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.
To: "KCTV Newsdesk" Subject: Re: bike kc; bicycler's reaction
Thanks for your coverage of the BikeKC issue today. I do think the good press coverage had a positive impact on the development of this issue.
You know that now that BikeKC has passed the P-Z committee, it has passed its major hurdle. It is virtually assured of passage in the city council.
Here are my reactions to the P-Z committee's actions today, passing BikeKC on to the full council:
This may be the most important day in the history of bicycling in Kansas City.
BikeKC gives the City Council a chance to leave the legacy of a more beautiful and liveable city, a legacy that will be enjoyed by our grandchildren's grandchildren.
It will leave for the Kansas City of 20, 50, and 100 years from now, the same sort of legacy that George Kessler's Boulevard Plan, envisioned over 100 years ago, left for the Kansas City of today.
I applaud the city council for its far-sighted leadership.
Dr. Brent Hugh
bhugh@mwsc.edu
(816) 356-1740 (home)
(816) 695-6736 (cell)
5916 Arlington Ave
Raytown, MO 64133
