KCMO’s long quest to build bike lanes in the urban core has been in the news a lot lately. You can learn about the city’s latest plan to hopefully build some bike lanes in 2017 at tonight’s meeting of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC). Deputy Public Works Director Ralph Davis is scheduled to […]
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The Star publishes two perspectives on the region’s bike progress
This week the Kansas City Star offers two views on the region’s progress to improve biking. First, the Northland and Johnson County editions feature several local cyclists, several options for folks to join a group ride or neighborhood bike community, and some promising progress in cities like Shawnee and North Kansas City. 816 North and […]
Mayor Holland’s update on biking and walking progress in Wyandotte County
Mayor Mark Holland recently provided this update on progress in Kansas City, KS and Wyandotte. Several exciting things are happening in the community that support Mayor Holland’s goal improving the health of KCK by getting people moving. More on-street bike lanes coming to 10th and 12th Streets Celebration of the first segment of levee trail […]
Best Practices for Bike Lanes Along Major Bus Routes
The Kansas City Area Transit Authority has plans in the works for rerouting all of their buses onto what they are calling Transit Emphasis Corridors (TEC). The north-south routes will follow Grand and the east-west routes will follow 11th/12th. Besides the obvious connections transit has to walkability, these plans have implications for riding a bike […]
Support bike/ped on KC’s boulevard and parkway system
KC’s famous boulevard and parkway system is a great place to walk and bike, but it can be even better. Let our city leaders know that you support bike/ped in new design standards for parkways and boulevards.
KCMO Parking and Transportation Commission Recommends Anti-Pedestrian Spending in Downtown
Earlier this week KCMO’s Parking and Transportation Commission voted, without public comment, to accept KCMO staff recommendation to fund some bicycle and pedestrian improvements as part of the Greater Downtown Area Plan implementation. The recommendations were approximately $20,000 for bike lanes, $1.3m for audible pedestrian signals (for the blind and visually impaired) and $588,000 for […]
Streetcar Preliminary Plan – We Need to Get to Work
We were able to get ahold of the NextRail draft plan today and have taken a first look… and it’s not great. It also isn’t horrible. Our truncated conclusion is this: We have a lot work to do if we expect bike lanes and pedestrian improvements to be integrated into the project, especially at […]
How Do I Bike from Midtown to Downtown? Mapping the Barriers
On my bike ride into the office this morning, I got to thinking about the indirect route I have to take in order to avoid uncomfortable, high speed streets. That’s not to say that I won’t bike in more stressful traffic situations, I just prefer not to. So I’m burdened with a challenge each morning: […]
Downtown Bike Network
Big changes are planned for Downtown with 13 miles of new bike routes. New connections between the River Market, 18th & Vine, Downtown Loop, Crown Center, Westside, Crossroads, West Bottoms, and Riverfront Heritage Trail are thanks to a $900,000 federal grant and matching funds from the 3rd and 4th City Council districts. This new hub and spoke […]
New bike lanes and sharrows improve north-south bike corridor
WIth new bike lanes and sharrows, a north/south cross-river bike corridor is taking shape from North Kansas City, through Downtown, to Midtown.