Education & Outreach

BikeWalkKC offers a wide range of classes, programs, and events for adults, youth, neighborhood leaders, and transportation professionals.

Youth Education
For kids in- and after-school around the region

  • BLAST Kids on Bikes
  • Youth Maintain Your Ride
  • Bike Club
  • Pedestrian Safety

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Adult Education 
Become more comfortable and confident riding for transportation, recreation, fitness, and fun.

  • Confident City Cycling
  • Maintain Your Ride
  • Become a licensed cycling instructor
  • Women+ classes and clinics

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Technical Assistance and Continuing Education
Opportunities for developing neighborhood advocacy capacity, continuing education for transportation and planning professionals, and technical assistance for schools.

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Bike safety resources

Are you interested in riding, but could use a little more information to help boost your confidence? Watch videos in English and en español, download our printable bike safety 101 posters in English and Burmese, and try our at-home walking and biking activities.

Upcoming Events

 

Request a class for your school, business, club, church, or association.

 


Education Partners
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Cornerstones of Care, Hope Faith Ministries, Johnson County Parks & Recreation, Johnson County Public Library, Kansas City Parks & Recreation, Kansas City Kansas Public Library, Operation Breakthrough, Rosedale Development Association, Synergy Services, United Way of Greater Kansas City, The Whole Person, Wyandotte County Public Library, YMCA of Greater Kansas City, YouthBuild of KCK, 816 Bicycle Collective, Revolve KC, Alta Vista Charter High School, Curé of Ars Catholic School, Ewing Marion Kauffman School, Notre Dame de Sion High School, and most K-12 school districts throughout the Kansas City metro area.

Education Funders
Major funding for BikeWalkKC's education programs comes the Missouri & Kansas Departments of Transportation via the Mid-America Regional Foundation, Hall Family Foundation, Health Forward Foundation, Truman Heartland Community Foundation, Edward G. and Kathryn E. Mader Family Foundation, Oppenstein Brothers Foundation (Commerce Bank, NA, trustee), Shumaker Family Foundation, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment, and BikeWalkKC members.


Education and Outreach Team

Laura Fox
Director of Education

Nolan Oehrke
Education Program Manager

Miranda PrattMiranda Pratt
Education Outreach Coordinator

Mark Horn, Education Outreach Coordinator

Mark Horn
Education Operations Coordinator