About Us

The Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation is a statewide, not-for-profit, membership organization that advocates advancement of bicycling access, safety and education in Missouri. It was founded by Caryn Giarratano (the first Chair) and Mike Hoeferkamp (the first Treasurer) in 1993, and incorporated in the state of Missouri on November 17, 1994.

MoBikeFed is a 501(c)(4) corporation, EIN 43-1896064. More information: IRS 501c4 letter, Guidestar listing, with financial summaries and copies of previous IRS form 990s.

More about MoBikeFed's history and accomplishments is here.

For more details about the Missouri Bicycle Federation's stand on the issues, see MoBikeFed's Vision of Bicycling and Walking in Missouri and the Missouri Bicycle Federation Legislative Platform.

The annual business meeting and election of officers is generally the first Sunday in November each year (though some years it must be changed due to various conflicts). We generally have Board Meetings on the first Sundays of February, May, and August (however note that the meetings are quite often moved by a week or two forward or back to accommodate schedule conflicts). Members and visitors are welcome at these meetings.

Our calendar usually contains updated info about meetings. If planning to attend a meeting it is usually best to contact director [at] mobikefed.org so as to be apprised of any last-minute details or changes.

Information about joining MBF is on our membership page. A downloadable membership flyer is available in PDF format.

MoBikeFed Bylaws.

Missouri Bicycle Federation, Inc.
Post Office Box 104871
Jefferson City, MO 65110-4871

Email: director [at] mobikefed.org

Phone: 816-695-6736

To contact a specific staff person, board member, or chair, see the list of current staff/board members below.

 

The mission of the Missouri Bicycle Federation is to provide an advocacy platform to protect the rights and interests of bicyclists and to make Missouri a better place to ride a bicycle through the advancement of bicycle access, safety and education.

 

MOBikeFed's Vision of Active Transportation in Missouri summarizes our 5- to 10-year plan and goals for Missouri.

• Obtain funding to meet goals.
• Coordinate efforts among constituents.
• Communicate with other state groups.
• Educate the public on benefits of our sport: health, social and environmental.
• Lobby for legislative issues on behalf of bicyclists.
• Promote safety: sharing the road, wearing helmets and following the rules of the road.
• Establish bicycling as a recognized form of transportation, as well as recreation.
• Facilitate use of state and federal funds to meet goals.
• Disseminate information about constituents' major events in the state.
• Promote the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Community program across Missouri.
• Encourage Complete Streets policies at local, metropolitan, statewide, and national levels.
• Promote and encourage more bicycling and walking in Missouri through programs like Bike Month, Bike to Work Week, and Walk/Bike to School Month.

• Wrote and passed legislation that repealed the mandatory sidepath law and defeated its reinstatement in 1998.
• Worked with legislators to improve wording and intent of bike-specific laws. Thanks to this, Missouri traffic laws rate better for bicycle friendliness than those in most other states (though work remains to be done in Missouri and in all other states).
• Defeated a bill that would have required all bicyclists to ride on the left side of the road, facing traffic.
• Defeated legislation that would have required bicyclists to ride single file.
• Worked with the MoDOT to change its policy on shoulder rumble strips to allow bicyclists some smooth shoulder.
• Worked with Amtrak in 1997 to allow unboxed bicycles to be rolled aboard.
• Worked with legislators to pass as "Safe Passing Law", bicycle-friendly bicycle lane provisions, and numerous other improvements to the state bicycle legislation in 2005.