The City of KCMO is developing a master plan for a city-wide network of trails for bicyclists, pedestrians, and even equestrians. While the emphasis is on multi-use trails along stream corridors, the plan will include a substantial portion of on-street bike routes in the urban core and other developed areas.
This week the city is [...]

KCMO is planning for a new multi-use trail along Line Creek and Second Creek in the Northland. It’s part of a longer MetroGreen corridor that will eventually extend from the Missouri River in Riverside up to Smithville. Thursday night you can attend an open house to learn more about the proposed trail.
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The city of KCMO is in the process of planning for a city-wide system of trails for bicyclists, pedestrians, and equestrians.  This plan would focus on creating priority east/west and north/south corridors for both recreation and transportation.  It would build on existing plans like BikeKC, MetroGreen, and the city’s walkability plan, but hopefully provide an [...]

Star columnist and cyclist Mike Hendrick has yet another column on the topic of extending the Katy Trail to Kansas City. He explains that circumstances are better than ever for an extension, but that the fate of the trail is caught in the middle of a nasty political fight between Governor Blunt and Attorney [...]

Jackson County is proposing a new multi-use trail to link the towns of Buckner and Sibley in the north part of the county. The 3 mile trail would mostly parellel Buckner-Tarsney Road and include the Fort Osage historic site on the Missouri River. The route is generally flat and runs through open country. [...]

Local bike blogger/commuter Warren has an update on Johnson County’s Indian Creek Trail, which has been partially due to highway construction.

Lee’s Summit has been updating their Greenways Master Plan.  The goal is a network of 150 miles of trails throughout the city, with a mix of streamway corridors and trails parellel to roadways.  So far over 30 miles are finished.  Unfortunately Lee’s Summit seems to have no interest in creating an on-street network for bicycle [...]

1. The Star reports on recent votes of the NKC City Council for bike/ped on the Heart of America Bridge and against the Paseo Bridge. Mayor Gene Bruns, who has long opposed the Paseo option, had to cast a tie-breaking vote.
2. The Star also featured the Prairie Village Yacht Club and other south side cyclists [...]

A key barrier in the middle of the Riverfront Heritage Trail is about to be removed with construction of a ramp under the ASB Bridge and BNSF railroad. The ASB Underpass will finally connect Berkley Riverfront Park with the Town of Kansas Bridge and trail to the west. The Port Authority has cobbled [...]

At the recent Missouri Trails Summit I sat in on a presentation on the new Vivion Trail, a multi-use trail being built alongside Vivion Road. This road is a major east-west artery through the Northland, but it's unimproved without shoulders, curbs, sidewalks, etc. The addition of bike/ped facilities is long overdue.
The long-term vision [...]