Kansas City Bicycle Log

Posts, email, and ideas related to bicycling and bicycle advocacy.



I post these mostly for my own convenience in being able to keep them archived and searchable, but if you get some use of them, more power to you!

Among other interesting items here is a fairly complete record of my involvement with the grassroots effort in support of the BikeKC initiative in the Summer of 2002.

You can find everything from press releases to letters to the city council to exhortations to other bicyclists to write letters to the editor. See what worked well and what caused us problems in the effort to pass BikeKC.

From my point of view, this was almost a picture-perfect grass-roots movement. The result was that BikeKC was passed on August 15th, 2002.

Now we have to work to make sure the plan becomes reality!

Most of that is in the 8/25/2002-8/31/2002 archive.

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Sunday, August 25, 2002
 

Councilman Ford,

Today I came across the following interesting information that may be of interest to you in considering the Bike KC proposal:

"Transportation planners should not fail to provide a facility because of a concern that it would encourage walking and bicycling in a dangerous location. Pedestrian and bicycle travel will occur regardless, and the burden of responsibility is to accommodate that travel in the best way possible.

"Transportation planners should not fail to implement bicycle and pedestrian improvements because of liability concerns. National standards clearly state that, when designing bike lanes and paved shoulders for bicycle use, any additional space for bicycles is better than none. ADA also provides a clear imperative to provide facilities for the disabled within the public right-of-way, facilities that will benefit all pedestrians."

Source: Jennifer L. Toole, AICP and Bettina Zimny, AICP, Federal Highway Administration, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities.


--Dr. Brent Hugh
Kansas City taxpayer, motorist, bicyclist, voter
posted by Brent Hugh at Sunday, August 25, 2002 | permanently archived here

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