Let’s Go KC: The Alliance for Transportation Choice is a new coalition of people and organizations interested in making Kansas City more livable by encouraging the city to support bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
The first issue the group is tackling is the city’s new development code, which effects planning and zoning, parking, traffic, etc. I’ve [...]

Present Magazine has a long feature story on Critical Mass in Kansas City, complete with photos and interviews with several regular riders. It’s a multi-page article, so you might prefer the single page view instead.

[ November 2, 2007; 12:30 pm; ] Rockhurst University, Science Building

Mayors from around the metro area will sign will sign onto the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, following the lead of former KCMO Mayor Kay Barnes.

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The Major Taylor Foundation of Greater KC has a new Sunday breakfast ride starting at 9:00 a.m. from the Chubby’s diner at 38th and Broadway in Midtown.

MTFGKC\Chubby’s Breakfast Burrito Group Ride
9 am for breakfest- 9:45 am take- off
Ride Leaders- Chris Hudson- Chuong Doan- Kenneth Walker
moderate to fast training rides- approx. 20-30 miles
No one gets left [...]

Pitch reporter and cyclist Carolyn Szczepanski has more on the recent firing of MoDOT bike/ped coordinator Caryn Giarratano.
Plog: Missouri dumps its bike/ped leader

There is a public meeting tonight regarding the widening of NW Englewood west of US 169.  This street is on the city’s BikeKC plan, but I have heard that the city intends build a potentially hazardous sidepath trail, instead of bike lanes.
As many of you know, statistics show that trails alongside roads are often dangerous [...]

The Right Ride is a new web site that lets bicyclists map out road hazards and warn others about bad spots to avoid or be careful at. I asked them include KC and you can check it out at kansascity.therightride.org.

This week’s Pitch has a big feature on cyclists who have been killed or injured in car/automobile encounters, including a photo gallery of many folks you might know or have ridden with. It’s written by Carolyn Szczepanski, who is a cyclist herself.  While the lead-in is overly dramatic and doom-and-gloom, the actual profiles are quite [...]

[ November 8, 2007; ] Alleycat race and raffle to benefit Erick Sharda.  Erick was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Midtown in mid-August and his still hospitalized with serious injuries.  Unfortunately Erick does not have health insurance.  Exact time and other details to be announced.

Don’t forget tonight at The Record Bar there is a fund raiser for Erick Sharda, the cyclist who was severely injured in a hit-and-run crash in Midtown this past August.