Olathe KS to consider bicycle plan

The city of Olathe, Kansas, in the Kansas City metro area, is having a city council hearing today on a city bicycle plan that has been several years in the works.

Encouraging cities to adopt bicycle, pedestrian, and trails plans is one of the primary objectives in MoBikeFed's Vision of Bicycling and Walking in Missouri. Currently 9 cities in MoBikeFed's area have bicycle plans adopted and 12 have plans underway.

Eric Rogers of LetsGoKC sent the following summary of Olathe's plan:

Olathe, KS is developing a new bicycle plan that focuses on providing
a real transportation system with a combination of on-street bike
routes and off-street trails. It is a very progressive plan for
providing transportation options in a suburban community. Tonight the
Olathe City Council will hear a presentation on the plan, so a big
show of support would be very helpful.

The Johnson County Bicycle Club sent this summary of the progress:

There will be a presentation by staff followed by discussion with Council during which Council will give staff direction on future of the plan.
Primary discussion will focus on costs to implement the plan. If, and it's big if, Council supports the plan, staff anticipates bring it back to Council for hopeful adoption by March 2009. We can expect at least one more Study Session to discuss additional policy/implementation issues following a presentation of the bike plan in January at an upcoming public Developer Forum.