Bike Light Survey

The Iowa Bicycle Coalition generates surveys from members from time to time. We find we can learn more from our members. Each survey is turned into an article and shared with new bicyclists. This survey is about bike lights. Create your free online surveys with...

Happy Halloween!

Hope you have a spooky and safe Halloween! Of course lots of bikers use Halloween as an excuse to test out their RAGBRAI outfits… see some of the best RAGBRAI costumes from 2013 here: http://ragbrai.com/2013/07/23/ragbrai-2013-alley-portraits-in-dallas-center/...

#SaveRay Trails saved my life

My friend Steve Buchtel told a story at the Mid American Trails and Greenways Conference.  Steve spoke a lot about the economics and history of the Cal-Sag Trail.  But what really stuck was the story about Ray and how the trail saved his life. I can’t do it the...

Your thoughts on the Iowa Bike Plan

I am excited to help promote the upcoming meetings for the new Iowa Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.  You may know we have been working off the Iowa Trails 2000 plan that is over a decade old and is sorely in need of updating.  Many of the trail corridors have been built...

Gay Lea Wilson Trail Extension Opens Tomorrow

A long-awaited piece of the Gay Lea Wilson Trail Extension will open tomorrow, October 30, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The extension connects Ankeny to Des Moines, Pleasant Hill and Altoona and completes a trail that was begun in 1992. When finished it will...