Lee's Summit passes comprehensive bicycle law update; anti-harassment law; 4-foot passing law; improved 'keep right' law, dead red, equipment regulations

Last week the Lee's Summit City Council passed a major update to the city's bicycle code.  The updates reflect many of the best-practice recommendations of MoBikeFed, BikeWalkKC, and other local and national bicycle groups. 

The code update is one end result of years of work and coalition building by the Lee's Summit Livable Streets Advisory Board, which has been working steadily to improve Lee's Summit's policies, projects, and ordinances to improve the city for bicycling and walking.

Major points of Lee's Summit's bicycle code update:

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It's official! Rock Island Trail on track to become second cross-Missouri trail - making a 450+ mile interconnected trail system!

It's official! Ameren has submitted a letter indicating its plans to railbank 145 miles of the Rock Island line stretching from Windsor almost to Washington, Missouri, where it will eventually connect with the Katy Trail. 

With existing Katy Trail and portions of the Rock Island Trail already underway, that means Missouri will have an interconnected statewide trail network of over 450 miles.

This is a historical event for Missouri--an announcement whose impact will be as large as when the Katy Trail was first announced in the late 1980s.

Most states don't even get the opportunity to create one major cross-state trail.  Now Missouri is building two interconnected cross-state trails.  The opportunities for tourism, recreation, and economic development along the entire Rock Island and Katy Trail corridors are tremendous.

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Sunset Hills Mayor charged with felony assault for striking cyclist Randy Murdick, fleeing scene

Today Sunset Hills Mayor Mark Furrer was charged with assault and property damage--the result of a July 29th incident in Sunset Hills where Furrer first threatened Murdick, then struck him with his car, and then fled the scene.

Furrer was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree property damage.  Second degree assault is a Class C felony in Missouri and first-degree property damage is a Class D felony.  If convicted, penalties ranges from fines to 7 years imprisonment for a Class C felony and 4 years imprisonment for a Class D felony.

The fact the Furrer was charged with felonies is a positive sign that the St Louis County prosecutor's office is taking this case seriously.  We need to keep the pressure on the Prosecutor's office to ensure that these charges are prosecuted thoroughly and that an appropriate sentence is sought.  

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