This Thursday the regional Academy for Sustainable Communities will host another seminar in the Building a Healthy Heartland series.  Thursday’s event focuses on the role of transportation policies in public health.
Event information and registration
December 3rd, 8:30 am – Noon. 
Sylvester Powell Community Center.
6200 Martway, Mission, Kan.
$15 per person.
Join us Thursday, December 3, for the next [...]

The first phase of Independence’s Rock Creek Trail is now open in the western part of the city.  The first 1.5 mile segment runs from Rotary Park near 23rd and Northern to Country Club Park near 30th and Norton. It’s a small start, but the Rock Creek Trail will eventually run east-west across the length [...]

On Tuesday, City officials and community leaders will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newest segment of the Indian Creek Trail in southern Kansas City. This important new segment runs from 99th and Holmes to Bannister and Lydia.  It gets the trail closer to the Blue River and a future connection to the Trolley [...]

Winter Cyclist on Westport Road
Despite 24 hours of non-stop weather panic on the local TV news, most of the metro ended up with 3 inches or less.  Nevertheless, it’s definitely time to brush up on our cold weather routine.

Pedal Pushers: Cold Weather Riding.
Bike Winter.
Ice Bike.

The Tricycle Trackstands blog has the announcement of the 4th annual Street Cred alley cat series in January and February.  Check it out.

Tonight the weekly Brookside Thursday Ride  will be getting into the holiday spirit with a tour of Christmas light displays around Brookside and Northeast Johnson County. Rumor has it Santa might even ditch the reindeer for the evening switch to pedal power.
The ride leaves at 6:30 p.m. from the parking lot behind the The [...]

Update: This event has been moved to 10:00 a.m. on January 15th.
Mark your calendars for January 14th 15th, 2009.  That is the official opening day of the Riverfront Heritage Trail’s underpass of the ASB railroad bridge.  The underpass will finally connect the Town of Kansas Pedestrian Bridge and overlook with Berkley Riverfront Park and allow [...]

Check out this new series of gravel road rides.  Great for cyclocross training or just beating the winter blues.  The next ride is December 26th in Smithville.
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the KCBC New Years Day ride is CANCELLED.
Out west we have one last cyclocross race of 2009. Cross Off the Old Year starts at 1:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve at Stump Park, 47th and Woodland in Shawnee, KS. (Details)
Then on New Year’s Day, head out south for a great hangover cure. [...]