LaPlante to lead the Iowa Bicycle Summit January 29 & 30
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Fri October 16 2009
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Posted Oct 16, 2009
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The Iowa Bicycle Coalition, a state-wide bicycle advocacy
organization, announces John LaPlante will lead the bicycle
facility design workshop at the January 29 & 30, 2010 Iowa
Bicycle Summit. The Coalition is also issuing a call for
presentations for the annual bicycle advocacy conference to
be held in Des Moines.
The sixth annual Iowa Bicycle Summit draws together persons
of various interests in bicycling, walking, active
transportation and trail building for an educational
conference. The conference includes a technical workshop
for transportation planners and engineers.
“We have been asking for better bicycle facilities and the
workshop provides the tools for the technical staff to build
bicycle facilities,” says Mark Wyatt, executive Director of
the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. “John LaPlante is going to give
us a great Midwestern perceptive from his experience in the
City of Chicago.”
John LaPlante is currently Director of Traffic Engineering
for T.Y.Lin International, working out of their Chicago
office. Prior to joining the firm in 1992, Mr. LaPlante had
been with the City of Chicago for 30 years in various
transportation engineering positions, including Chief City
Traffic Engineer and Acting Commissioner of the new
Department of Transportation. He is involved in several
national committees and was principal author of the 1999
AASHTO Bike Guide.
In addition to the technical workshop, the Iowa Bicycle
Summit offers sessions for the bicycle advocates who want to
improve bicycling in their communities. “We are also giving
bicycle advocates the tools to communicate with their public
officials and understand how to build bicycle friendly
communities,” states Wyatt.
Persons who wish to present information should submit a
brief synopsis of the presentation to the Iowa Bicycle
Coalition using their website contact form at
www.iowabicyclecoalition.org.
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