Kansas City Star calls for bike lanes across the city

In a major editorial in today's Kansas City Star, the newspaper's editorial board praised the city for its recent strides in becoming more bicycle friendly, but also issued a sweeping call for the city to "put paint to pavement by adding bike lanes to key corridors 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.

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.

Read the rest of the KC Star editorial here.

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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