Milwaukee Bike Plan open for comments
The Bike Fed and the City of Milwaukee have released a draft of the
Milwaukee by Bike 2010 Bicycle Master Plan. The comment period closes on July 31. Please click
here for more details.
DOT offers Complete Streets Workshop August 19
In Milwaukee on August 19, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will offer a workshop on Wisconsin's bicycle and pedestrian accommodation law - also know as the complete streets law - that passed in 2009 thanks to the efforts of Bike Fed members. The workshop will explain how the law is being applied and give examples of complete streets. A two-day course on designing streets for pedestrian safety will be held concurrently on August 18-19. Click
here for a complete description of the workshops and registration information.
Tour de Fat
We had a wonderful time at Milwaukee's first-ever
Tour de Fat on Saturday, July 3, raising more than $12,000 for the Bike Fed. Thousands of people gathered to celebrate bicycling. Thanks to the 100+ volunteers who made the festival possible. You rock!
Congratulations to Christopher Miller, who won the car-bike exchange contest and got to trade in his 2000 Saturn SL1 for a handbuilt Black Sheep Bikes commuter bicycle.
New Bike Rack Honors Bike Fed
Waunakee, Wis., bike rack manufacturer
Madrax has begun producing a new bike rack inspired by the Bike Fed logo. Ten percent of sales of the Advocate Rack will go to the Bike Fed to improve bicycling in Wisconsin. Interested in obtaining a set of racks? Email
Brian Weeks, director of operations at Madrax, or call him at 608.849.1080.
Bicycling hugely important in Wisconsin...
Of course we already knew that!
A report released by UW-Madison estimates that Wisconsin recreational bicycling combined with Wisconsin's share of bicycling manufacturing, services, and sales
contributes $1.5 billion annually to support Wisconsin's economy.
Click here to read the full report and press release.
To read specifically about the economic impacts of trails on local communities, you can download
Trails and Their Gateway Communities from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension.
We need your help! Support the Bike Fed's Statewide Share & Be Aware Campaign
The Bike Fed is launching an exciting education campaign,
Share & Be Aware, to spread safety education to every county in Wisconsin.
Click here to learn how you can help make Wisconsin a safer place to bike.
