[January 26 - Iowa Events Center]
The 2018 Iowa Bicycle Summit is an annual conference providing education on the latest bicycle facilities, technology, and programming. Now in its 12th year, the Iowa Bicycle Summit brings national speakers to Iowa to share bicycle facility successes and best practices from around the United States. Many of the lessons learned at the Summit have manifested into trail facilities and safety.
The Iowa Bicycle Summit is the must-attend workshop if your community is building, designing, or planning a trail or bike lane or more bicycle facilities
This year's summit sessions include:
- PeopleForBikes and PlacesForBikes: Advancing Bicycling
Dr. Jennifer Boldry, PeopleForBikes and Dan Woodward, Engineer, City of Fort Collins
- New Marketing for Trails and Bicycling
- Tips and Tricks for Promoting Trails
Kim Manning - Cedar Falls Tourism Bureau
- The What & How of Bike Sharing
Brian Dewey - Koloni Bike Share
- How to Market Trails and Events with Travel Iowa
Brooke Miller & Amy Zeigler - Travel Iowa
- Great Networks Make Great Biking: The Bike Network Analysis
Dr. Jennifer Boldry, PeopleForBikes and Dan Woodward, Engineer, City of Fort Collins
- New Safety Efforts
Milly Ortiz - Iowa DOT
- Driver Education Program
Mark Wyatt & Charlie Smith - Iowa Bicycle Coalition
- Safety Performance Measures
Jan Laaser-Webb - Iowa DOT
- Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
KC Atkins, P.E. (MN, WI, SD) - Associate | Senior Engineer - Toole Design Group
- Art of Trails
- Connectivity: Trails in the Turkey River Corridor
Mallory Hanson - Northeast Iowa RC&D
- Iowa Great Places
Liesl Voges - Community Development Manager - Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs|
- In The Shadow Of The Rails
Jim Miller - The Raccoon River Valley Trail Assoc.
- AASHTO’s “Green Book for Bikes” – What to Expect from North America’s Most Detailed and Comprehensive Facility Design Guide
KC Atkins, P.E. (MN, WI, SD) Associate | Senior Engineer - Toole Design Group
- Success & Lessons with New Bicycle Facilities
Brian Willham - City of Des Moines and Tony Filippini - City of Ames
In addition, there will be several opportunities for networking.
Check out the
full schedule.