Bicycling and walking education has taken a giant step forward in Roeland Park, Kansas starting with some of the littlest of feet. On October 5th, Roesland Elementary had close to 350 participants in the International Walk to School Day event, where students, parents, PTA members, city officials and residents met at the Roeland Park City […]
Category Archives: Bicycling
Rodgers Health Partnership Expands to Adults
Glen Rumbaugh, BikeWalkKC’s Education Operations Coordinator, recently led an adult Earn-A-Bike session with residents of the Chouteau Housing court, made possible through our collaboration with Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center. Here, Glen tells us about the experience: I love bikes. As children, bikes gave us wings – it was as close to flying as most of […]
Kansas City’s first bike-specific traffic signal
KCMO Public Works recently installed the city’s first bike traffic signal at 11th and Main Downtown, and is hosting a public demo Friday morning at 10:00 am. Bike signals are increasingly common in the US as a way to give cyclists a separate phase in the traffic lights at intersections. KC’s first bike signal is […]
Give your feedback on KCMO’s Bike Friendly Community application
Kansas City, MO recently applied to be re-instated as a nationally recognized Bicycle Friendly Community. Now the League of American Bicyclists wants to hear from local residents on how bike friendly you think the city is. There is a short 5 minute survey you can fill out to share your opinion and provide any feedback that you […]
Pilot program with Operation Breakthrough combines bike safety with leadership
BikeWalkKC recently partnered with Operation Breakthrough to pilot a program that combined our Youth Ambassadors curriculum and their Leadership Class. The 6th through 9th graders worked on safe cycling practices, bike maintenance skills, and learned the importance of advocacy within communities. The nine students that met criteria based on attendance and participation even got to […]
Hope Faith Ministries Earn-a-Bike participants find independence on a bike
In a new partnership this summer with Hope Faith Ministries, a day center that provides services for homeless and impoverished men, women and children in Kansas City, BikeWalkKC offered a six-week adult Earn-A-Bike course. Lessons included discussions of barriers to riding in downtown KC (specifically in the Paseo West area), a Rules of the Road […]
Help us build our community calendar
Add your event to our new Community Calendar! We’ve improved our online community calendar to allow individuals to add their own walking and cycling events. Our BikeWalkKC community is quickly growing! Now community members can add their walks and bike rides to our calendar for an easy overview of what’s happening metro-wide. Whether you want more […]
BikeWalkKC Receives Grant to Create the Active Living Policy Council from Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
BikeWalkKC has been awarded a $171,344 grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) for the Active Living Policy Council. The Active Living Policy council is another one of our goals on our strategic plan and is geared towards providing more leadership in the underserved areas of Kansas City, along with creating the […]
Kansas City, MO Loses Its Bike Friendly Community Designation
Last month the League of American Bicyclists released their latest list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, and Kansas City, MO was conspicuously absent from the list. KCMO has been a Bronze Bike Friendly Community for several years, and the designation was up for renewal in 2015. According to the League, the City did not submit […]
WomenBikeKC Shares Where They Like to Vacation (or Visit) on or with Bikes
It’s summer vacation season. Does your bike come with you on vacation? Have you rented a bike somewhere cool and want to share it with the world? Do you have a place you’d like to ride? That’s the question we asked our Women Bike KC staff and volunteers recently and these are the answers we […]