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4 Aug 2023: Less Driving Is Possible — And These US Communities Are Already Doing It. But Missouri has the 4th highest per-capita amount of driving and 5th highest increase in driving since 1996 — Streetsblog USA
2 Aug 2023: Bring on the Bikes - Get started riding and finding the best trails in the Columbia area | COMO Magazine
31 Jul 2023: Pro-Velo Bicycles moves to Katy Trail location | Sedalia Democrat [www.sedaliademocrat.com]
29 Jul 2023: City of Joplin to receive $1.4 million for bike park, mountain bike trails - possible trail network | joplinglobe.com
27 Jul 2023: Missouri Gem: The Katy Trail - Cycling Utah
20 Jun 2023: E-bikes: Buying one changed my life. It can change yours! - Slate
19 Jun 2023: Timeline - History of Rails to Trails | Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
17 Jun 2023: 0Id MoDOT Hwy 65 bridge near Springfield to become part of trail system - Springfield Daily Citizen
16 Jun 2023: The 15 Best Arguments for People who want see More, Better, and Safer Bicycling in Their Communities: Part Three — Streetsblog USA
15 Jun 2023: Missouri’s longest tunnel transformed into a tourist destination | FOX 2
13 Jun 2023: Northwest Arkansas Regional Vision Zero Plan - NWARPC
12 Jun 2023: Take the League's survey about Bikes and Amtrak + all about bikes and Amtrak in Missouri | League of American Bicyclists
8 Jun 2023: How Auto-Centric Infrastructure is Making Us Sick — Streetsblog USA
7 Jun 2023: The 15 Best Arguments For Citizens To Step Up To Support Bicycling – Streetsblog USA
6 Jun 2023: Missouri's Katy Trail State Park named one of the nation's top 15 state parks | ksdk.com
4 Jun 2023: Great Rivers Greenway asking for public comment on New Greenway planned to connect St. Charles Community College to Katy Trail - GRG
3 Jun 2023: A Guide to Bikepacking + Missouri Bikepacking routes - Velotric
2 Jun 2023: NHTSA Proposes Automatic Emergency Braking Standards | NHTSA
23 May 2023: Black Soldiers Cycled 1,900 Miles Across the U.S., Montana to Missouri, in 1897. So He Did, Too. - NYTimes
21 May 2023: Four-day Trail of Mending walk honors Kansas City indigenous history May 23-36, 2023| KCStar
20 May 2023: Millions ditched cars for bikes during the pandemic. These cities want the habit to stick | AP News
18 May 2023: The Magic Dragon Trail System - a 70 mile multi-use trail system envisioned for Lake of the Ozarks – magicdragontrails
5 May 2023: The 10 essential elements of a strong Complete Streets Policy - Smart Growth America
4 May 2023: Why cities make too many parking spots, why there is still never "enough" parking, how this ruins walkability, bikeability, and livability - and how to fix it | Slate
19 Apr 2023: Off-angle Rail Crossings are extremely hazardous for people who bicycle - University of Tennessee
28 Mar 2023: The Direct Vision Standard - making heavy trucks safe for people who walk and bicycle in London | vision-techniques.com
24 Mar 2023: How Lee's Summit plans to expand its greenway system | Kansas City Star
8 Feb 2023: Columbia City Council discussing planned Cosmo Bike Park | komu.com
9 Jan 2023: Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program - newly funded federal program to support bicycle, pedestrian, and trails projects - available later in 2023 | Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
25 Nov 2022: How to keep your hands warm while bicycling - even in the coldest weather | Cyclingnews
24 Nov 2022: Some Ways Drivers Can Be Kind to Cyclists and Nonmotorized Traffic and Improve Safety for All | Sami Grover
12 Nov 2022: The Jetson's-like future of full self-driving cars seems to be on the rocks - but unfortunately the the most safety-minded companies are shutting down while the worst still motor on | Streetsblog USA

Quick links...

On October 11, 2023, the Missouri Transportation Task Force
8 Sep 2023: 2023 Missouri Transportation Task Force Virtual Summit – October 11, 2023
MoDOT's High Priority Unfunded Needs List
1 Aug 2023: Public Invited to Discuss MoDOT Statewide Priority Unfunded Transportation Needs - Aug 8th Jefferson City or online
2012 Best Practices Local Bikeway Planning And Design Guide
18 Jul 2023: 2012 Best Practices Local Bikeway Planning And Design Guide
The new Meramec River Greenway bridge along I-44 provides a major new bike/ped
29 Jun 2023: Great Rivers Greenway, MoDOT, & partners celebrate grand opening of major new bike/ped Meramec River crossing - Meramec River Greenway at I-44
Celebrate 33 years of the Katy Trail with Missouri State Parks!
29 Apr 2023: Celebrate 33 years of the Katy Trail, unveiling of new Ted and Pat Jones Bridge plan with MO State Parks in Pleasant Hill - Saturday, April 29, 9:30am & 11:00am
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
9 Feb 2023: 2023 Recreational Trails Program grant application round now open - deadline Feb 23, 2023
Missouri Parks Association
8 Feb 2023: Missouri Parks Association's Advocacy Day in Jefferson City - March 1st, 2023
Bikepacking the entire Katy Trail
5 Dec 2022: Bikepacking the Entire Katy Trail - Youtube video
Buffalo Soldiers walking their bikes along railroad tracks, 1897 (National Archi
11 Nov 2022: Iron Riders: The Story of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps "Buffalo Soldiers" who bicycled from Montana to Missouri 125 years ago
Magnificent Missouri promotes tourism and culture in the lower Missouri Valley
4 Nov 2022: Join Magnificent Missouri and Forest ReLeaf for a Katy Trail tree planting Nov 6th
The 12th Annual Treloar Elevator Party is October 16th, 11am-3pm, at Treloar
13 Oct 2022: 12th Annual Treloar Elevator Party Oct 16th 11am-3pm - near Marthasville on the Katy Trail
Rock Island railroad passing through Stover
7 Oct 2022: First annual Rock Island Fall Festival in Stover Oct 8-9, celebrating the Rock Island Trail
The 12th Annual Treloar Elevator Party is October 16th, 11am-3pm, at Treloar
4 Oct 2022: Public meeting scheduled for Mid-Eastern Section of Katy Trail State Park Oct. 16 in conjunction with the 12th Annual Treloar Elevator Party
Steelville Mountain Bike Park
30 Sep 2022: GORC Gravity has helped build 6 mountain bike parks in Missouri - with more on the way
The Katy Trail closure is on the southwest side of Windsor
1 Sep 2022: Katy Trail CLOSED Sept 6 through mid-April 2023 at Hwy 52 crossing in Windsor (detour provided)
Missouri State Parks
10 Aug 2022: Missouri State Parks announces the opening of the 2023 Land & Water Conservation Fund grant applications
Missouri State Parks press release
4 Aug 2022: Missouri Trails Advisory Board seeks representative for equestrian-use trails

The Salt Creek Bridge near New Franklin was washed right off its abutments
7 May 2022: MO State Parks: Salt Creek Bridge near Rocheport on the Katy Trail now open - closed for nearly 3 years
Washington University in St. Louis has an extensive campus - which they have wor
5 May 2022: Washington University St Louis Medical School named as Silver-level League Bicycle Friendly Business
26 Apr 2022: Trail Blazers - a new book about the beginnings of the Katy Trail and the work of Ted and Pat Jones

21 Apr 2022: Great Rivers Greenway's Spring 2022 Life Outside Challenge through May 15th
The Rock Island Trail will combine with the Katy Trail and other interconnected
20 Apr 2022: As Senate Appropriations Committee considers funding for Rock Island Trail, leaders from across the state endorse investment

In the news...

26 Aug 2023: Alert: Support bicycle and pedestrian projects in MoDOT's Unfunded Needs List (public comment due August 31st)
MoDOT's High Priority Unfunded Needs List includes hundreds of needed bicycle, p
  MoDOT has developed an Unfunded Needs Project List for every region in Missouri. Many citizens across the state were involved in creating this list over the past years. MoDOT's High Priority Unfunded Needs List includes hundreds of needed bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit projects MoDOT is now taking public comments on the... (read more)
25 Aug 2023: After 15 years of trying to get it done, Missouri Hands-Free Driving Law finally takes effect Monday
How long it's been! We started using this graphic to illustrate our stories
Monday, July 28th, the Siddens Bening Hands-free Driving Law goes into effect in Missouri. How long it's been! We started using this graphic to illustrate our stories on the issue of texting while driving - a very long time ago . . . Missouri legislators have considered distracted driving and cell phone laws for nearly two decades. In... (read more)
9 Aug 2023: Keynote Address for 2023 Summit Friday: Revitalizing a Rural Community - 1,000 feet at a time
Randy Pogue, Warsaw City Administrator, has led the city's 26-year quest
The 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Summit is coming up Friday, August 11th - attend in person in Jefferson City or online via YouTube or Teams. Our Summit Keynote this year is about a real Missouri success story - a small rural community that has been building its bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure literally 1000 feet at a time over the... (read more)
26 Jul 2023: 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Presenters & Sessions released - it's going to be a GREAT one this year, come on out and join us in person Jefferson City or virtually online
The session and presenter lineup for the 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Summit - August 11th in Jefferson City - has just been announced. And it's a doozy - a truly amazing group of presenters, representing deep knowledge and experience with advocating for, designing, planning, funding, and using Missouri bicycle and, pedestrian, and trail... (read more)
30 Jun 2023: Missouri State Parks officially names and adopts Rock Island Trail State Park as the 93rd park in the Missouri State Parks system
The new Rock Island Trail State Park will encompass the BLUE and RED segments sh
At 10am this morning in Windsor, Missouri - where the Katy and Rock Island Trails meeting - Missouri State Parks announced the Today's ceremony announcing the Rock Island Trail State Park as the state's 93rd state park was held at the intersection of the Katy and Rock Island Trails near Windsorstate's 93rd State Park, with a new name:... (read more)
30 Jun 2023: City of Warsaw MO awarded $25 million RAISE Grant to take Complete Streets, trails to entire city
Warsaw's RAISE Grant will connect many parts of the city and many destinations
TIGER Grants were first awarded in 2009.  That very year, the City of Warsaw, Missouri, applied for a major grant, designed to expand the city's renowned trail system, but even more - to connect the entire city to the trails and to major destinations like parks and shopping, via bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly Complete Streets. Warsaw's... (read more)
18 Jun 2023: MoBikeFed's 2023 Events - Rides, Festival, Capitol Day, Summit and more
BikeMO August 27th in mid Missouri
MoBikeFed's 2023 events Missouri Active Transportation Summit, Friday, August 11, 2023 BikeMO, Saturday, August 26, 2023 Missouri Bicycle Festival in Urich, Fri-Sun, Sept 15-18, 2023 Tour de Wildwood, Sunday, Oct 8th, 2023   Join MoBikeFed for our 2023 events! Help move forward our 2023 legislative agenda, learn about how to make... (read more)
27 May 2023: Rock Island Trail: What happened in Jefferson City this legislative session - What was lost, what was gained, what's next?
In 2014, representatives of MoBikeFed and MoRIT met with Ameren to deliver over
If you have followed Rock Island Trail news in Missouri, you know that the new Rock Island Trail State Park has run into very significant headwinds in the Missouri legislature in 2022 and 2023. Governor Parson and Missouri State Parks officials sign the agreement to accept the Rock Island corridor into the Missouri State Parks system,... (read more)
12 May 2023: After more than a decade of trying, Missouri legislature finally passes Siddens Bening Hands Free Law, prohibiting texting and electronic device use while driving
Missouri was one of two states that did not regulate texting while driving
Thursday, May 11th, the Missouri House & Senate finally passed SB 398, including the "Siddens Bening Hands Free Law" which prohibits texting and other electronic device use while driving. Missouri is one of two states that does not regulate texting and electronic device use while driving. When this bill is signed into law, that will... (read more)
28 Apr 2023: Volunteer Opportunity: MoBikeFed's Elmwood Bike Rodeo May 6th in Kansas City - giving away 150 kids bikes
MoBikeFed's Elmwood Bike Rodeo May 6th, 2023
This year the Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation is organizing the Elmwood Bike Rodeo May 6th in Kansas City.  We will give away 150 bicycles to area kids who need them, fit the bikes, and have bike safety information and an area for kids to ride their new bikes safely - and a LOT more. The event will be held at Elmwood Cemetery,... (read more)
27 Apr 2023: ALERT: $2.9 million Rock Island Trail funding eliminated by Missouri Senate - federal funding will be lost if not spent this year - pls contact your Missouri legislators
The Missouri Senate has voted to eliminate a $2.9 million federal grant for the
Please contact your Missouri Senator and Representative this week and ask them to support the Rock Island Trail funding in HB 6.  A $2.9 million in federal grant has been approved for the Rock Island Trail. However, the grant must be  appropriated by the Missouri legislature.  The governor requested the appropriation, the Missouri... (read more)
17 Nov 2022: Public invited to give feedback on MoDOT's Unfunded Needs List - including many pedestrian, bicycle, trails, and public transit projects - in upcoming meetings round Missouri
MoDOT
Since the proposals to increase Missouri's fuel tax and federal transportation funding have been under discussion, MoDOT has been working with its local districts and representatives from the states Regional Planning Commissions and Metropolitan Planning Organizations - representing every county and city across the state - to determine the... (read more)
8 Oct 2022: Free Training for Rock Island Trail Communities - Building the Trail: Advocacy, Planning, Funding, Current Updates Oct 24th, Jefferson City
Free Training for Rock Island Trail Communities: Building the Trail Rock Island Trail Community Training - October 24th, 2022 at the Missouri State Capitol  Join city and county elected officials from Rock Island Trail Communities and local Rock Island Trail advocates/supporters in a free training to learn about: Advocating for the... (read more)
30 Sep 2022: Kansas City Cyclist Will Baumeister killed in hit-and-run; Relatives asking for help and leads tracking down hit-and-run driver; $500 reward offered
A detail of the memorial for Will Baumeister in Stadium Drive in Kansas City
April 8th, 2022, Will Baumeister was killed by a hit-and-run driver while bicycling on Stadium Drive near the Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. A detail of the memorial for Will Baumeister in Stadium Drive in Kansas City Will and his partner, riding just feet away from him, were well lit and riding on a straight and well lit... (read more)
12 Sep 2022: Call for safety changes to popular KC-area Longview Lake cycling loop after cyclist and father of 10 killed in hit-and-run; Memorial Ride Sept 17th
Cyclist Charlie Crinier, father of 10, was killed by a hit and run driver
The Longview Lake loop is one of the most popular cycling routes in the Kansas City area.  Much of the loop has been greatly improved for cycling safety in recent years, with wide shoulders, bicycle lanes, and even a section of separated bicycle now on the 10-mile loop. However, one section on View High Drive just north of 3rd Street is a... (read more)

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