Kansas City Star calls for bike lanes across the city
Kansas City made enormous strides in the last year toward becoming a safe and welcoming place for bicycle transportation. This summer, it’s time to seal the deal. It won’t take much, beyond a modest amount of money and some political will.Read the rest of the KC Star editorial here.While Kansas City has spun its wheels for decades, recent accomplishments should not be understated. The city has replaced bike-unfriendly drain grates with friendly ones, added to what was a pathetic system of bike lanes and prepared signs to point to low-traffic routes around neighborhoods.
To complete the transformation, Kansas City needs more bike lanes and dedicated on-street bike lanes. Trails take considerable planning and money. This is a long-term project. But the city shouldn’t wait any longer to pluck the low-hanging fruit of an alternative transportation system. With only some paint on the streets, Kansas City is ready to create the skeleton of a citywide bike system.
BikeWalkKC already has a petition page up in support of the paint to pavement campaign-- click here to sign the petition.
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