Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 17/07/2026An electric motorcycle is different from an electric bicycle. 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 17/07/2026An electric motorcycle is different from an electric bicycle. 120
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Pending Governor @mattmeyerde.bsky.social 's signature, it will be illegal to sell an electric motorcycle using the term "e-bike" in Delaware. This isn't the only thing we need to do about motorcycles-that-look-like-bicycles (which can sometimes go over 60 mph) but it's a good first step. 020
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The ****FINAL SECTION*** of the Lewes-Georgetown Trail is happening.... 020
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The difference between a bicycle and a motor vehicle used to be obvious but over the last decade, rapid advancements in battery and electric motor technology have blurred that line. Rep. Smith is working hard to make sure our laws catch up with this new technology. @peopleforbikes.bsky.social #HB439 120
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Since even the police are confused about the difference, it's pretty understandable that basketball players might be too. 220
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 21/11/2025It is DANGEROUS and DECEPTIVE to market or sell a moped (which is a type of motor vehicle that requires a drivers license to legally operate) as an electric bicycle (a type of bicycle that does not require a license to operate). 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 20/11/2025If a two-wheeled electric motor-powered bike goes over 20 mph without pedaling, it's not an electric bicycle. It's a motor vehicle and it requires a license to operate. Kids caught riding mopeds without a license can be ticketed. 110
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 19/11/2025"Zombie" cars are just one of the traffic-increasing effects of practical robot car technology. 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The Washington Post story today on pedestrian fatalities again leans into larger vehicles as a major cause but we were at least glad to see this paragraph in the article (although you have to dig deep in the article to get to it). 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 14/10/2025More than Seattle. More than Sacramento. More than anyplace on the East Coast south of DC. Wilmington has the 14th highest Amtrak ridership in the U.S. (and also has a smaller population than all of the 12 cities above it on the list). Source: www.bts.gov/browse-stati... @mattmeyerde.bsky.social 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Today at 12:00pm! The High Cost of Free Parking - Exploring the Benefits of Parking Reform. Please join the conversation by registering here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @strongtowns.org @parkingreform.org 061
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Places where we meet each other "in real life" (i.e. with all our three dimensional, physical selves not just behind a screen name) may be even more important in the Age of the Internet than they were in the past. @mattmeyerde.bsky.social t.co/ubVtBOHDfK 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Idiocracy captured the idea of living in a time when genius and idiocy coexisted. But it was only a temporary coexistence. 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 22/08/2025A lot of people want to blame DOTs for things we don't like about transportation. But DOT's are ***completely innocent** when it comes to destructive parking mandates. Join us for this important webinar - with @parkingreform.org @strongtowns.org - on October 7: The High Costs of Free Parking. 020
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Unless there is some truly compelling reason to make things more complicated (adding a completely new word, and category, for things that are not electric bicycles but need - for some reason - to be distinguished from and treated differently than mopeds) "moped" is right there and ready for duty! 🫡 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Can you read the helmets in the photo below? When the bicycle becomes an inspiration for art, that's a sign that cycling has become interwoven into the culture of a place. #BikeLewes 020
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 16/08/2025In Delaware, we just call all these higher-speed devices (without any confusion) "mopeds." delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c001... 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 14/08/2025English lacks different words for different types of "biking" but we all know that that there is a big difference between sport/road biking and biking a few blocks to the store to grab some milk. Are you aware of any research on bike helmets that focuses on this distinction? 110
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The 2nd best strategy to make housing more affordable is to make it as easy as possible to build more of it. The *best* strategy to make housing more affordable is to *combine* the above with reducing the cost of transportation for households. (Housing and transportation are deeply synergistic.) 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Both housing and transportation (the two largest household expenses) are savagely unaffordable for working class people in Delaware and that's mostly the fault of decades of astonishingly unwise government decisions. We need to keep working - every single day - to fix that. 120
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 31/07/2025This is the School Lane Trail in New Castle. It got its start when the City of New Castle applied for, and won, a small Bikeway Innovation Grant. What about where you live? The deadline to apply for one of these tiny - but mighty - grants is next month. www.bikede.org/wp-content/u... 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Have you biked Chicago's Lakefront Trail? It is beautiful & is one of the busiest trails in the United States, with more than 30,000 (that's THIRTY THOUSAND) people accessing the trail every single day on its busiest sections (i.e. busier than all but a handful of Chicago's very busiest streets). 060
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 28/07/2025We cherish the conservative sentiment of living frugally. 020
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 20/07/2025This is what the Delaware Driver Manual says about a driver's responsibilities are when interacting with cyclists. (Note the very welcome absence of archaic and confusing "Share The Road" language.) 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 20/07/2025"Bad Boys for Life" was number one at the U.S. box office on February 2, 2020. 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Some inspiration from Minnesota. (We'd skip the electric fleet part to just be laser-focused on better service.) 200
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 10/07/20259 out of 10 mathematicians agree: multimodal streets are more efficient. 111
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Happy Birthday, Bill Watterson! (Born today in 1958.) 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Yesterday the United States Congress approved more than $30 billion in new tax subsidies for going into debt to buy a new car. What could we have done with that $30 billion to reduce car dependency? Car dependency is the opposite of freedom. 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Why reach all the way across the country to compliment the State of Washington when you've got a much closer example! 120
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Vehicle design as a significant driver of higher pedestrian fatalities is also inconsistent with the gigantic (~10X) difference in pedestrian fatality rates between different areas in the U.S. (Huge SUVs are everywhere, not just concentrated in west and south Phoenix and Las Vegas and its suburbs.) 100
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 11/06/2025The U.S. is not the only country where there has been a lot of growth in the number of SUVs and trucks. 100
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Do you know anyone who might benefit from an explanation of Delaware's safe yielding law for cyclists? We made this short (1 minute) video just for them. #DelawareYield 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 05/06/2025When descending from Crap Mountain, take at least a minute or two (i.e. before climbing back up) to consider the broadest possible range of alternatives. 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The City of Newark wants to expand its "low stress" bicycle network around the Charlie Emerson Bridge. If you live in the area and want to add your voice in support (or just learn more), pop into this workshop TODAY (Thursday). 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 02/06/2025We get it. Liberals don't like Musk and they extend that dislike to his cars. Our hope is that at least some of those liberals who are getting rid of their Musk cars consider whether this might be a opportunity for a win-win? Maybe they don't even need to replace their Musk car with another car? 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 02/06/2025It's not just bad for what it says about housing affordability. It has also had some unexpected secondary effects. 100
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 21/05/2025TODAY Coastal Highway between Lewes and Rehoboth is the most dangerous road for cycling in Delaware. It's long past time to fix that. deldot.gov/About/public... 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Delaware is still the only U.S. state east of the Mississippi River where the #DelawareYield is lawful. With 11 states west of the Mississippi River but only Delaware to the east, we are starting to feel a bit lonely! (Delaware made this reform back in 2017.) 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 18/05/2025We deeply appreciate Senator @schatz.bsky.social elevating this issue at this Congressional hearing on Thursday. 011
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 17/05/2025This @zey.bsky.social analogy between LLMs/chatbots and "horseless carriages" made us think. 041
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Markell Trail (just north of the DuPont Environmental Education Center at the mini-roundabout) has re-opened! 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The #EveryoneGetsHome Summit program will focus on the concept of "self-explaining roads." mailchi.mp/d3acac8e81c7... 010
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 11/05/2025To all the moms who looked out for us and tried to keep us safe, Happy Mother's Day. 000
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The Markell Trail (East Coast Greenway) will be closed next week (starting May 12) just north of the DuPont Environmental Education Center at the mini-roundabout (maps.app.goo.gl/uqtLNbtnFEdQ...) & (as the sign in the photo below says) "there is no detour available for wheeled vehicles." 100
Bike Delaware @bikede.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. May the 4th be with you. 010
