The city recently sent this update on progress on the Trails KC plan.  Several trails projects are in various stages of design and construction, with a couple of trail segments schedule for opening this fall.
Since the adoption of the Trails KC Plan in Nov 2008, staff has been hard at work getting several projects ready [...]

Bike Messenger photo exhibit
Friday, September 4, 2009 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Pi Gallery – 419 East 18th Street, Kansas City, MO (Map)

During September the Pi Gallery features a photography exhibit of bicycle messengers by Kyle Shepard. The exhibit will be open for the First Friday gallery crawl in the Crossroads Arts District. Pi Gallery is [...]

On Monday September 7th Bike 4 the Brain returns for another year.  This charity ride benefits organizations that provide services to people with mental illnesses. The route is quite a tour of the city – starting in Johnson County and passing through Brookside, Midtown, Downtown, and into the Northland all the way to Shoal Creek.
www.bikeforthebrain.org

MoDOT is putting bike lanes and multi-use trails on the Chouteau Bridge over the Missouri River.  Tuesday evening there is an open house where you can get the details and provide feedback. See our earlier post for more information.

Tour of Missouri officials have published a guide to media coverage of the Tour, including Universal Sports web site  In addition to live online video, Versus and Fox Sports have expanded their television coverage to include daily 30 minute recaps. Stage 1 starts today at 2:30 p.m. in St. Louis.  Stage 7 in KC starts [...]

The KC Star has an update on progress of the Katy Trail extension towards Kansas City. In summer 2010 the first 10 miles will open on either side of Pleasant Hill – from near the Cass/Jackson County line southeast to Route P.  The full 46 miles to Windsor is scheduled for 2012. Meanwhile, local governments [...]

The Tour’s KC stage starts at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday and is projected to end around 5:00-6:00 p.m. This year it’s a loop around the Greater Downtown area – including great neighborhoods of Quality Hill, Westside, Crossroads, River Market, Columbus Park, Power & Light District, Crown Center, and Penn Valley Park. Pre-race activities start at [...]

Tonight the Plaza Branch of the KCMO Public Library hosts a lecture and book signing with Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do. It’s a very interesting analysis of the psychological, physical, and technical factors of traffic.  The book includes bicycling and walking, so this event will be of interest [...]

Professor Robert Freilich, Ruby M. Hulen Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Professor Freilich will discuss the sustainability movement focusing on how the new Stimulus and Transportation Acts encourage states and localities to adopt sustainable energy policies. He will focus on specific state, city-county, and regional plans that have been successfully implemented and [...]

The Kansas City Bicycle Club and the Johnson County Bicycle Club will hold their fall picnic and ride this Saturday at Tower Park, site of the historic water tower at 75th and Holmes in Waldo.
See www.kcbc.org for details and registration.