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Bicycling under Attack Again in US Senate 10-26-2011

Contact your US Senators Again Today to Save Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding. Click HERE to take action now. It's happening again. Just one month ago, Sen. Coburn (R-OK) failed in his efforts to strip funding for Transportation EnhancementsProgram (TEP) from the six-month […]

83rd Street Now Legally Open to Bicyclists 09-21-2011

It is now officially, legally, certifiably lifted. The Ordinance removing the non-motorized vehicle ban on 83rd Street in De Soto has been advertised, as required by state law, in the Olathe News section of the Kansas City Star (see page 2 of the link, furthest right column […]

83rd Street Bike Ban in DeSoto Lifted 09-15-2011

Tonight by a vote of 6-1, the DeSoto City Council voted to lift the 12-year-od ban for non-motorized traffic on 83rd Street from Kill Creek Rd east to its city limits with Lenexa.  Council is going to discuss reducing the 45-mph speed limit, possibly to 35-mph, in the near […]

83rd Street Bicycle Ban Up for Review 09-13-2011

The DeSoto, KS, City Council will re-visit lifting the 83rd Street bicycle ban Thursday, Sept. 15th, 7:00 PM, DeSoto City Hall. Last time this was on the agenda it was defeated by just one vote. The fact that it has come up on the agenda once again after just a few months […]

KARE: Contact Your US Senator NOW to Protect Bicycling 09-13-2011

An Urgent request from America Bikes: Please help save Transportation Enhancements in the Transportation Extension by contacting your Senators today! It’s easy and takes a minute at the SRTS site. Just click here and enter your ZIP code to direct your input to your […]

3-Foot Passing & Dead Red Bill Signed by Governor 04-17-2011

Written by Randy Rasa, KanBikeWalk Board member and Kansas Cyclist Web Master Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed House Bill 2192, making 3-foot passing of bicycles and "dead red" state law, effective July 1st. The 3-foot provision requires motorists to maintain […]

KARE – Action Needed for Amended HB 2192-3′ Passing & Dead Red 03-29-2011

Thanks to your voices, KanBikeWalk and Kaw Valley Bicycle Club, we're one step closer to a safer roads for Kansas bicyclists. HB 2192 passed a KS Conference Committee yesterday. It now heads to the House for concurrence, then to Senate for similar concurrence. It is […]

KARE: HB 2192 – Conference Bill Advances 03-29-2011

The following is an update from Bill Lucero, KVBC Lobbyist, working on the 3′ passing and dead red bill on behalf of KS bicyclists: A Conference Committee composed of the Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and Ranking minority members of both chambers hammered out a compromise […]

KARE: Contact your KS Representative-Amended HB 2192 returning to House 03-17-2011

The following is an update from Bill Lucero, KVBC lobbyist, working on the 3' passing and ‘dead red' bill, HB 2192, links to your Kansas Representative's offices and a sample email you may use to contact your individual Representative in support of this […]

KARE: 3’ Passing and Dead Red Bill to KS Senate Floor 03-15-2011

The original 3' passing clearance of bicyclists' bill and the ‘dead red' bill were both rolled into HB 2192, the seatbelt safety bill, and approved by the KS Senate Transportation Committee today, March 15. HB 2192 now goes to the Senate floor for a recorded […]