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
 
Let me remind everyone, when sending your FLOOD of mail/email/calls to City Hall about BikeKC in the next several days, to PLEASE remember to be considerate, polite, and positive in discussing BikeKC with city council members, ESPECIALLY those who oppose it.

I have heard from several quarters (including a short note from Councilman Ford I received yesterday) that our messages are being received, read, and are having a positive impact. There may be the beginnings of some positive momentum developing at City Hall for BikeKC.

I praised Councilman Ford in my KCStar article (who you know is the key committee chair on this issue), and I think the praise is well deserved, particularly since he and other council members may be moderating their viewpoints somewhat due to the community feedback. There is a bit of a history in Kansas City politics of backroom deals made at the expense of the community and in disregard of community input. Politicians who reconsider their positions because of community feedback *deserve* high praise and we should give it to them. We need more such politicians in Kansas City!

So the way to increase the momentum that MAY be developing for BikeKC at City Hall is to continue to let your voices be heard in a positive and persuasive way.

It really is paying off. Keep it up!
posted by Brent Hugh at Sunday, August 25, 2002 | permanently archived here

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