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
 
I just heard from the KCTV news people and they're going to try to have a camera crew at the BikeKC meeting next Wed, August 7th. Some of the other TV stations may be interested in covering it, as well. What they are particularly interested in covering is the "bike parade" to the meeting.

I think we should make a real effort to have as many people bicycling in the "parade" as possible.


No one else has suggested a route, so let me suggest this:

Meet at the new Berkley Riverfront Park. This is on the south bank of the Missouri River in between the Heart of America Bridge (Hwy 9) and the I-35 bridge. On the east end of the park is a parking lot and we could meet in that area.

Depart from the park at 12:45PM on Wednesday, August 7th.

We could ride west along the park, go up the Grand Avenue viaduct, make a few loops around the downtown area as the mood strikes us (perhaps something like Grand to 20th, 20th to Main, Main to 12th, 12th to Oak), and end up at city hall (12th and Oak) about 1:15PM.

It is only a bit over 2 miles from the park to City Hall by a direct route, but I assume that our pace would be slow and we wouldn't take a direct route.


Driving Directions to Berkley Riverfront Park:

From I-35, exit as though going to the Isle of Capri Casino. Take the road (E. Front Street?) that goes northwest past the casino and the west under I-35. After you pass under I-35, the park will be on your right and the parking lot on your left.

From downtown, take the Grand Avenue viaduct north; this leads directly to the park along the riverbank.

Parking lot is on the east end of the park, near Lydia Ave.

A map of the area is at http://griffon.mwsc.edu/~bhugh/bikekcride.gif (the starting point is at the red star on the map).


I am open to any suggestions about the ride or route. I'm not experienced at organizing rides, so anyone who is, please step right up & take over!

I do think the ride would be helpful to BikeKC and to encourage bicycling in general in KC, to get some good TV coverage, and just to have some fun.

I am planning on riding to meeting myself, regardless.

Perhaps those who can't take time to attend the full committee meeting Wednesday afternoon could still arrange their lunch schedule to make the ride. (Probably less than 45 minutes total to ride with us to City Hall and then complete the loop back to the parking lot at the riverfront).
posted by Brent Hugh at Sunday, August 25, 2002 | permanently archived here

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