Kirksville students work to make the city better for bicycling

A group of Truman State University students are taking an unconventional approach to improving the City’s willingness to incorporate bicycles on local roads. . . .

“We are trying to bring the community together to form a collaborative effort between other bikers,” Hall said. “We want to see more seminars and other ideas (to push biking) in the area.”

More than 20 people attended the meeting that included Mayor Martha Rowe with the idea of making bicycles a more popular means of transportation in the community. . . .

The meeting also featured two speakers adamant about biking in Kirksville. The first was Truman professor Alex Tetlak who focused on what riders can do to be safe on the road. . . .

The night’s second speaker was Dan Martin of A.T. Still University, who spoke of how Kirksville can be tailored to bicycle usage.

“We are so functional to make this a biking town.” Martin said.

Martin lived in Mesa, Ariz. before he moved to Kirksville and noted that bikes were scarce, especially with the six-lane roads and highways.

The audience discussed possible ways to expand biking in Kirksville, including ideas to create more bike paths along City roads.