With schools around the region expanding summer school offerings, the BikeWalkKC Education Team has even more opportunities to teach young people Bicycle Lessons and Safety Training (BLAST). In a recent session at Lakewood Elementary in North KC, students received three weeks of bike safety education and riding practice. Our instructors spent the first 5 days […]
Category Archives: Bicycling
PRESS RELEASE: Young cyclist struck in KCMO
A teenage cyclist was seriously injured in a crash on Wednesday, July 10. The crash occurred near the intersection of 26th and Indiana around 5:40 p.m. The driver of an SUV was heading northbound when they struck the victim. The driver stopped at the scene and cooperated with police. The teenager was transported to a […]
New Bike Projects and a Plan to Tie Them Together in North Kansas City
Last week, North Kansas City began construction on the first phase of its Armour Road Complete Streets Plan. This first phase of work extends from Ozark to Fayette Streets and includes a road diet (reducing the number of travel lanes), decorative crosswalks, new bump outs and medians, and new protected bike lanes. Armour Road is […]
Summer School: bike education for adults, families
No worries, Alice Cooper, it’s highly unlikely you’ll see a rule book or a teacher’s dirty look at one of our Summer School bike education classes. You will, however, gain confidence, bike-handling skills, maintenance know-how, and maybe even a free bike! Mark your calendars now for these fun classes taught by our enthusiastic, trained educators: […]
Addressing Concerns about the New Bike Master Plan
A number of individuals have reached out to BikeWalkKC to ask about the concerns that were brought up by those in opposition. Rather than try to answer each one individually, we wanted to use a blog post to identify and address the most frequent concerns we’ve heard so far. By now, you’ve probably heard that […]
ACTION ALERT – New Bike Master Plan Stuck at City Council
Bike Plan faces vocal opposition at City Hall and fails to move forward. We need your help to show City Council that Kansas Citians want safer places to bike. Thursday morning, BikeWalkKC and a number of our advocates and partners went to a City Council hearing to testify in support of the new KCMO Bicycle […]
MEDIA ALERT: The Saluto family, Lorrie Brown, BikeWalkKC, and City Market to Dedicate Ghost Bike to Honor Cyclist Anthony Saluto
Dedication Ceremony: 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, 2019 at City Market Park, 300-398 Main Street, KCMO 64152 Contact: Karen Campbell, Director of Development and Communications karen.campbell@bikewalkkc.org or (816) 205-7056, ext. 2 Kansas City, Mo. | April 3, 2019 – The Saluto family, Lorrie Brown, and BikeWalkKC will dedicate a “ghost bike” memorial bike rack in […]
What’s in the KCMO Bike Plan? Part Three: From Paper to the Pavement
This is the last Feel Good Friday where we’ll be discussing the KCMO Bike Plan. Read on to learn more! The City of KCMO is considering adoption of an update to the Ride KC Bike Master Plan. There’s a lot of information in this new plan, but what does it all mean? Before we jump […]
What’s in the KCMO Bike Plan? Part Two: The View from Two Wheels
For the next few Feel Good Fridays, we’ll be discussing the KCMO Bike Plan. Read on to learn more! The City of KCMO is considering adoption of an update to the Ride KC Bike Master Plan. There’s a lot of information in this new plan, but what does it all mean? Before we jump in, […]
What’s in the KCMO Bike Plan? Part One: Pedal to the People
For the next few Feel Good Fridays, we’ll be discussing the KCMO Bike Plan. Read on to learn more! If you haven’t heard already, the City of Kansas City, Missouri is going through the process of adopting an updated version of the Bike KC Master Plan. There’s a lot of information in this new plan, […]