East High School Bike Club student leader takes on the ultimate challenge
Since 2016, students in our East High School Bike Club have been learning how to bike safely and navigate our city streets to ride to school, summer jobs, and to visit friends and family. But EHS Bike Club is bigger than "just bikes"!
Class President and Bike Club veteran Kevin Beltran Gonzalez and his teacher Andrew Killen tackled 50 miles of the roughest, muddiest, hilliest terrain in the Midwest this summer at the Unbound Gravel race. Kevin rolled across the finish line with a big smile on his face and ambition to start a bike club at his college!
Click to read more about Kevin, Andrew, and the EHS Bike Club
THANK YOU for donating your pre-loved bikes to BikeWalkKC and supporting our education programs. You have kept Bike Club rolling for 10 years-- let's keep up the pace for another decade!
Olathe, Liberty, and Platte County receive nearly $1.4 million for safer streets!
🚨 Liberty will use their award to purchase and install flashing beacons and radar speed feedback signs on high-risk streets to improve pedestrian visibility and reduce speeding.
📓 Olathe will use their award to develop a citywide Speed Management Plan, pilot roundabout demonstrations, and conduct road safety audits to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes.
📊 Platte County will use their award to collect data, engage the community, analyze crash data, and create a strategy to fund and implement safety measures as part of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
These grants from the US Department of Transportation Safe Streets For All program bring the total awarded to Greater KC communities to more than $13 million in recent years! Click to read more details
Advocacy Alert 🚨 Country bus 🔄 City bus
📆 Due Jan. 31 Missouri Dept. of Transportation needs your feedback on intercity bus service (Greyhound is an example). Where do you ride the intercity bus now? Where would you go if bus service existed? How could more transportation options improve your life? Our pals at Missourians for Responsible Transportation explain more and share the survey. Click for details and to take the survey before 1/31/26
New hubs, new app en español, and more!
2025 was a big year for Bike Share KC, and we're gearing up for another one this year! Click here to read all about it
Stay in touch with Bike Share KC:
- Email info@ridekcbike.com
- Sign up for the Bike Share mailing list
BLASTing off to Kansas!
The BikeWalkKC Education Team, in partnership with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, has an exciting opportunity to expand an extra-special version of our popular Bicycle Lessons And Safety Training (BLAST) program to a school district in Kansas this Spring! Details for applying coming soon.
Feb. 3 📆 All aboard the bike bus!
Join our info night Feb. 3! Learn more about bike buses and get support in planning a route, inviting other students, and communicating with your school! Ellen Schwartze is hosting with her fellow local bike bus leaders who will share their experiences. Click here to RSVP
April 17-19 📆 Attention bike safety educators! Sign up for the LCI Training Seminar
BikeWalkKC will host a 3-day League Cycling Instructor (LCI) seminar where prospective bike safety educators will receive training on cycling instruction using the Smart Cycling curriculum presented by the League of American Bicyclists. People who successfully complete the seminar will join the nearly 7000 certified League Cycling Instructors across the nation as cycling educators. The LCI seminar will take place April 17-19 at BikeWalkKC. Click here to learn more and register before March 27
Questions? Email Laura Fox education@bikewalkkc.org
What we're reading
Missouri pedestrian fatalities have risen 22% this year. Does the state need a new strategy? | "... projects related to walking and biking are still categorized as 'unfunded needs' by the statewide transportation framework." (KCUR)
Kansas City cuts IRIS transit south of River Market, including downtown, in the New Year | The microtransit service only will run in limited areas of the Northland, Kansas City, Kansas, and Independence. IRIS is still fully operating in Kansas City, Kansas, and Independence and will continue into 2026. (KSHB)
Kansas City's World Cup transit plan will create a lot of new bus routes. Here's where they'll go | The new routes will run for 32 days during the 2026 World Cup. (KCUR)
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