St. Louis adds 150 new miles of bike trails and on-street routes- June 29, 2008 Great Rivers Greenway District recently announced the opening of over 150 new miles of trails and on-street bicycle routes--including the fact that St. Louis is only the third city in the world to convert an elevated railroad trestle to a multi-use trail. The trestle connects to the new McKinley Bridge Bikeway, which creates another great bicycle and pedestrian link across the Mississippi Riverhttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/st-louis-adds-150-new-miles-of-bike.php Trial for driver who killed Larry and Sierra Gaunt set for July 14th- June 27, 2008 The trial of the driver who killed Larry & Sierra Gaunt is set for July 14th, 2008, in Independence. Larry & Sierra were killed last August by a driver who was speeding and veered off the road. Thanks to the persistence of the family, who worked closely with the Jackson County prosecutor's office, the prosecutor has charged the driver with the the most severe penalties applicable to thishttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/trial-for-driver-who-killed-larry-and.php GetAbout Columbia--federal nonmotorized pilot project now moving forward on many fronts- June 20, 2008 The news from Columbia's Nonmotorized Pilot Project--now dubbed getabout Columbia--has been coming so fast and furious this spring it is hard to keep up. The city has moved forward with bicycle education, promotion, Bike Month activities, trails, bike lanes, and of course had a bit of controversy (no trail project is complete unless neighbors worry incessantly about the "disruption" to theirhttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/getabout-columbia-federal-nonmotorized.php Share the Road specialty license plate in Missouri dealt a setback- June 20, 2008 MoBikeFed has been working for over a year towards creating a special "Share the Road with Bicyclists" license plate in Missouri. We have gathered signatures from over 2000 citizens interested in purchasing the plates, held a design competition, and were prepared to apply for the plates by the annual deadline of June 30th, 2008. Corresponding with the Missouri Department of Revenue about thehttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/share-road-specialty-license-plate-in.php Recent bicycling incidents in Kansas City area lead to concern- June 20, 2008 A streak of collisions and incidents across the Kansas City area, including four bicycle injuries within the space of a week, have caused concern throughout the metro area. Among the concerns is the response of officers from the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department to an incident that involved two cyclists who were bumped and then involved in an altercation with an driver. The cyclists felthttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/recent-bicycling-incidents-in-kansas.php Katy Trail connection to Kansas City budget approved by Missouri General Assembly- June 20, 2008 The KCStar's Mike Hendricks wrote: If things work out, Missouris cross-state hiking-biking path will reach the Kansas City area three years from now, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Thats figuring in time to schmooze adjoining landowners and to plan and build a trail alongside the former Rock Island tracks between Windsor and Pleasant Hill. Finally. It looked as if ithttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/katy-trail-connection-to-kansas-city.php Springfield's Bike, Bus, Walk Week Challenge doubles mileage in 2008- June 19, 2008 Bike Month and Bike to Work Week activities broke records around Missouri this year--and Springfield's Bike, Bus, Walk Week was no exception. According to a Springfield News-Leader article: Nearly 800 people participating in Ozark Greenways Bike, Bus, Walk Week Challenge in May doubled the mileage using alternative transportation over the previous years event. Employees of over 100 businesseshttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/springfields-bike-bus-walk-week.php 2008 Missouri legislative roundup for bicycling and walking- June 19, 2008 We saw some good positive movement in support of bicycling and walking in the 2008 Missouri legislative session, but it is clear there is still much work to be done on some important issues. Moving legislation forward is always a long-term process of developing legislative initiatives and priorities, developing relationships with legislators and committee chairs, developing language that ishttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/2008-missouri-legislative-roundup-for.php St. Louis named "All American City"--for regional trails system- June 11, 2008 St. Louis was recently named an "All American City"--the the "river ring" trails system being planned and built by the Great Rivers Greenway District was one of three projects cited as the reason for the honor: St. Louis (the region) was cited for three projects: Downtown Now, the public-private partnership created in 1997 to revitalize downtown St. Louis; the Great Rivers Greenway District's "http://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/st-louis-named-all-american-city-for.php Kansas City, MO, forms citizens bikeped committee- June 6, 2008 One of the first and most important steps in creating a Bicycle Friendly Community is to create a citizens committee in the city to work with staff and elected officials in the city to move bicycle and pedestrian issues and policy forward. Today Kansas City, Missouri, took that important step by adopting an ordinance that creates a citizen's bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee. Thehttp://www.mobikefed.org/2008/06/kansas-city-mo-forms-citizens-bikeped.php |