Would you like to see the best bicycle facilities and trails in your
community? Come to the 8th Annual Iowa Bicycle Summit on January 27
& 28th, 2012 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines to learn more.
ABOUT
The Iowa Bicycle Coalition in partnership with the Iowa DOT are bringing
national experts in trails and bikeways so you can learn the best
practices to implement in your community.
- Friday Jan 27th 2012 - Technical Workshops for Bicycle Facilities and Trails
- Saturday Jan 28th 2012 - Bicycle Advocacy Workshops FREE!!
Summit & Expo | Agenda | Details
If you haven’t attended the Iowa Bicycle Summit & Expo yet, this is the year to attend. The
2012 event promises to be better than ever before with more vendor exhibits, free advocacy
workshops, and new trail building sessions.
Friday, January 27, begins with the bicycle facility and trail workshops. This session is
designed for engineers, planners and other community o cials and continuing education
credit is available. Roger Geller, bicycle coordinator in Portland, Oregon will be training
attendees to use the new NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide. This guide has some of the
cutting edge bicycle facilities for cities to implement.
The technical workshop has expanded sessions to include trail building. Trail sessions will
discuss trail maintenance, design, and policy issues. Land managers, trail supporters, and
community o cials are urged to attend these sessions to learn more about trails.
Saturday, January 28 is part bicycle expo and part advocacy education. The Saturday
sessions include information on trails, safety, safe routes to school, marketing and mountain
bicycling. All Saturday sessions are free and open to the public.
The bicycle expo on January 28 will host more than 60 exhibitors showing the latest in new
bicycle gear, training, trails, and events. Bicycling destinations and tourism attractions will
be on hand.
The event caps off with the RAGBRAI Route Announcement Party on the evening of January
28.
EXPO
This year will feature a consumer bicycle expo on January 28 free to the
public. More than 60 exhibitors will be on hand to show the latest in
new bicycle gear, training, trails, and events. A large group of
destination exhibitors are slated to attend.
SPEAKERS
The Iowa Bicycle Summit has one of the best lineups of speakers as we have
ever had. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to bring more bicycles to
your community.
Roger Geller, the Bicycle Coordinator from Portland, Oregon will lead a
workshop on the new NACTO Urban Bikeways Design Guide. This new guide is just off the presses and features some of the cutting edge designs
used in areas across the United States.
Lindsay Martin and Eric Oberg from the Rails to Trails Conservancy will be
speaking about trail maintenance and what is new in trail building.
This is a great opportunity to learn from industry experts.
BIKE SUMMIT REGISTRATION
We’ve lowered the early registration price. Register for the Friday session for $120 by January 1
to receive a $30 discount. In addition, the Saturday education sessions
are FREE AND we have a larger consumer expo area.
RAGBRAI Route Announcement Party
Do you want to know the 2012 RAGBRAI XL Route? Attend the RAGBRAI
Route Announcemetn Party on January 28, 2012 at the Iowa Events Center
Vets Auditorium in Des MoinesThe evening will feature live music with a
special performance Boogie and the Yo Yoz. This is the event that kicks
off the year of bicycling. Details and Registration