 Celebrating MoBikeFed's 20th Anniversary this year, we're taking some time to look at what MoBikeFed was doing--and what the bicycle, pedestrian, and trails landscape in Missouri looked like--at different times over the past 20 years. In 2004--at ten years old!--we were just getting ready to hire our lobbyist for the first year--taking the very first steps towards becoming a professional organization with professional staff and all that comes with it. At the time, we wrote a series of articles explaining why it made sense to hire a lobbyist and what we were planning to--articles that ring as true today, 10 years later, as they did then. We also explained what we had been doing for the past 10 years--it's a good summary of the first 10 year's of MoBikeFed's history. MoBikeFed's History and Accomplishments--through 2004Over the years, the Missouri Bicycle Federation has had an influence on statewide bicycle policy far out of proportion to its size and budget. A few examples of issues MoBikeFed has worked on over the years since 1994:
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 The Missouri general elections are being held across the state on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014.
We know that people like you who are interested in their communities because of their interest in bicycling and walking, vote at a higher rate than average.
So whatever your party, whoever your candidates, whatever your issues, be sure to make a plan, check your voting location, and get out and VOTE on Tuesday, November 4th.
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Missouri's primary elections are being held across the state on Tuesday, August 5th, 2014.
"I bicycle/I walk/I run and I vote" is one of the most powerful statement we can make to any elected leader, in our work to make Missouri a better, safer place to walk and bicycle.
So whatever your party, whoever your candidates, whatever your issues, please get out and VOTE on Tuesday, August 5th.
Amendment 7 - First statewide transportation funding plan in history to incorporate funding for bicycling and walking
Amendment 7, the first transportation funding plan in Missouri's history to fully integrate bicycling, walking, trails, and public transit into Missouri's statewide transportation funding, is on the August 5th ballot.
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 Stopping a bicycle ban. Stopping an anti-bicycle amendment--designed to remove bicycling from state transportation funding. Including funding for biking, walking, and trails in proposed transportation funding, solving a century-long problem in Missouri. Those are the reasons legislative advocacy in Jefferson City has been vital this year. With just two weeks left in the 2014 legislative session, you can help in two ways:
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[UPDATE, 8 April 2014: Thanks to thousands of you who contacted the Missouri House via calls, email, or personal visits, dozens of organizations who worked to support bicycling, and the support of the vast majority of Missouri representatives, the anti-bicycle amendment introduced by Rep. Curtman was soundly defeated today. Please contact your Missouri House Member to thank them for their support of bicycling to defeat the amendment. Please continue to contact your Missouri House Members to ask themto oppose HB 2279, the bicycle ban.] The bicycle ban is back--new and improved for 2014. And it is accompanied by something new--a proposal to eliminate bicycling from the $8 billion Missouri Transportation Funding proposal. This bill is due for a vote on Monday or Tuesday, so we need you to act now!
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Imagine you're out for a fine day's ride, just approaching the top of a climb, when suddenly you're greeted by TV cameras, a motorcycle escort, a finish line, and a huge cheering crowd--just the winner of a big race would be greeted at the finish line.
That's what French prankster Rémi Gaillard set out to do to a few unsuspecting cyclists--check it out:
Want the experience of riding a major stage race yourself, right here in Missouri? Timing, finish line, all the rest? The experience of riding a Tour de France or Tour of Missouri stage--whether you're just starting out and completing your first 15-mile ride, or a hard core cylist looking for your personal-best century time?
Check out MoBikeFed's new ride for 2014, the Tour of Kansas City Gran Fondo--the best elements of an epic recreational ride and a scenic touring ride combined with the color and flash of a great road race.
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 Announcing two exciting rides for the 2014 Tour of Kansas City--new and improved for 2014!
- IMPROVED: The Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation's Rock Island Ramble has become the Tour of Kansas City Gran Fondo, Saturday, June 21st, 2014. Same great ride, same great routes, same great support, same great cause--now all kicked up a notch to make a premier road ride experience.
- NEW: The NEW Tour of Kansas City Fun Ride is coming Sunday, June 22nd. The most fun you can (legally) have on two wheels!
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 How much will you save if you walk or bicycle to school every day of the year? What if you walk or bike once a week or once a month?
International Walk to School Day is October 9th, 2013, and the month of October is Walk to School Month. Thousands of school kids across Missouri and across the world will be walking and biking to school that day.
Fill in your numbers below and find out how much you will save when you walk or bicycle to school:
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 The 2013 Missouri legislative session wrapped up yesterday after a two-day veto session.
This year, Governor Nixon vetoed a record number of bills and the General Assembly overrode a record number of vetos--but upheld some key vetos as well.
One of the vetos upheld--by a mere two votes in the House of Representatives--was SB 265. SB 265 dealt with Agenda 21, an innocuous and non-binding U.N. model plan for dealing with sustainability, poverty, and various 'green' issues. Governor Nixon vetoed SB 265, citing "ambiguously worded restrictions on state and local governments."
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 The Tour of Utah, one of five major multi-stage races in North America sanctioned by UCI, has been going on this week and wraps up Sunday. I just spent two weeks visiting Utah on our annual family vacation, so our entire family was well aware of the impending race, the excitement it was fostering around the state, some of the amazing routes and climbs it will feature (we left just before the race started, but we had driven several of the planned race routes during our stay), and the boost an international event like this gives to the sport of cycling across the entire state. Like many states across the U.S., Utah is becoming a great place to bicycle.
I'm sure I don't have to remind anyone--this year could have been the seventh annual edition of the Tour of Missouri.
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