by Mark | Jan 14, 2022 | Bike Law, Blog, Legislative
Rep. Ann Meyer from Fort Dodge introduced House File 2015 for standard penalties for fatal traffic crashes. Currently, crashes involving bicyclists are on a traffic ticket. This bill would make fatal bicycle crashes the same penalty as other vehicle or pedestrian...
by Mark | Jan 11, 2022 | Blog, Legislative
The Iowa Bicycle Coalition is hosting a day at the Iowa State Capitol on February 9 starting at 8 AM. The Iowa Bicycle Coalition is inviting bicyclists from all over Iowa to meet with their legislators to talk about bicycle issues. The Iowa Bicycle Lobby Day is...
by Mark | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, Legislative
The Iowa General Assembly has convened and legislators have begun work on policy to impact the safety of bicyclists. Bicyclists all over Iowa want safe places to ride and policies that improve traffic safety. Bills have been filed (or are...
by Mark | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog
RAGBRAI®, Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, hires Matt Phippen, Iowa native and longtime friend of RAGBRAI, as the director of operations. Phippen, formerly a sales leader at Scheel’s Iowa City, has participated in RAGBRAI indirectly and directly...
by Mark | Dec 27, 2021 | Blog
A few times a year, we post on our website about a bicyclist killed in a crash with a motor vehicle. This is, unfortunately, the ninth of those posts since January. Terry Zabokrtsky, age 76, of Walford was killed on December 25th, at 2:25pm at 11609 Linn Benton...
by Mark | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
