Share feedback and comments in support of Option 4 with city leaders before the survey closes on August 22! City leaders are considering multiple options for the future of Blue River Road. Option 4 would close and repurpose Blue River Road as a trail for walking and biking. Sign up on Speak Easy KC to […]
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Public meeting on July 30! Learn more about 39th Street Safety Improvements
Make plans to attend the meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 30 from 5:30-7:00pm at Midtown KC Now (3931 Main Street, KCMO 64111). Plans are coming together for safety improvements along 39th Street. Read below for more information to key questions. What is being proposed for 39th Street? City leaders are exploring safety improvements along 39th […]
Advocacy Alert: Let’s Restore Transit Funding in the Missouri Budget!
Learn more about last-minute cuts to the transit portion of the Missouri budget and how you can take action to reverse them. Overview: Governor Kehoe issued a line-item veto in the Missouri state budget which slashed transit funding by 42%. This cut exacerbates transit funding challenges across the state. With your help, we can push […]
Advocacy in the Wake of Tragedy: What we can learn from a stoplight at 51st and Troost
By Avery Jones, BikeWalkKC Community Organizer For years, neighbors and students raised concerns that the intersection at 51st Street & Troost was unsafe. When Yuxi Wu, a University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) conservatory student who planned to graduate with a degree in piano performance, was tragically struck and killed on September 26, 2024, the concerns […]
Take Part in the Kansas River Crossing Study!
Learn more about ways to get involved in shaping the future of the Kansas Avenue and Central Avenue Bridges! Overview: Elevating KCK is a river crossing study focused on shaping the future of the Kansas Avenue and Central Avenue Bridges Take the survey between now and July 31st to provide feedback. Attend the Open House […]
Mission Safe Streets and Roads for All — Learn More!
The City of Mission needs your help to develop a plan to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries. One of the major items to come out of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was the creation of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. The program is intended to support local, regional, and Tribal […]
Advocacy in Action: Protecting the Bike Lanes in Overland Park!
Your advocacy is making a difference for safer places to bike, but we need to keep up the momentum. Thanks to your advocacy, the City of Overland Park recently launched a pilot to install “No Parking” signs to keep people from parking in bike lanes along Indian Creek Parkway. Here’s what you can do to […]
Advocacy Alert: Speak Up for a Safer Broadway Boulevard!
Update August 26, 2025 Sept. 10: LAST CHANCE to pave a safer future for Broadway Boulevard! Were you at the Broadway Boulevard meeting in July? So many people attended that the city officials ran out of paper surveys! And now, thanks to your participation, city leaders have finalized a design for the corridor. We need […]
Share Your Thoughts on the Metcalf Transit Study!
The survey will help to shape the approach city and county leaders take to improve transit along this key corridor. As the issue of public transit becomes more pressing in Johnson County, more work is beginning to happen to help chart a course for what the future could look like. That includes the Metcalf corridor […]
ADVOCACY ALERT: Learn more about the Wyandotte County Budget!
Attend the meeting on Thursday, June 5 at at 7:00 PM at the UG Municipal Building (701 N. 7th Street) to learn more and provide input on the proposed budget. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK (UG) is working to set the priorities for the annual budget preparation for all city and county […]