Monthly Archives: April 2008
Bikestravaganza
The art kids have lots of stuff going on this weekend with the second annual Bikestravaganza. Critical Mass, a flat track race, 816 Bike Collective grand opening and party, and an alleycat race. Check out all the details.
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Bike Week Bus
enlarge To promote Bike Week and the Car-Free Challenge, the city of Kansas City, MO has wrapped a KCATA Metro bus with a Bike There, Walk There ad. The message is that any trip under two miles can be on … Continue reading
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KCMO Trails Logo Contest
From Shannon Jaax, City Planning and Development Department The KCMO Citywide Trails Plan project team is challenging the creative minds of Kansas City (no age or expertise requirements) to a trail logo and naming competition. The KCMO Citywide Trails Plan … Continue reading
Photo of the Week: Paseo Bridge Ground-Breaking
A group of about 30 bicyclists rode to Friday’s ceremonies to mark the beginining of construction on the new Paseo Bridge. Here are some photos on Flickr and Mark Breeding has many more.
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Pitch on MoDOT’s sabotage of Complete Streets
The Pitch covers the attemp to pass a Complete Streets bill in Missouri, and MoDOT’s last-minute move to kill the bill that they earlier supported. The Pitch: MoDOT tosses cyclists over the handlebars A great way to show MoDOT some … Continue reading
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April Traffic Safety Enforcement Campaign
During the month of April, law enforcement agencies across the metro are will be conducting special operations emphasizing bicycle and pedestrian safety. For example, there will extra efforts to enforce the laws requiring motorists to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks … Continue reading
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Route 45 open house
This week MoDOT will hold a public hearing on their plan to widen Route 45 through Parkville (a.k.a. NW 64th Street or Tom Watson Parkway). Right now the plan is very inadequate for bicyclists and pedestrians. Parts of it are … Continue reading
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Ride to the Paseo Bridge Ground-Breaking
Ride to the Paseo Bridge ground-breaking ceremony and show your support for a safe bike/ped path on the new bridge. Meet up the Metro bus park-and-ride lot at 3rd and Grand in the River Market neighborhood, across the street from … Continue reading
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ROUTE 45 PUBLIC MEETING
MoDOT will update the public on plans for the widening of Route 45 (NW 64th or Tom Watson Parkway) west of Route 9. Right now MoDOT is planning sub-par facilities for bicyclists and pedestrians. It is important for local folks … Continue reading
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Invite to the Paseo Bridge Groundbreaking
On Friday, April 18 Senater Kit Bond and MoDOT will have a groundbreaking for the new Paseo bridge. If you can spare half an hour on a Friday afternoon, please go and attend the ceremony as a visible reminder that … Continue reading
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