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Help us get wayfinding signage for U.S. Bicycle Routes 51, 251, and 66 in Missouri.
Go to this page on the MoDOT web site, fill out name, address, organization (if applicable), choose AREAS "Statewide" and "southwest", "Kansas City", "Northwest", "Central", and "St Louis". TIER is "multimodal".
Suggested message:
I (and/or my... (read more)
Let's take a look at some of the best gravel cycling, bikepacking, singletrack, and mostly off-road, trail, or gravel bicycle routes Missouri has to offer. Missouri has miles and miles of beautiful gravel and bikepacking routes
These routes include many connecting and loop routes with well known Missouri routes like the Katy Trail,... (read more)
Early Bird registration for BikeMO ends TODAY, Monday, July 15th at midnight. BikeMO, our annual ride in mid-Missouri, is in its 19th year.
====> Register for BikeMO now - last chance at the Early Bird rate!
WHAT'S NEW with BikeMO this year? Boonville (read more)
Ian Mackay suffered a spinal cord injury 16 years ago and is a quadriplegic. Since then he has worked to promote accessibility to the outdoors for people with mobility issues: Ian MacKay - advocate for accessible outdoor recreation for everyone
Four years or so after the injury, I rekindled my passion for being outdoors. . . .
We... (read more)
[[[[UPDATE MAY 18th: The public comment period for the Columbia-Kingdom City Section of Improve I-70 is now open - through May 23rd. Go to this page and scroll down about halfway to find "The Online Comment form for the Improve I-70:"]]]]
Public meetings on the I-70 expansion that will happen over the next few years, are happening across the I-70... (read more)
We invite you to join us for the 2024 Missouri Active Transportation Summit--Friday, August 23rd in-person in Boonville at the Island of Capri Casino Hotel OR online via Zoom--where we will be sharing ideas for making our communities more active, vibrant, healthy, and economically sustainable through bicycling, walking, and trails.
The 2024 Summit... (read more)
The Mid-America Regional Council, which is the regional planning organization for 8 counties in the Kansas City region, has announced a major update to its regional Complete Streets Policy:
Complete Streets are advanced in this policy so that transportation investments may result in a rising quality of mobility for everyone.... (read more)
Kevin Mills of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy gives the lowdown on a major new program to fund bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Please share the word to your local city, county, metropolitan planning organization or regional planning commission, or any other agency that is looking to fund their bicycle and pedestrian needs.Federal... (read more)
MoBikeFed's 2024 events
Queen City Century, Springfield, June 15, 2024
Elmwood Bike Rodeo, Kansas City, August 3rd, 2024
Missouri Active Transportation Summit, Friday, August 23, 2024
BikeMO, Saturday, August 24, 2024
Missouri Bicycle Festival in Urich, Fri-Sun, Sept 13-15, 2024
Tour de Wildwood, Sunday, Oct 6th, 2024
2024... (read more)
MoDOT has developed an Unfunded Needs Project List for every region in Missouri. Many citizens across the state were involved in creating this list over the past years. MoDOT's High Priority Unfunded Needs List includes hundreds of needed bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit projects
MoDOT is now taking public comments on the... (read more)
Monday, July 28th, the Siddens Bening Hands-free Driving Law goes into effect in Missouri. How long it's been! We started using this graphic to illustrate our stories on the issue of texting while driving - a very long time ago . . .
Missouri legislators have considered distracted driving and cell phone laws for nearly two decades. In... (read more)
The 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Summit is coming up Friday, August 11th - attend in person in Jefferson City or online via YouTube or Teams.
Our Summit Keynote this year is about a real Missouri success story - a small rural community that has been building its bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure literally 1000 feet at a time over the... (read more)
The session and presenter lineup for the 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Summit - August 11th in Jefferson City - has just been announced. And it's a doozy - a truly amazing group of presenters, representing deep knowledge and experience with advocating for, designing, planning, funding, and using Missouri bicycle and, pedestrian, and trail... (read more)
At 10am this morning in Windsor, Missouri - where the Katy and Rock Island Trails meeting - Missouri State Parks announced the Today's ceremony announcing the Rock Island Trail State Park as the state's 93rd state park was held at the intersection of the Katy and Rock Island Trails near Windsorstate's 93rd State Park, with a new name:... (read more)
TIGER Grants were first awarded in 2009. That very year, the City of Warsaw, Missouri, applied for a major grant, designed to expand the city's renowned trail system, but even more - to connect the entire city to the trails and to major destinations like parks and shopping, via bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly Complete Streets. Warsaw's... (read more)
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