Two children were hit in two separate crashes that occurred within minutes of each other on Sunday, May 19. Around 3:45 pm, a 5-year-old girl was crossing the street at East 40th Street and Wayne Avenue when the driver passed a stopped vehicle and struck her. Less than 5 minutes later, another child was hit […]
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We’re Hiring: Bike Share Operations and Youth Bike Education
BikeWalkKC is now hiring for two part-time, seasonal positions: Youth Bike Education Instructors and a Bike Share Operations Associate.
RideKC Bike chosen as official operator in KCMO pilot program
E-Bikes and, coming soon, scooters are part of project Today, RideKC Bike was announced as part of the next phase of the City’s dockless shared use mobility program. Look for more RideKC Bike e-bikes on the streets of KC in the coming weeks, and soon the addition of scooters. The City of Kansas City, MO interim dockless program started […]
PRESS RELEASE: Pedestrian struck near Brookside Art Annual
A pedestrian was struck by the driver of a vehicle near the Brookside Art Annual. The crash occurred on Friday, May 3, about a block away from the event. The pedestrian was crossing Meyer Boulevard at Brookside Boulevard when they were struck. There was no word on the identity of the victim or their condition. […]
PRESS RELEASE: Pedestrian dies following hit-and-run in KCMO
A pedestrian in Kansas City, Missouri has died days after a hit-and-run sent him to the hospital. The crash occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on Monday, April 29 near the intersection of 18th Street and Bristol Avenue. According to authorities, the victim, identified as 37-year-old Jesus Avalos, was struck by the driver in the driveway […]
PRESS RELEASE: Pedestrian struck and killed in Overland Park
A woman was struck and killed in Overland Park just after midnight on May 2. The crash occurred on US 69 Highway, just south of W. 95th Street. The victim, Karla Ramirez of Kansas City, Kansas, had just exited a car that had lost control traveling northbound and had struck the median. As she did […]
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 […]
Partnership Profile: Hope Faith
BikeWalkKC’s partnership with Hope Faith (formerly Hope Faith Ministries) began in 2016 with an Earn-A-Bike course. As a day center providing services for homeless and at-risk adults and children, Hope Faith’s goal was to offer their guests an opportunity to build riding skills and get basic bike maintenance training while earning their own bicycle. The […]
Advocates win Art Course Design contest; donate proceeds to BikeWalkKC
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art held a community competition for local artists to submit designs for a new installation, Art Course. This mini-golf experience will open in the museum’s Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park on Memorial Day weekend, and feature nine holes that each represent an interpretation of a work of art in the Museum’s […]