Beginning next year, the zig-zag of the bike path near Moline's water-treatment plant at 18th Street will be realigned, so it runs along the Mississippi River behind the plant.

The good news is that bike networks were expanding in the U.S. even before the pandemic. Between 1991 and 2021, there was a six-fold increase in paved, off-road trails, from 5,904 miles to 39,329 ...