Just in time for Bike Week, CBS affiliate KCTV-5 has a new blog all about biking to work.  It’s written by weather producer Amanda Graor and will chronicle her experiances riding to work.  You might have already seen the teasers on the air.
www.kctv5.com/amandasbikeblog

The latest issue of Camp Magazine includes a story titled “Bikes, Buses and Feet - How to Make Alternatives to the Car Work for Kansas City.” It covers some great info for getting around without an autombile. The story also lets slip a really important piece of news that will be formally announced during Bike […]

It’s that time of year again to celebrate all things bicycle related.  May 10-18 Bike Week will be the biggest ever. A large group of volunteers has put together a record setting 60-plus events that include virtually every aspect of bicycling - racing, mountain biking, commuting, recreation, and much more.
Some of the new events for […]

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The current Business Journal profiles James Joerke of the Mid-America Regional Council.  James is in charge of the KC region’s air quality program, which includes the Ozone Alerts that warn us of bad pollution days. The article the mentions that fact that James is practicing what he preaches when it comes to […]

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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 foot, and any trip up to five miles can be on bike. Tonight the bus was […]

Here is a project I’ve been working on for a while now.  It’s a database and map of bike parkng in the metro area. Many of the bike meccas like Portland or Chicago started by simply installing U-Racks all over town.  Giving people a place to park at the coffee shop, grocery store, or office […]

Thanks to my TiVo record button I was able snag this footage of a suit cycling down 12th Street in Downtown KCMO. This is at 12th and Oak right near City Hall, with the Arena MAX stop and a Metro bus in the background.

I recently stumbled upon a new blog that asks folks to give their car a day off once a week and ride a bike every Friday.  Check it out… www.ridefridays.org

KCMO Bike/Ped Coordinator Deb Ridgway just announced that Trek bikes has picked Kansas City as one of three cities to participate in the Go By Bike Challenge. The goal is to promote the use of bicycles for short transportation trips to the supermarket, video store, corner pub, etc. Two people in each city will be […]

Planning is under way for the KC region’s 2008 Bike to Work Week. If you to help us make 2008 another record year, then come to our kick-off meeting Monday night.
Monday, January 28, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
KC Public Library, Waldo Branch (moved from the Westport Library)
201 East 75th Street (between Wornall and Holmes)
Kansas City, MO 64111
Map
If you […]