Historic Tour de Bier KC coming May 17 – sign up now for best rates!
Popular bicycle ride will take bicyclists past KC’s best breweries for a fifth time The Tour de Bier KC is back for its fifth year on May 17, 2015 with added stops and new features. The Tour de Bier KC, is a historic point by point bicycle excursion of Kansas City’s breweries, historic brewing landmarks […]
Help us transform the streets of KC in 2015
A lot of good happened for local cyclists and pedestrians on Kansas City streets in 2014. This summer, the city’s bike share system, Kansas City B-cycle, doubled in size, with eight new stations in the Country Club Plaza and Westport. Thousands of area kids learned bicycle safety from the proven BLAST youth bicycle course in […]
Leawood’s new Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
The City of Leawood recently adopted its first master plan for walking and bicycling, Self-Propelled Leawood. The planning process includes significant public input, and the final result provides extensive detail of existing conditions. The plan includes many goals and priorities for infrastructure, public policy, education, law enforcement, etc. Download the full report (PDF). Goals: Increase […]
Give the Gift of Better Walking and Biking on #GivingTuesday
During Black Friday, people scramble about corporate businesses, bargain hunting and Christmas shopping. Some get out again on Small Business Saturday, supporting local businesses in their communities. And then there is Cyber Monday, where the internet explodes with shopping traffic. On Tuesday, give the ultimate gift to your family and the future of your community […]
Happy Thanksgiving from BikeWalkKC
As we get ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow, everyone in the BikeWalkKC family wanted to take the time to thank you for helping make it better to walk and bike around the Kansas City metro area. BikeWalkKC is working for you to create safer streets for pedestrians and bicyclists, provide bicycle safety education to area youth, […]
November News and Updates
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, BikeWalkKC wanted to take the time to highlight the work of some of our rockstar community partners, including KC Healthy Kids, RDA, Earth Riders Mountain Bike Club, Revolve KC, and more! KC Healthy Kids hosts I Am Here Campaign to engages schools KC Healthy Kids is continuing their work to create healthy environments for children […]
Advocacy Alert: Downtown Bike Network and Grand Boulevard Road Diet
KCMO has a plan for 12 miles of new bike lanes linking the various neighborhoods of Downtown – River Market, Loop, Crossroads, Westside, 18th & Vine, and Crown Center. The centerpiece is a transformation of Grand Boulevard into a transit and bike corridor with buffered bike lanes, enhanced “super stops” for public transit, and a […]
BikeWalkKC welcomes two new additions to the staff
BikeWalkKC has seen a lot of growth over the last year, and we recently welcomed two individuals to our full-time staff: Joe Blankenship and Joshua Hoffman. Joe Blankenship will be working with BikeWalkKC as the Safe Routes to School Planner. BikeWalkKC received a two-year grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City to […]
Shawnee Parks Tax Up for Renewal on November
On November 4th Shawnee voters will be asked to renew the “Parks and Pipes” sales tax that supports parks, trails, and bike lanes in the metro area’s first nationally recognized Bicycle Friendly Community. The 1/8 of a cent sales tax is up for renewal as Shawnee Question 1 on the Novermber 4th ballot. The sales […]
Advocacy Alert: Update on Safe Streets KC, the ordinance that protects our rights to use the streets safely
The “good” news first: The City Council is committed to making Kansas City a safer city and supporting the ordinance intended to protect vulnerable road users. The council debated for almost one hour in the business session and another hour at the City Council meeting on Thursday. We are excited and welcome the debate, and […]