KCMO City Manager to Propose $800m Bond to fund Infrastructure
Tomorrow KCMO City Manager, Troy Schulte, will introduce to city council a proposal to put an $800 million general obligation bond on the ballot. We have known the general theme of the bond for a while but the council hearing should bring to light some more details. Mr. Schulte’s presentation will include a list of general […]
Nov. 2016 News & Events
FREE RIDES on Election Day In an effort to make it as easy as possible for all to get to the polls on election day, we are offering free bike share rentals on November 8. Simply use the code 11816 at any of the 30 stations across the city for a complimentary 30-minute rental. Note that […]
Midland Trail Elementary’s Walking School Bus; New Sidewalks
Midland Trail Elementary School in the Turner School District kicked off their first, formal Walking School Bus program on September 30th with overwhelming success! On a beautiful fall morning, 55 students, several teachers and a handful of parents joined together to walk to school. The Walking School Bus kick-off also celebrated the installation of brand […]
Protected bike lanes coming to KC
Neighborhood support wins remake of Armour Boulevard in Midtown with road diet, protected bike lanes, and new crosswalks. Last weekend KCMO Public Works unveiled plans for the city’s first protected bike lanes on Armour Boulevard in Midtown. The new design coming in 2017 will create one-way protected bike lanes or cycletracks on each side of the […]
KCMO Councilman Jermaine Reed rides with our East High School Bike Club
Councilman Jermaine Reed (3rd District) recently joined the students in our East High School Bike Club on a fun bike ride to the 18th & Vine Jazz District. The kids had a great time meeting a city leader and talking with him about how to make take it safer for the students walk and bike […]
October 2016 Newsletter
Halloween Ride + Taps: Oct. 29 Benefitting BikeWalkKC Join us at Bier Station on Saturday, Oct. 29 for the final Bier Station/Family Bicycles/New Belgium Brewing bike ride of the year. We’ll start with a family-friendly, short bike ride (costumes encouraged!) at 10:15 a.m. and stay to enjoy some delicious food and drink. Proceeds from select New […]
Rodgers Health Partnership Expands to Adults
Glen Rumbaugh, BikeWalkKC’s Education Operations Coordinator, recently led an adult Earn-A-Bike session with residents of the Chouteau Housing court, made possible through our collaboration with Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center. Here, Glen tells us about the experience: I love bikes. As children, bikes gave us wings – it was as close to flying as most of […]
Record Numbers Participate in International Walk to School Day on Oct. 5
Thousands of students, parents, families, and educators across the Kansas City region walked to school on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, as part of International Walk to School Day organized by BikeWalkKC, MARC, and KCHealthyKids. A record 91 schools in the Greater Kansas City and Lawrence areas participated this year, up from 66 schools in 2015 (a 38% increase). […]
Cycletrack to be first phase of North Kansas City’s Complete Streets makeover for Burlington Road
The City of North Kansas City has a brand new Complete Streets vision for Burlington Road to make a greener, more welcoming place for all modes of transportation, future redevelopment, the quality of life for NKC residents. Improvements will include enhanced transit stops, landscaping, and stormwater runoff and retention improvements. NKC is on track to build […]