It appears a bicyclist was killed along the Raccoon River Valley Trail.  Please see story at http://www.kcci.com/news/24203988/detail.html

The report is the bicyclist collided with the side of an SUV at an intersection of the trail west of Adel.  Further details are limited at this time. 

The Iowa Bicycle Coalition would like to express it's sympathies to the family of the bicyclist involved. 

While we don't know exactly what happened, it is a good time to remind bicyclists using trails to proceed with caution when roads and trails intersect.  Often sight distances are limited.  Bicyclists should look left-right-left prior to crossing. 

Would you like to be a League Cycling Instructor? The City of Des Moines and the League of American Bicyclists will be offering a League Cycling Instructor (LCI) Seminar in September 2010. You must have completed a Traffic Skills 101 course at least 90 days in advance of the LCI Seminar. If you have completed the Traffic Skills 101 course and would like to become a LCI, please contact mark@iowabicyclecoalition.org.

To coincide with Bike to Work Week, the League of American Bicyclists is excited to announce our third annual Bicycle Friendly State (BFS) rankings. The League named Iowa as seventh.

“We are delighted to report that states, and statewide bicycle advocates, are using this program to target legislative changes, adopt new policies and even start new advocacy groups in order to improve conditions for cyclists,” said Andy Clarke, League President. “Change at the state level is harder to see than in a community or business, but is no less important – and we are seeing real progress.”