21 Complete Streets policies in Missouri; 26 Bicycle Friendly Communities, Universities, Businesses

The number of Complete Streets policies and Bicycle Friendly Communities/Universities/Businesses has skyrocketed in Missouri over the past few years.  Take a look at the numbers--

Complete Street

Complete Streets policies:

• 2007 - 3 policies
• 2008 - 5 policies
• 2009 - 5 policies
• 2010 - 13 policies
• 2011 - 19 policies
• 2012 - 21 policies

More than 1.4 million Missourians now live in a city with a Complete Streets policy.  More than three million Missourians live under a Metropolitan Planning Organization with a Complete Streets policy.

Bicycle friendly communities, universities and businesses in Missouri:

• 2008: 0
  

  Bicycle Friendly Communities
• 2009: 3
• 2010: 17
• 2011: 26

Total Missouri population living in a Bicycle Friendly Community:

• 2008: 0
• 2009: 428,000
• 2010: 652,000
• 2011: 1,131,000

Like to help your community adopt a Complete Streets policy?  Visit our Missouri Complete Streets web site for sample policies from across Missouri.

Like to help your community or business become officially recognized as Bicycle Friendly?  Visit our Bicycle Friendly Missouri web site or the national Bicycle Friendly America web site.  Getting your community on track with the Bicycle Friendly program is one of the best ways to encourage them to continue to improve conditions for bicycling.

One Missouri community--Lee's Summit--has been recognized by the new Walk Friendly Communities program.  It would be great to see more Missouri communities working for that designation, as well.