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Category Archives: Advocacy
Action Alert: Prairie Village Bike Plan Open House June 15th
Share your thoughts about how to make Prairie Village a better place to bike for both transportation and recreation.
Action Alert: Lenexa City Council Complete Streets policy presentation on June 13th
Please show up to support bike lanes and other improvements for people who walk and bike. The City of Lenexa, KS usually focuses on trails instead of on-street bike lanes, but that might be changing. On Tuesday, June 13th the City Council will hear a presentation about Complete Streets, the idea that our city streets should […]
Action Alert: Armour Road/NKC Complete Streets Public Meeting
Would you like to see bike lanes on Armour Road in North Kansas City? Northtown is developing into a more walkable and bikable community, with new businesses and apartments, bike share, and redevelopment of old industrial sites. The City is currently planning a Complete Streets makeover for Armour Road, improving conditions for people who walk […]
Action Alert – Streetcar to Riverfront, speak up for biking and walking
Transit officials are studying a second streetcar extension to Berkley Riverfront Park, possibly using the existing and narrow Grand Avenue viaduct that currently connects the City Market with the riverfront. Your voice is needed at the public meeting on May 31st to help BikeWalkKC ensure good bike and pedestrian access is included from the beginning. […]
Erika Smith’s Death Marks the 4th KCMO Pedestrian Fatality of the Year
A driver struck and killed Erika Smith while she attempted to cross Paseo to catch the bus on Tuesday morning. We don’t know all of the details of the crash and an investigation is surely underway. We want to express our condolences to Smith’s family and friends. The grief must be gut wrenching. We also […]
Attend an upcoming public meeting for the new KCMO Bike Master Plan
Now is your opportunity to speak up! Where do you want to bike? What barriers to do you face? What would help you feel safer and more comfortable?
Previewing the Rock Island Corridor
BikeWalkKC takes a sneak peek at the Rock Island corridor in Jackson County ahead of trail construction. Later this year Jackson County’s Rock Island Rail Corridor Authority will kick-off construction of the first phase of trail between the Truman Sports Complex and western Lee’s Summit. Some of us snuck out of the BikeWalkKC office for an afternoon […]
Voters approve infrastructure bonds with sidewalks and Complete Streets
Unpredented investment in walking and biking gets a big thumbs up thanks to everyone who wrote a letter, volunteered, and spoke up at City Hall
#GOVote: A YES Vote on Questions 1, 2, 3 is a Vote for Bike Lanes
Over the next two weeks, in a series called #GOVote, we will explore the many reasons BikeWalkKC endorses KCMO Questions 1, 2, 3 on the April 4th ballot. Follow along as we detail the myriad benefits these measures bring to walking and biking in KCMO. The $450m portion of Question 1 will benefit bike lanes […]