How a Rapid Response Grantee Turned Lemons Into Lemonade in Kansas City - Alliance for Biking & Walking

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Things didn’t go exactly as planned in BikeWalkKC’s campaign to include complete streets treatments in plans for a new streetcar expansion. But no one can say it wasn't a terrific success.

Knowing that a proposed streetcar expansion wouldn’t be of much use if people couldn’t walk or bike safely to it, BikeWalkKC mobilized neighborhood advocates to lobby the city to include complete streets in the final streetcar expansion plan. They hoped to eventually secure up to $2 million for biking/walking infrastructure improvements along the streetcar route.

They envisioned fully protected bike lanes connecting to the rest of the city’s bike network, racks, and bike-share stations. They wanted curb extensions, automatic pedestrian signals, and traffic calming.

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How a Rapid Response Grantee Turned Lemons Into Lemonade in Kansas City - Alliance for Biking & Walking

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MoBikeFed comment: BikeWalkKC doing an excellent job, as usual. One reason Missouri is making progress on biking and walking now is because we have well organized and effective advocacy organizations in the major cities. It really makes a difference.