Trailwood Elementary Safe Routes to School Strategy BikeWalkKC’s Safe Routes to School analysis for Trailwood Elementary incorporated data gathering and synthesis of all of the factors that impact a student’s ability to safely and comfortably walk or bike to school. This included everything from the behavior of students and parents at arrival and dismissal, to […]
Category Archives: Planning
North Kansas City Safe Routes to School Strategy
BikeWalkKC assisted the North Kansas City school district with an analysis of seven elementary schools to identify recommendations to improve walkability and bikeability to and from school. The outcomes of this analysis included a list of strategic infrastructure improvements that would have the greatest impact on walkability in the school areas, as well as recommendations […]
KCMO Safe Routes to School Strategy
From 2014-2016, BikeWalkKC worked with seven partner elementary schools in the Kansas City, Missouri School District to support students walking and biking to school, and to develop a district-wide strategy to achieve those outcomes. Initial work focused on the development and standardization of a data collection methodology, as well as a multi-pronged and sustained engagement […]
Truman Road Complete Street
Truman Road holds great promise as a complete street corridor. It traverses a part of the City that demonstrates high latent demand for bicycling, but is poorly served today. Bicycle facilities on Truman Road would tie together and enhance the functionality of several other important bicycle projects as part of an interconnected network. Truman Road […]
Road Diet Guide
The City of Mission, Kansas was looking for ways to make its primary business street safer, especially for pedestrians trying to cross the street. In the past, a reduction in the number of travel lanes had been considered and rejected because of fears about the impacts to local businesses. Through a partnership with LiveWell Johnson […]
47th Street Complete Street Plan
BikeWalkKC worked with the City of Westwood, Roeland Park, and the Unified Government to implement a road diet and complete street improvements on 47th Street, as well as other pedestrian improvements in the City of Westwood. Building on recent planning efforts with the Rosedale Master Plan and Westwood Master Plan, the 47th Street Complete Street […]
Complete Street Design
Complete streets and bike facilities have been around for a long time with various labels, but today bike facility design in the United States is undergoing a rapid and dramatic evolution. As demand for bike infrastructure grows, more and more projects are emerging around the country. Each new project teaches us something new about the best […]
Northeast Area Master Plan
The well-being of Northeast residents depends on their capacity to meet basic community needs – good homes in strong neighborhoods, resources to live healthy lives, the ability to feel safe and be safe in streets, parks, and public spaces, and access to jobs and services that can expand opportunity for everyone. One component that ties […]
Fairmount District Plan
In Independence, Missouri, U.S. Highway 24 runs through the heart of the historic Fairmount Business District. Wide roads, fast traffic, lack of sidewalks, and confusing intersections all limit the potential of this area to attract visitors, support investment, and achieve its full potential. BikeWalkKC worked with community partners and the project team to improve the […]
MARC Green Infrastructure Strategy
In 2017, BikeWalkKC partnered on a team to assist the Mid America Regional Council with the development of the first and second phases of a Regional Green Infrastructure Strategy. Phase 1 of this work used existing data and plans to identify opportunities for implementation of integrated green infrastructure solutions to link multiple human, natural, and […]