Successful fall safety events
This fall was a record-breaking season for the free bike lights and helmets given by DelDOT at our two bicycle-safety checkpoint events. The October event smashed any previous event’s numbers, as 26 sets of bike lights were installed and 15 helmets were given to UD students. Combined with the initial event in September, this fall we distributed 45 sets of lights and 24 helmets, far beyond what we had ever done before.
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Paved paths connector project
Following the 2022 completion of the Emerson (bike/ped) Bridge, the City is moving forward with plans to have DelDOT construct two off-road paved trails, one through Kershaw Park and the other through Olan Thomas Park, which will connect the bridge with the Pomeroy Trail.
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A tour of Newark’s parks
Last fall, in the process of collecting data for the 2025 update to the Newark Bicycle Plan, I ended up visiting all 36 of Newark’s city parks. (I was checking how many bike racks each of them had. The answer, for most of them: none. And you thought finding parking on Main Street was hard!)
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Newark Bikeways resource
BikeNewark continues its work on developing and implementing wayfinding signage for the city’s Newark Bikeways low-stress network. To date, six of the eight segments of the network are fully signed, with the remaining two bikeway segments to be developed and signed in tandem with planned city bicycle-specific improvement projects.
> Newark Bikeways low-stress network map (PDF)
BikeNewark
Welcome to the BikeNewark website. BikeNewark is a partnership of interested cyclists and organizations working to improve bicycling in Newark, Delaware.
BikeNewark meets on the third Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. usually via Zoom. These partnership meetings are open to the public. If you’d like to attend via Zoom, please email us a week in advance, indicating that you’d like to attend, so we can issue you the meeting link. Meeting dates in 2026 are as follows:
January 15, February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15, November 19, December 17
Get involved! | Become a member | Donate to support our mission
BikeNewark comprises city residents, non-residents, and liaisons from our seven partner organizations:
Participation is open to all who have a passion for our mission (as stated in the opening paragraph) and are willing to work collaboratively toward that end. For more, see About BikeNewark.
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