Senate District 6 includes Milton, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach. (If you are not 100% sure whether you live in Senate District 6, you can search here using your address.) If you live in this district your choice on November 8 to represent you in the Delaware Senate is between Gwendolyn Jones, Russ Huxtable…
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Senate District 5 covers a far northeast section of Delaware bordering Pennsylvania and includes Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Windsor Hills, Naamans Manor, Wilmont, Talleys Corner, Afton, Shellburne, Windybush, Heatherbrooke and Chalfonte. (If you are not 100% sure whether you live in Senate District 5, you can search here using your address.) If you live in this…
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Senate District 4 covers many of Wilmington’s northwestern suburbs in New Castle County, including Hockessin, Greenville, Pike Creek, Talleyville, Granogue, Brandywine, Alapocas, Montchanin, Runnymeade, Delaware Heights, Rockland, Winterthur and Wooddale. (If you are not 100% sure whether you live in Senate District 4, you can search here using your address.) If you live in this…
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From Claymont in the north (Senate District 1) to Bridgeville in the south (House District 35), Bike Delaware sent a survey to every single candidate running in a contested race for the Delaware Senate or Delaware House of Representatives on November 3. Of the candidates we contacted, over half (54%) answered. All of their answers…
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BIKE DELAWARE is a member-supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to making cycling & walking safe, convenient & fun transportation options in Delaware through policy research and nonpartisan advocacy. This Voters Guide is a permitted voter education activity. From Claymont in the north (Senate District 1) to Bridgeville in the south (House District 35), Bike…
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Last year 32 people were killed in Delaware for this “crime”: they were walking in the wrong place at the wrong time Very few of those deaths received any coverage in any Delaware media in 2019 beyond a short article with a few sentences paraphrasing a police report. So those 32 shattered families grieved in…
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Every single year in Delaware between two to three dozen people are struck and killed by motor vehicles while walking. Between 2008 and 2017, that made Delaware the second deadliest state in America (pedestrian fatalities per capita) for pedestrians (behind only Florida ). We can do something about all this unnecessary death and grief, and…
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I don’t get any health insurance, or even a free bike, but my job as executive director of Bike Delaware does have some other perks. And one of the best perks are the cycling stories. As soon as I meet someone and they learn I work for Bike Delaware, I invariably hear a new cycling…
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Supporting Bike Delawarerain or shine eventSeptember 7th 20247:00 am – 5:00 pm410 Legislative AveRider packet pickup, pre-ordered merchandiseFriday 4:00-7:30 pm @ 9 East Loockerman Street, Dover DE -9 East Taphouse RestaurantSaturday beginning at 6:00 am @ Legislative Mall, Dover DE- off Martin Luther King Junior NorthAll registration and merchandise confirmations are automatically generated via email…
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I continue to be impressed with bicycling innovation in and around Boulder, Colorado and – on another recent trip to see the grandkids – I discovered more remarkable infrastructure. It’s called the “US 36 Bikeway.” Imagine a 12-foot bikeway parallel and separate from I-95, connecting Claymont (train station), Wilmington (train station and DART routes) and the Rt.…
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