Grant to Fund Bike Planning Courses
The Alliance for Biking & Walking has awarded LIB a $5000 grant to instruct planners and other municipal officials about bicycle planning and implementation. In addition to "continuing education" courses around the state, LIB will instruct college urban planning students. More.
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LIB Responds to IDOT Complete Streets Draft
With the Active Transportation Alliance, LIB has sent IDOT a detailed critique of its draft implementation of the 2007 Complete Streets law. The law seeks to improve IDOT’s performance in accommodating bicyclists and pedestrians in its urban and suburban road projects. Interested further in this issue? Contact LIB.
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LIB Releases New Quad Cities Bike Map
The second edition map is available here.
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Route 66 Trail Ride – Aug 29-Sep 3
Join LIB for the "2009 Route 66 Trail Ride", a (generally) self-supported bike tour meant to publicize and promote development of Illinois’ Route 66 Trail bicycle route from near St. Louis to Chicago.
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Newspaper/Newsletter Articles
LIB offers a new series of short articles on various aspects of bicycling for use by newspapers, municipal newsletters, municipal websites and other media.
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