Camp magazine reports on big changes for the 5th Annual AIDS Bicycle Challenge, coming up in September 12.  This year the ride is moving from the Mill Creek trail in Johnson County to Downtown Kansas City.  The ride will begin and end at the Power & Light District and include Cliff Drive and the historic [...]

This Saturday May 9th is the first day of the Fourth Annual Greater Kansas City Bike Week, a celebration of all thing bicycle in our metro area. There is a diverse array of events from bike commuting classes to track stand competitions to group fun rides.
And one of the marquee events this week will be [...]

Today the KCMO City Council approved the city’s first official action plan for making the city more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly. The plan contains dozens of steps to be taken during the 2009-2010 fiscal year.  In addition trail and bike lane projects that have already been funded, there are goals for better policy, expanded educational programs, [...]

Some highlights from Bike Week so far.  Lots of people are participating in group rides across the metro, taking advantage of rest stops, and attending classes.  If you haven’t signed up for the Car-Free Challenge yet, it’s not too late! 

Family Bicycles’ group ride (photo by Andy Dandino)

Localcycling.com group ride to OP City Hall (photo by [...]

KC Star is reporting a bicyclist hit last night on Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard at US 71 Hwy.  No details other than the person is being treated at a hospital.
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Wednesday evening the world-wide Ride of Silence comes to Kansas City to honor bicyclists and pedestrians who have been killed or injured by  motorists. KCBike.Info maintains a database of fallen bicyclists in the KC region.
Wednesday, May 20th
Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. – Ride at 7:00 p.m.
Cosentino’s Brookside Market, 62nd and Main, KCMO
(North of 63rd just east [...]

Tonight the Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation is hosting a public meeting with the Missouri Transportation Alliance.  This is the private group putting together the next initiative petition for future MoDOT funding.  Most recently they led the successful Amendment 3 campaign.
Most of the group are the usual suspects of people who want new and bigger [...]

Yesterday the KCMO City Council finally approved a complete overhaul of the city’s outdated planning/zoning/development regulations.  The new development code is a huge step towards more compact, sustainable, and multi-modal development.
Two critical bicycle-friendly provisions are included in the new code:

Bike Parking: new businesses and multi-family housing required to provide bicycle parking for visitors and customers, [...]

The new banner at the top comes from this photo I took at the recent KC Women on Wheels bike festival and expo in Swope Park.  Heather Jordan at The Wheel Cyclery had decorated a commuter bike with a lovely basket of flowers for her class on bike commuting. Special thanks to reader Luke McGlynn [...]

Tragic news from early this morning, a bicyclist was hit and killed on I-35 northbound near the northeast corner of the Downtown Loop.    A trucker who may have hit the cyclist has returned to the scene after hearing about on the radio. The police investigation is ongoing, and they are not yet speculating why the [...]