Listen to the youth: Teens in KCK say pedestrians need both safety and beauty

Posted on June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 by Liz Harris

Grownups like to reminisce about their carefree youth: walking to school, biking to their summer lifeguarding jobs, or walking to the park with their friends. And so often, those same grownups will bemoan the way the younger generations seem disconnected from family, friends, and community. So what happened in between “the good ol’ days” and […]

Mile 4 (2014): Who belongs on Kansas City streets?

Posted on August 2, 2021September 30, 2021 by Eric Rogers

Mile 10 Campaign – BikeWalkKC Celebrates its 10th Anniversary! This year, we celebrate our 10th anniversary! BikeWalkKC was officially launched in April 2011 as a nonprofit organization with a mission and purpose to serve the bi-state Kansas City metro area. We were Kansas City’s first professional advocacy and education organization dedicated to bicycling and walking. […]

KCK adopts Complete Streets Ordinance

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by Michael Kelley

Last Thursday, the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County took an important step towards building safer streets for everyone in their community. Following a presentation by the UG Planning Department, the Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt a Complete Streets ordinance! You can check out a copy of the adopted language […]

Advocacy Alert: Speak up for Complete Streets in Wyandotte County

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by Liz Harris

Together with our partners in the Healthy Communities Wyandotte Policy Committee, BikeWalkKC is advocating for the adoption of a Complete Streets ordinance as a means of improving the built environment and health outcomes in Wyandotte County. In the age of COVID-19, such legislation has taken on increased significance as a means of supporting frontline workers […]

Press Release: Wyandotte County joins Move Your Way campaign to encourage physical activity

Posted on March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 by Liz Harris

West Wyandotte Library to host local launch event on Saturday, March 28, 2020 (Kansas City, Kansas) – BikeWalkKC is pleased to announce that Kansas City, Kansas has been selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to participate as a pilot community implementing the Move Your WaySM campaign. Move Your WaySM is […]

Share your input for the 2020 Wyandotte County Budget

Posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 by Karen Campbell

It’s budget season in Wyandotte County! BikeWalkKC has worked hard to improve the built environment for cyclists and pedestrians in KCK over the past year through our education efforts with Safe Routes to School and through our advocacy efforts with Healthy Communities Wyandotte. Something that is crucial to supporting those efforts is the annual budget. […]

Move Your Way in Wyandotte County

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 by Liz Harris

Life comes at us from all directions, and sometimes it’s difficult to prioritize our health when work and school demand so much of our time. We know physical activity is important, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to squeeze a family trip to the gym into an already packed schedule. Community support for active […]

Speak up for safer streets in KCMO, KCK, and Gladstone

Posted on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 by Liz Harris

On Monday two children were struck by drivers in the Kansas City region, starkly highlighting the need for more comprehensive policies that improve the built environment and protect our region’s most vulnerable road users. There are several upcoming opportunities for YOU to get involved and speak up for better biking and walking; read on to […]

Traffic-calming demonstration in Rosedale

Posted on October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 by Liz Harris

In 2013, Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri took great steps to make Southwest Boulevard safer for cyclists when they painted bike lanes from the Crossroads District in KCMO all the way to Merriam Lane. These efforts have continued to evolve and improve over the last five years, and a new effort in Rosedale […]

Partnership Profile: RevolveKC

Posted on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 by Liz Harris

RevolveKC has a mission: get more people on bikes. More specifically, they are “dedicated to providing under-served communities within the Greater Kansas City Region with reliable bicycles for transportation and recreation.” Practically, that means taking in donated, pre-loved bicycles, refurbishing them to a safe and ridable condition, and offering them to customers through Earn-A-Bike programs […]