Monthly Archives: March 2011
What the earnings tax means for bicycling and walking
On Tuesday Kansas City voters will decide on continuing the city’s 1% earnings tax, the loss of which would be devastating to bicycling and walking and stop all the progress the city has made in recent years. Bike/ped projects are … Continue reading
KCK votes on Complete Streets tonight
Note: This vote has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 7th. Tonight Thursday April 7th the Wyandotte County/Kansas City, KS Commission will vote on a Complete Streets ordinance. If you live, work, bike, or walk in KCK, please attend the Commission … Continue reading
Lee’s Summit already undermining its Complete Streets policy
In November 2010 Lee’s Summit became the first metro community with a Complete Streets policy, but barely four months later the city is undermining the policy with a sharp departure from earlier plans to accomodate bicycle traffic on Lee’s Summit … Continue reading
Weekend events
Lots of bikey stuff happening this weekend. There is a little bit of something for everyone with Critical Mass, KC Sprints, club rides, a bike maintenance class, and a new bike drag race series. Friday Critical Mass, 6:30 p.m. at 4000 Mill … Continue reading
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Updated bike parking map
Thanks to reader reports we’ve added over 30 new bike racks to our bike parking map, including Zona Rosa, Vivion/North Oak, and some great underground bike racks on the Plaza. The map now features over 800 bike parking spaces at … Continue reading
Candidates on bike/ped issues, one more debate tonight
MoBikeFed has comments on bike/ped issues from several KCMO mayor/council candidates, and tonight there is a forum with all of the at-large council candidates. Tuesday, March 15th, At-Large City Council Candidates 7:00 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church in Hyde Park, … Continue reading
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Prairie Village mayoral candidates talk bike issues
Prairie Village will elect a mayor on April 5th, and the Prairie Village Post recently asked both candidates how they would make the city more bicycle friendly. Incumbent Mayor Ron Shaffer would continue implementing the city’s Parks Master Plan, which … Continue reading
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Chouteau Parkway bike lanes and trail coming in 2012
KCMO Public works has finally set a start date for the project to remake part of Chouteau Trafficway into Chouteau Parkway, a Complete Street with bike lanes, sidewalk, and multi-use trail from Route 210 to I-35. Construction will start in … Continue reading
Contact your Congressional reps in support of local cyclists at the National Bike Summit
This week KCBike.Info is on a train to Washington, DC to join a large Kansas City delegation to the National Bike Summit. You can help us by taking a couple of minutes contact your own Congressional representatives. This year we … Continue reading
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KC cyclists go to Washington
Photo by MoBikeFed Today KCBike.Info is on a train to Washington, DC, where we’ll be reporting from the National Bike Summit and joining Kansas City’s largest-ever delegation to bicycling’s most important advocacy event. This year we have have at least … Continue reading
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