Broad new push for health is urged for Kansas City | The Kansas City Star The Kansas City Star
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The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City on Thursday are announcing an ambitious initiative called Healthy KC aimed at improving health and well-being wherever people live, work or play. . . .
A second goal is to make Kansas City streets friendlier to pedestrians and cyclists by building more sidewalks and trails, bike lanes and safer street crossings. The initiative also calls for land use and economic development policies that encourage businesses to locate in walkable and bike-able neighborhoods and along mass transit routes.
“I think it’s a matter of changing people’s thinking,” said active living team chairwoman Mary Jane Judy, a marathon runner and Polsinelli attorney. “People in Kansas City are married to their cars.”
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