DELAWARE Have Fun. Curb Your Car. Bikes on Transit
It’s easy to live a car-lite, or even car-free, lifestyle in Delaware! DART First State Bike and Bus • www.dartfirststate.com • (800) 652-DART Use your bicycle and these tips to start down the path to a healthier, All DART buses statewide are equipped to carry bicycles. Information on DART’s more than 60 local routes, including fares, can be more efficient form of travel. Cyclists on road photo Bike on bus photo found at www.dartfirststate.com. All local buses have racks on the front to store two bicycles. 1. Find your home on the Delaware Bicycle Maps and draw a circle with a one- or two-mile radius around it. Use a highlighter to mark In addition to these local routes, three routes provide intercounty service throughout Delaware. The 301 bus carries bicycles places inside the circle that you regularly visit. between Dover, Smyrna and Wilmington. This service is especially convenient for cyclists wanting to take one way bike trips into the southern part of the county from Wilmington. The bus travels on Delaware Route 1, stopping at selected park and ride lots as 2. Choose a familiar place and try bicycling rather than driving. See noted on the map. if you can find a comfortable route and secure parking. Add a new location every 1-2 weeks. Bicycles can be placed on the bicycle racks located on the front of the bus. The 301 bus offers service between Wilmington to Dover; the 302 bus offers service between Dover to Newark; the 303 bus offers service between Dover and Georgetown; and the 3. See if you can find a closer destination for errands that fall 307 bus offers service between Lewes to Dover. The one-way fare rates and service hours of operation are on the DART First State outside your circle. By slowly increasing the number of bicycle trips website. and incorporating transit or using a carshare program, you’ll be liv- ing car-lite in no time! DART’s Pedal and Park Program • www.dartfirststate.com • (800) 652-DART (Adapted from www.BikeNow.org) Bike lockers are available at several park and ride locations. When you can’t take your bike on a bus, and you don’t want to bike all the way to work, you can park your bike in a secure locker. There is a $10 key deposit for this service. Bikes on buses, trains and ferries Sandy with kids photo Kids on bikes photo SEPTA Regional Rail, Wilmington/Newark Line • www.septa.org • (215) 580-7800 SEPTA carries bicycles on all off-peak direction trains. The Wilmington/Newark line from Philadelphia serves Claymont, Wilming- ton, Churchmans Crossing (Fairplay) and Newark. Saturday and Sunday service only stops at Claymont and Wilmington. 7 Corner Ketch Rd Abelia La La Newark k ch Hill Dr e Bee re C Taylors Farm Dr U • www.amtrak.com • (800) USA-RAIL r Amtrak p w O Doe Run Rd o p D l a c e l L 72 h r i e con P l e e a L i e l e a k a W n t Certain Amtrak trains have baggage cars and carry boxed bicycles for a fee from Wilmington Train Station. Bicycle boxes are B e d e r Celestial C R e r w e Wy e o e d L k a a available at the Wilmington Station for $15.
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Worral Dr Fairmount Dr Castle County. Children 2 and under are free. Dr on Hopkins Rd Sheld Vansant Rd Cape May - Lewes Ferry (Sussex County) • www.cmlf.com • (800) 64-Ferry Smith Mill Rd The ECG includes parts of the Northern Bringing a bicycle on a bus can can be a Worral Dr Delaware Greenway, and goes through In DE (302) 426-1155 • In NJ (609) 886-1725 White Clay Cr New Linden Hill Rd W great time saver to a weary bicyclist, or a Smith Mill Rd Wilmington, New Castle, and Newark. h Boyds Valley Dr T i F T t ox e e r Deerfield Golf De He welcome relief from the heat or rain. This ferry between Cape May, NJ and Lewes, DE, takes about an hour and a half. Many people bring bikes and use the ferry as r i n n r - C 72 Rd d a l S
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