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- 2015 KCMO Elections
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- Action Alert: Save federal funding for walking and bicycling
- Armour Boulevard Traffic and Parking Study
- BikeWalkKC position on Streetcar extension to the riverfront
- City Council Listening Events
- Dear Mayor postcards
- Guidelines for group rides in Prairie Village and Mission Hills
- Issue Paper: Missouri Transportation Sales Tax - Bicycle and Pedestrian Issues
- Questions 1-2-3: Join the Healthy, Sustainable Neighborhoods Coalition
- Route 92 Centennial Bridge
- Safe Streets KC
- Speak up for walking and biking in the KCMO budget
- US 69 Bridges over the Missouri River
- Where Should The Bike Lanes Go?
Advocacy Blog Posts
City tweaks Armour Boulevard Complete Streets project as data shows improvements in safety and usage
As we approach the one year anniversary of Kansas City’s first protected bike lanes on Armour Boulevard in KCMO, data from Public Works and the KCPD shows that traffic crashes are down, bike traffic is up, and car traffic is calmer. City Hall is also making some tweaks to the design in response to concerns about visibility at intersections for motorists. This data and the City’s willingness to make iterative improvements will help ensure lessons learned on Armour are used in the new bike plan and future bike lane projects.
PRESS RELEASE: Cyclist critically injured in KCMO
A bicyclist is in critical condition after being struck on Monday evening. The crash occurred around 5:30 pm at the intersection of 31st and Roanoke. As the cyclist moved through the intersection, they were struck by the driver of a car traveling west on 31st Street. The impact ejected the rider onto the hood and […]
First phase of Jackson County Rock Island Trail opens to the public
Last Saturday leaders from Jackson County and several area cities celebrated a ribbon cutting for the first phase of the much-anticipated Rock Island Trail, the first re-use of an old rail corridor that will eventually become a multi-modal bike/ped/transit corridor linking Kansas City and its southeast suburbs and on to the Katy Trail State Park. […]
Where the mayoral candidates stand on the new KCMO Bike Master Plan
As you may have seen over the past few weeks, the updated KCMO Bike Plan has been stalled at City Hall because of concerns about the price tag and the trade offs of investing in safer places for people who bike versus other city services. Both of those concerns are due to misinformation about the […]
Myths about the cost of the KCMO Bike Plan
As many have seen in the media recently, the new KCMO Bike Master Plan has been delayed at City Council because it has become a political fight pitting biking against housing. This is a false choice based on a great deal of misinformation about the supposed $400 million that could be better spent on something […]
VIDEO: KCMO City Council Candidate Forum
On Monday, May 20, BikeWalkKC and the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance (KCRTA) hosted a forum for the candidates of the KCMO City Council. The event took place in the Truman Forum Auditorium at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library. The event was sponsored by TranSystems. NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, we […]
PRESS RELEASE: Two children hit in KCMO
Two children were hit in two separate crashes that occurred within minutes of each other on Sunday, May 19. Around 3:45 pm, a 5-year-old girl was crossing the street at East 40th Street and Wayne Avenue when the driver passed a stopped vehicle and struck her. Less than 5 minutes later, another child was hit […]
PRESS RELEASE: Pedestrian struck near Brookside Art Annual
A pedestrian was struck by the driver of a vehicle near the Brookside Art Annual. The crash occurred on Friday, May 3, about a block away from the event. The pedestrian was crossing Meyer Boulevard at Brookside Boulevard when they were struck. There was no word on the identity of the victim or their condition. […]
PRESS RELEASE: Pedestrian dies following hit-and-run in KCMO
A pedestrian in Kansas City, Missouri has died days after a hit-and-run sent him to the hospital. The crash occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on Monday, April 29 near the intersection of 18th Street and Bristol Avenue. According to authorities, the victim, identified as 37-year-old Jesus Avalos, was struck by the driver in the driveway […]
PRESS RELEASE: Pedestrian struck and killed in Overland Park
A woman was struck and killed in Overland Park just after midnight on May 2. The crash occurred on US 69 Highway, just south of W. 95th Street. The victim, Karla Ramirez of Kansas City, Kansas, had just exited a car that had lost control traveling northbound and had struck the median. As she did […]