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  • 11/11/2024 10:18 AM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    Sussex Cyclists wishes all those members who served in the military a happy Veterans Day and a sincere thank you for your service.

  • 11/08/2024 10:33 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    DelDot Public Workshop

    Milton Active Transportation Plan & SR 16 Corridor Study
    Workshop #2

    Mariner Middle School Main Building Cafeteria
    16391 Harbeson Rd
    Milton

    Tuesday

    12/03/2024

    5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

    Come to the Public Workshop to learn about DelDOT's two planning efforts in the Milton area:

    The Milton Active Transportation Plan will provide recommendations to improve walking and biking in Milton. Attend to:

    - Provide feedback on the draft low-stress bike network grid

    - Review ideas for projects that will improve safety for people walking and biking

    To learn more about the Milton Active Transportation Plan, visit publicinput.com/miltonatp


    The SR 16 Corridor Study will recommend transportation improvements for SR 16. Stop by to:

    - Review the results of the existing conditions assessment

    - Share your vision for SR 16 in Milton

    To learn more about the SR 16 Corridor Study, visit publicinput.com/miltonsr16

    View full public notice at: https://deldot.gov/About/publicevents/workshops/index.shtml?dc=workshop&id=18365

  • 11/01/2024 10:48 AM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)
    If you haven't already voted, check out Bike Delaware's Voter Guide.

    The Delaware General Assembly

    We're not going to lie: elections to the Delaware General Assembly (our state legislature in Delaware) are not the top coverage priority for news organizations. Their top priority is the presidential election (with sometimes a little bit of coverage left over for federal senate races). We will all go into the voting booth for this election with a lot of information about presidential candidates but most of us will have very little information about the people running for state senator and state representative. Indeed, many of us will go into the voting booth and be seeing the names of candidates for those two offices for the very first time.

    That's too bad because who we choose to be our two representatives in our state legislature is an important decision. In fact, for a number of issues, it's actually more important than who we vote for for president. For example, the ability of the next president - no matter who that is - to reduce fatal crashes in Delaware is very low. On the other hand, nearly all the roads where fatal crashes occur in Delaware are owned and managed by DelDOT and it's our representatives who serve in the Delaware General Assembly who make the laws and policies that ultimately govern how DelDOT operates and invests.

    Not every Delaware Senate and House district has a competitive race in 2024 but Bike Delaware sent a short (just 4 questions) survey to all the candidates in races where there is more than one filed candidate. And most of those candidates took the trouble to respond!

    Candidate Questions #1, #2 and #4

    All 4 questions that Bike Delaware asked candidates running for election to the Delaware General Assembly are about traffic safety. While traffic safety is not the biggest issue in this election (according to surveys of voters), it's at the center of Bike Delaware's mission. And crashes are the 2nd leading cause of death (after guns) of kids in Delaware. The first question asked about their level of support for setting an aggressive goal of reducing traffic fatalities by 50% by 2035. The second question asked about their level of support for recently passed anti-stroad legislation. The 4th question asked about multimodal roundabouts.

    Candidate question #3: Making safer roads and streets by prioritizing, and then designing for, their main function

    The 3rd question question in our candidate survey is important because it involves the fundamental issue of function. What is a particular street for? What is that road for? In some cases, it's not complicated. If we're talking about the street where we live, the main purpose of that street is to get in and out of our house or apartment, safely. Anything that interferes with that main function is bad. If suddenly there are dozens of 18 wheeler trucks traveling up and down the street where we live every day, obviously that is going to make our streets less safe.

    Similarly, imagine somebody who says they want to build a school with direct access to (i.e. a driveway onto) I-95 and then somebody else who says they want to open an ice cream store directly across I-95 (and also with a driveway). You don't need to be any kind of traffic safety professional to immediately grasp that neither of these are good ideas (and that the two ideas when put together are even worse). 

    The problem we have in Delaware (and in the U.S. more generally), however, is in-between those two extremes everyone's intuition about traffic safety tends to break down because the function has become hopelessly confused. But it's all those in-between situations where almost every traffic fatality in Delaware happens each year. So that's why the 3rd question we asked candidates was about establishing clear public policy requiring that all public right-of-way be assigned to a specific "functional category" with clear design requirements to either facilitate safe and smooth traffic flow OR safe direct access to properties (but not both).

    We understand that it's asking quite a bit of our elected officials to grapple with such an abstract concept. But if Delaware is going to have any chance of meeting its ambitious traffic safety goals, we're going to need to make big changes to how our public right-of-way is designed in all those in-between situations. And that, in turn, is likely to require smart leadership from our elected officials. So check out how they answered question #3.


  • 10/26/2024 10:01 AM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    Oct 4, 2024 Facebook post from Denny

    The annual Sussex Cyclists dinner was held tonight at the Big Fish Grill in Oceanview. 69 members and guests attended and had a great time. Serious kudos to the Social Committee, especially Joell Giler and Heidi Lerch for planning this great event. People are already talking about next year.














  • 10/14/2024 2:20 PM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    Published in today's Cape Gazette:

    Rotary and Sussex Cyclists team for Milton biking event Nov. 2

    Bikers can view bucolic scenery along the rural roads Nov. 2.
    SUBMITTED PHOTO

    The Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Rotary Club, in conjunction with Sussex Cyclists, will hold its fifth annual end-of-season biking event Saturday, Nov. 2., starting at Milton Historical Society, 210 Union St., Milton.

    Local bikers will enjoy riding the beautiful rural roads in the Milton and Ellendale areas. The event was designed for all levels of bikers and offers three flat courses of 25K, 50K, and 100K to ensure fun for everyone.

    Irish Eyes in Milton will host an after-ride party for all ride participants. All monies raised will support Sussex County school projects that include academic scholarships, the elementary school dictionary project, and Rotary Youth Leadership Award Scholarships. 

    To register, go to bikereg.com/rotarybike


  • 10/11/2024 11:29 AM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    What a wonderful day it turned out to be for our final "Adopt a Highway" event for 2024. Thanks to the efforts of our 23 volunteers, we completed the 2-mile road cleanup in just about an hour!

    The group collected 13 bags of trash along with a few large/miscellaneous items ... leaving the roadway a lot more appealing for cycling.

    A BIG THANK YOU to our volunteers today:

    Bob Acquilano

    John (andy) Blair

    Cassie Burns

    Coogan Cameron

    Mary Jane Candaux

    Edward Gross and Carole

    Mike Guida

    John Hayes

    Louis Hepp

    Gilbert Hofheimer

    Boog Jacobs

    Susan Lovenberg

    Stephen Mahaney

    Pat Miller

    Robert Rabatsky

    Alice Rybarczyk

    Terry Savage

    Al Sciarrillo

    Denny Shook

    Fran Shook (not in Photo)

    Mark Snader

    Sincerely,
    Mike Savage





  • 09/23/2024 5:04 PM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)
    Taking a moment to pose with our friends from the Cape Henlopen staff. We’re incredibly grateful for their hard work in keeping the facilities spotless and welcoming!



  • 09/23/2024 10:13 AM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    Originally posted by 9/22/24 by Denny on Facebook

    It was a beautiful day for ride. Rode the Laurel, De Broadcreek Bike and Brew today with John Strauss, Jim Futrell, Terri Martin, Steve Alperstein, and Randy Kubetin (who was late for this pic). Great picturesque routes, great after party (as Terri is enjoying a refreshment) and Charlie and the Cooltones never disappoint. This is one of my favorite ride.




  • 09/21/2024 10:23 AM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    We’re excited to announce that Sussex Cyclists member Heidi Lerch is featured in this month’s Rails to Trails magazine! The article, "Trail Moments: The Fellowship of the Trail," highlights Heidi’s experiences riding with Sussex Cyclists and the joy of being part of our cycling community.

    A big thank you to Heidi for showcasing the spirit of Sussex Cyclists and helping promote our club!

  • 09/10/2024 8:00 PM | Sussex Cyclists (Administrator)

    Originally posted on Facebook by Denny Shook, Sussex Cyclists Safety Director

    I want to thank everybody who came out this morning to Cape Henlopen State Park to help mark the posts along the bike trail. Thanks to John Eckenrode who started the efforts and to Bob Brown of Bike Delaware, and Sussex Cyclists for taking the lead in organizing this worthwhile effort. We can only hope that this makes a difference.




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