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Iowa City is BRONZE!

 CONGRATULATIONS Iowa City!! They are the second community in Iowa to receive this designation!

 Iowa City IA

On Tuesday, Iowa City was awarded the bronze designation as
a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American
Bicyclists. This makes them the second community in Iowa to receive this designation. Cedar Falls was awarded bronze in
the Spring.

Here is what the League had to say about Iowa City:

Community Highlights: Iowa City boasts over 275 miles of low
volume residential and collector streets that are popular
for beginner and experienced cyclists alike. The abundant
street trees create a pleasant canopy that provides shade
during the summer and incredible scenery in autumn. This
combined will public bicycling education programs and
programs like the bike library are working and it can be
seen in the bicycle commute numbers that are six times the
national average in a four-season community.

Most Recent Significant Accomplishment: The City worked
diligently to develop and adopt the Metro Bicycle Master
Plan. It also installed eight blocks of new bike lanes and
20 blocks of new shared lane arrows.

Current Activities to Promote Bicycling: The City offers
discounted helmets to residents at Recreation Centers,
enforces their bike parking ordinance requiring bike racks
at new commercial and multi-family developments, installs
bike racks at new public buildings, and offers covered bike
parking.

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Stay tuned as there will probably be more news relating to
this extraordinary event in the coming days. Ride on!

-Nick Maddix of Bicyclists of Iowa City
www.bicyclistsofiowacity.org
  (www.bikeiowa.com)
 
posted Oct 20 2009
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Source: http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/communities/bfc_iowa_city.php
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