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
 
KC Bicyclers,

I do hope you will take a moment to email Kansas City council members within the next few days and let them know that you support bicycling in Kansas City and the Bike KC plan.

As far as I know, Bike KC will come before the city council either this Thursday or next (July 18th or 25th, 2002--if anyone knows more precisely, please let us know). So the time to make your feelings known is now!

We really can help make Kansas City a more modern, bicycle-friendly city if we let the politicians know how we feel about the issue. They need to know that Kansas City area bicyclists support the proposal. A few of us who speak up really can have a positive influence, far out of proportion to our numbers.

Please forward this information to other interested bicyclists or bicycle-related groups in the area and encourage them to make their opinions known.

When writing city council members, you don't need to write a lengthy letter. A short email message or phone call saying "I support Bike KC" or "I support bicycling facilities in Kansas City" is really all it takes.

You don't necessarily need to be a Kansas City resident to let your voice be heard. Just point out that you live in city X but the Bike KC proposal affects you because [you pay KC Earnings Tax, you drive/ride many miles on Kansas City's roads, your city is surrounded on all sides by KC, . . . ]

For your convenience, here is a list of Kansas City council members and their email addresses. In many cases, the email address is to the council member's aide (thus the name in the email address is different than the council member's name).

Please write!

[snip email addresses]


You can also reach any of the city council members at:

24th floor, City Hall
414 E. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: (816) 513-1625
Fax: (816) 513-1612


The mayor's office is

Mayor Kay Barnes
City Hall
414 E. 12th Street, 29th Floor
Kansas City, MO 64106
Fax: 816-513-3518
Phone: 816-513-3500


More information about the City Council, including a map of the six districts:

http://www.kcmo.org/council.nsf/council/home

More information about the Bike KC Plan (somewhat out of date now that the Bike KC plan is coming before the full council):

http://www.bikekc.org/

Bike KC summary from the KC Public Works Department:

http://www.kcmo.org/pubworks.nsf/web/kcbike1

Article by KC Star columnist Mike Hendricks about Bike KC:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/3588452.htm

My own letter explaining the advantages of the Bike KC proposal:

http://griffon.mwsc.edu/~bhugh/bikekcadvantages.html

My letter responding to the safety concerns with on-street bicycle routes:

http://griffon.mwsc.edu/~bhugh/bikekcsafety.html
posted by Brent Hugh at Sunday, August 25, 2002 | permanently archived here

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