May 30, 2018 – Iowa Bicycle Coalition

RRVT Receives Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s 2018 Doppelt Fund Grants

Posted on May 30, 2018 by IowaBicycle

Nonprofit invests more than $140,000 in critical trail maintenance, trail building and community engagement projects nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) today announced the recipients of its 2018 Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund grants, with an emphasis on strategic investments that support significant regional and community trail development goals. The Doppelt Fund supports small, regional projects[…]

Pedaler’s Jamboree Announces Music

Posted on May 30, 2018 by IowaBicycle

The Chichaqua Valley Trail in Central Iowa will be the site of the fourth annual bicycle-music festival called “Pedaler’s Jamboree Iowa.” It is named and will be patterned after a jamboree that has become a major tourism event the past nine years on the KATY Trail in central Missouri. “What differentiates us from other rides[…]

City of Hudson, Iowa passes first reading of improved bike ordinance

Posted on May 30, 2018 by IowaBicycle

The Hudson, Iowa city council passed our model bicycle ordinance on May 29. We anticipate they will pass the 2nd and 3rd readings at the upcoming meetings. Among the changes contained in the model ordinance: 1. Change lanes to pass bikes 2. Right arm right turn signal 3. Door zone protection 4. Eliminates far the[…]