BIKEIOWA co-hosted the first organized "Bike to Work Day" on
May 16th 2003. That grew to "Bike to Work Week" in
2005 and the Des Moines Bicycle Collective took over in
2011 to create "Bike Month" (with focus in the Des Moines metro) as we know it today. View past
Bike to Work and "
Bike Month" Features.
With High gas prices, expensive car payments, traffic delays, road rage, expanding waistlines, commuting by bicycle is an attactive altenative. There are many great reasons to consider traveling to work by bicycle. It's an effective, healthy, inexpensive, and fun alternative that is attracting more and more commuters all over the world.
Check out our Commuter's Reference Guide and Employer's Reference Guide for biking to work.