National Bike Challenge, Wichita Residents Urged to Walk and Bike, Mayor Wants to Improve Bicycling and Walking in Louisburg, Kansas City, Kansas Complete Street Project, and more bicycling and pedestrian news from Kansas.
KU Proposes Center Bike Lanes for Jayhawk Blvd.
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
KU has announced an $11 million dollar reconstruction of Jayhawk Blvd to improve pedestrian and bicycle accessibility and safety, roadway infrastructure, utilities, bus circulation and to restore the historic tree-lined character of the original Jayhawk Blvd.
KS Congressional Delegation Fails to Support Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
While at the National Bicycle Summit in early March 2013, KanBikeWalk representatives had, among other things, one simple request for each of Kansas’ six Congressional delegates. The ask was to sign a bi-partisan letter of support for the establishment of safety performance measures for bicycle and pedestrians affected by the use of federal transportation funds [...]
KanBikeWalk at the National Bike Summit
March 19, 2013 by
A look back at this year’s National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., with photos, and highlights from the nation’s largest gather of bicycling and pedestrian advocates.
KanBikeWalk 2012 Annual Meeting – Nov. 17 – Manhattan, KS
November 5, 2012 by
KanBikeWalk will host its 2012 Annual Meeting and Bike Ride on Saturday, November 17th in Manhattan, KS. This is an opportunity for you to help shape the future of bicycling and walking in Kansas.
Kansas-based Team Garmin’s Hesjedal Wins Giro de Italia
May 30, 2012 by
Kansas City Star posted this article on Team Garmin’s Ryder Hesjedal’s win of the 2012 Giro de Italia last Sunday, the 2nd largest pro bicycling race in the world, and other recent team successes. But don’t look for the article in the Sports section (link below) because it’s in the Business section. Guess the sports [...]
Bicycling under Attack Again in US Senate
October 26, 2011 by
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 transportation extension. The bicycle community generated over 75,000 responses to that attack on bicycling and [...]
83rd Street Bike Ban in DeSoto Lifted
September 15, 2011 by
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 future, which would improve the safety [...]
KARE: Contact Your US Senator NOW to Protect Bicycling
September 13, 2011 by
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 Senators. Our Kansas Senator Jerry Moran is seen as a key [...]
KARE – Action Needed for Amended HB 2192-3′ Passing & Dead Red
March 29, 2011 by
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 once again time to take action for this important legislation [...]
