The recently created two brand new positions that are very important to improving the bicycle and pedestrian environment in the city. In one month we’ve gone from zero city employees with primary responsibility for bicycle planning to two. It’s a huge step forward and will hopefully result in some tangible results in the […]

This weekend we have two great bike tours in Kansas City. Both rides offer a variety of route and distance options, provide full SAG service.
Tour de Lakes - Saturday, June 23rd
This ride starts at Longview Lake and takes in four more of the beautiful lakes of Eastern Jackson County. Tour de Lakes […]

KSHB-TV and The Star report that a bicyclist was early Sunday night near US 71 Hwy and Blue Ridge Boulevard. As is so often the case in this city, the police are sympathizing with the motorist because “it was dark and hard to see.”
Is it any wonder that so many Kansas Citians feel unsafe […]

[ June 21, 2007; ] National Dump the Pump day promotes ridership on public transportation as a way to conserve resources and money.  In addition to a lunch-time rally at Washington Square Park, anyone riding a bus on this day could score some prizes.

All regular KCATA buses have bike racks, so it’s easy to include your bike in Dump the […]

Paul Dorn has more thoughts on the new bike commute data from the US Census Bureau.
The U.S. Census consistently undercounts bicyclists; for example counting multimodal (bike/transit) as one “journey to work” mode, typically the longer mode. The Census also ignores non-work trips, which are the majority of all trips.

[ June 29, 2007; 6:30 pm; ] Meet at 6:00 p.m., ride at 6:30 p.m.

Location: Westport SunFresh grocery store parking lot.  4001 Mill Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 (Mill Street at Southwest Trafficway)

[ July 15, 2007; 6:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] KCBC’s annual tour of the beautiful Northland’s rolling hills and trees. Multiple route options available and excellent SAG service included.

More info at www.kcbc.org

The US Census Bureau has just released a survey of American commuting habits, and the data for bicycle commuting in KC is pretty bad. Kansas City ranks dead last in bike commuting. 50th place out of 50 cities. The survey counted a paltry 50 bike commuters among KCMO’s 216,000 workers, which rounds to […]

The Star has a video report on the Tour de Cure’s Wheel to Weston for diabetes. Some folks were concerned that this year’s higher fund-raising requirement would scare off some riders, but over 300 rode yesterday.

The season’s first Ozone Alert has been issued for Friday.  It’s an Orange Alert, which means the air quality will be bad enough to affect children and adult with respiratory or cardiovascular problems.  Healthy folks might also notice some effects.
Everyone is encourage to limit strenuous outside activity between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  If you […]