle highway” between downtown Wilmington and downtown New Castle – took a…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2014: “Delaware General Assembly Votes $6.3 Million for Cycling”

2014 Look Back: This article was originally published on June 30, 2014.  It was the 9th most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2014.   In a very early vote Tuesday morning, both the Delaware House and Senate voted unanimously to approve an  FY15 capital budget bill (HB425) for the state of Delaware that includes a new and substantial…
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Best of Bike Delaware 2013: What happened to a place in Michigan when it banned cars for 115 years?

2013 Look Back: This article was originally published on February 26, 2013.  It was the  most viewed Bike Delaware article of 2013. by Jeff Potter Excerpted from Mackinac Island: “Watch the Bike!” published in Bicycle Times Magazine (Feb/Mar 2013)   Bike culture has recently been booming in the U.S.  But there’s a little place in the north…
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