Archive for the 'Advocacy' Category (Page 8)
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Put People on the Paseo Bridge
Posted on October 16, 2008 | 2 CommentsLet’s Go KC, in cooperation with the Missouri Bicycle Federation and many other bicycling, walking, and trails groups across the region and state has announced a new project to Put People on Paseo. The Paseo Bridge crosses the Missouri River in Kansas City, and is currently a multi-lane interstate highway bridge …Critical Mass Comes To Topeka
Posted on October 14, 2008 | 3 CommentsFrom the Washburn Review: Each month a group of cyclists ride through Topeka, together trying to take up as much room on the streets as possible. This phenomenon is known as Critical Mass. The term Critical Mass refers to a size, number or amount of something large enough to yield a given …Conway, AR Wants To Be Bicycle-Friendly
Posted on October 9, 2008 | 1 CommentCommunity and business leaders in Conway, Arkansas are hoping to make that city the state’s first Bicycle-Friendly Community, and their efforts are beginning to gain momentum: The first meeting of the Mayor’s Bicycle-Friendly Community Task Force took place Tuesday, with representatives from major educational institutions and city departments beginning an inventory …Omaha Bike Summit
Posted on October 2, 2008 | 3 CommentsBikeable Communities! and Activate Omaha are hosting an Omaha Bike Summit on Saturday, October 18th, in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The event will feature discussions about pedestrian and cycling issues in the five-county metropolitan Omaha area. The featured speaker is Robert Johnson from the PedNet Coalition in Columbia, Missouri. Try out …Kansas Transportation Task Force Announced
Posted on August 26, 2008 | No CommentsKansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the creation of a transportation task force called “Transportation Leveraging Investments in Kansas” (T-LINK) charged with developing the state’s next transportation program. State Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Becky Pepper, in an email to bicycle clubs and advocacy organizations within the state, said: The T-LINK task force …Fayetteville Cyclists Seek Bike Lanes
Posted on June 25, 2008 | No CommentsCyclists in Fayetteville, Arkansas are hoping to get bike lanes added to a street expansion project. The current design plans for Garland Avenue, which is currently a two-lane street, is a five-lane road, with four travel lanes and one continuous turn lane. The plan also includes a proposal to have a …Manhattan Cyclists Seek Progress on Bicycle Plan
Posted on May 27, 2008 | No CommentsBicyclists in Manhattan, Kansas recently went before the City Commission to encourage commissioners to implement the city’s Bicycle Master Plan. Manhattan first drafted the Bicycle Master Plan in 1996, but has done little to actually put the plan into action. The plan calls for “a clear, cohesive guideplan to structure the …Missouri Bicycling Report Card 2008
Posted on May 15, 2008 | No CommentsThe Missouri Bicycle Federation has released its first annual Missouri Walking and Bicycling Report Card, which gives grades to Missouri’s efforts to improve the environment for walking and bicycling in the state. The current situation is pretty grim: “The overall grade for Missouri’s walking and bicycling environment for 2007 was a D,” …Missouri Seeks Advocacy Action
Posted on April 17, 2008 | No CommentsThe Missouri Bicycle Federation and Let’s Go KC are asking for your help in some upcoming bicycle advocacy efforts: Hwy 45 Bike/Ped Access: MoDOT is building a new highway through Parkville, Missouri (just north of Kansas City). Guess what? Their plans for accommodating bicycling and walking are inadequate, plus they forgot …Incomplete Streets for Missouri
Posted on April 14, 2008 | 2 CommentsIt looks like Missouri’s “Complete Streets” bill is dead. Despite being passed by the Missouri House by a vote of 139-9, and being poised to pass the Senate Transportation Committee this week, the bill, which would have required the Department of Transportation “to provide full consideration for bicyclists, pedestrians, disabled persons, …-
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