Olathe is opening a new overpass over I-35 tomorrow and Dale Crawford wants bikes to be some of the first vehicles over the new bridge. Sounds like a great opportunity for cyclists to be visible at a high-profile event, especially considering recent efforts to create a new bike plan in Olathe.
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Here is a PDF with more details and maps for Olathe's plan to create an integrated bike transportation network using both on-street routes and multi-use trails.
Olathe Bicycle Transportation Plan, December 2006 presentation (PDF)

Don't laugh too quickly, we do have the potential for some bicycle tourism.  Today the Star examines some of that possibility in an article about the Riverfront Heritage Trail.  A noteworthy statistic is that 1.6 million tourists bike and hike in Missouri every year, ranking higher than either boating or golfing.  Most of those likely [...]

1. The Star reports on recent votes of the NKC City Council for bike/ped on the Heart of America Bridge and against the Paseo Bridge. Mayor Gene Bruns, who has long opposed the Paseo option, had to cast a tie-breaking vote.
2. The Star also featured the Prairie Village Yacht Club and other south side cyclists [...]

This is our second bike crash of the week. The guys at Cycle City report that local road and cyclocross racer Chris Hershey was involved in a hit and run wreck in the Northland yesterday.  It happened in front of the Hardee's at NW 81st and Prairie View in KCMO, near I-29 and NW Barry [...]

Weather is mild this week and should be great these upcoming rides…

Thursday, 6:30 p.m. - KCBC Thursday Brookside Ride, Holiday lights edition. Light up your bike and tour the holiday lights around Brookside and Prairie Village. As usual, food and libations follow at Charlie Hooper's.
Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - The Turtles Breakfast Ride. Meet [...]

NOTICE! The trails at Smithville Lake will be closed to cyclists and hikers this weekend.  The Missouri Department of Conservation is using the area for its annual youth deer hunt. Unless you want to become two-wheeled venison, please avoid choose another trail on December 16 and 17.

In May 2005 Mayor Kay Barnes signed the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, an initiative to implement the Kyoto agreements on a local level in the absence of federal leadership.  Unfortunately the Chamber of Commerce got involved in the legislative process and the result was a toothless ordinance with few real targets for greenhouse gas [...]

Local cyclist Jeff Denny was hit by a car this morning at Roe and Tomahawk.  Jeff is a regular bike commuter and was on his way to work at the time of this crash. Fortunately he's OK and already has the story on his blog.

kc-bike.blogspot.com is a new blog from a new KC bike commuter.  This guy commuters from Olathe to Downtown with the help of the bus, so he gets bonus points for being multi-modal!