Successful fall safety events

photo of Mark Deshon demonstrating a bike light's operation

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

aerial diagram of Northeast Bikeway Connector Trails 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

A map of Newark's six city council districts.

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

Newark Bikeways sign graphic

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)

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BikeNewark

Welcome to the BikeNewark website. BikeNewark is a partnership of interested cyclists and organizations working to improve bicycling in Newark, Delaware.

Remaining monthly partnership meetings in 2026 are on third Thursdays as follows:

January 15 – 7 p.m. (Zoom only)
February 19 – 4:30 p.m. (in person* and Zoom)
March 19 – 7 p.m. (Zoom only)
April 16 – 4:30 p.m. (in person* and Zoom)
May 21 – 7 p.m. (Zoom only)
June 18 – 4:30 p.m. (in person* and Zoom)
July 16 – 7 p.m. (Zoom only)
August 20 – 4:30 p.m. (in person* and Zoom)
September 17 – 7 p.m. (Zoom only)
October 15 – 4:30 p.m. (in person* and Zoom)
November 19 – 7 p.m. (Zoom only)
December 17 – 4:30 p.m. (in person* and Zoom)
*meets at WILMAPCO (8th floor of STAR Tower on UD’s STAR Campus)

Get involved! | Become a member | Donate to support our mission

BikeNewark comprises city residents, non-residents, and liaisons from our seven partner organizations:

logos of City of Newark, UD, Newark Bike Project, DelDOT, Delaware Greenways, WILMAPCO, and Bike Delaware

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.