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 Leave a Comment
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 1 Comment
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 [...]
Sen Moran announces Jo Co Town Hall Meeting
March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
US Senator Jerry Moran has announced a Town Hall meeting this Sunday, March 6 at 3:30 p.m. on the Johnson County College campus (see Sen. Moran’s email below for location information) that may also be attended by US Representative Kevin Yoder for the 3rd District. This is a perfect opportunity to meet Kansas’ newest senator [...]
I-35 SW Johnson County Interchange Public Meeting January 27th
January 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is planning to build a new interchange to support the BNSF Intermodal Facility and Logistics Park set to begin construction in 2011. They’re holding a meeting on January 27th to elicit public comments.
The Runner Friendly Community Program
December 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Road Runners Club of America is now accepting applications for the very first Runner Friendly Community awards, which provides incentives and ideas for communities to work towards becoming pedestrian friendly.
Topeka KDOT Study Needs Bike/Ped Input
December 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Kansas Kids Teach Traffic Safety
October 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Kansas Department of Transportation recently announced the winners of their “Put the Brakes on Fatalities” poster contest, in which kids were invited to create artwork on the theme of traffic safety. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you for leading the way in improving traffic safety. Everyone can learn for your example.
Latest Obesity Statistics Point To The Need For More Active Transportation Choices
July 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Results of a 2007 survey from the Centers for Disease Control: More than one-fourth of all Americans are obese, a number that has grown by almost 2 percentage points since 2005. In only one state — Colorado — are fewer than 20 percent of the residents obese. The rate is above 30 percent in three [...]
Pedestrian Safety in Eudora
June 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
From The Eudora News: In an effort to see more sidewalks throughout Eudora, officials from Eudora USD 491, the city of Eudora, citizens of Eudora and Safe Kids Douglas County have formed the Eudora Pedestrian Safety Committee. The group first met early in the spring and met again May 23 to discuss grant applications for [...]
