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What's new with BikeMO in 2024 - our annual fundraising ride coming up August 24th in Boonville

Mon, 07/15/2024 - 3:03am

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?  

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Join Ian Mackay, quadripeligic cyclist and advocate for accessible outdoor activities for everyone, as he rides across the Katy Trail June 21-28; Special Event Mon Jun 24, 9:30am, N Jefferson Trailhead

Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:00am

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:  

Four years or so after the injury, I rekindled my passion for being outdoors. . . .

We live blocks away from a wonderful bike path called the Olympic Discovery Trail. I soon found I could go further and further on this trail where I would see wildflowers blooming, birds migrating, and see stunning views of the Olympic Mountains. I loved it out there and soon found myself putting 10, 15, 20 miles a day on my chair. I downloaded an app called Strava which tracks your distance, route, and speed using GPS so that I can keep track of my rides. I’ve put nearly 10,000 miles on my chair since then and am a well-known feature on the trails near my home.”

All of this lead to a desire to take a lengthy wheelchair ride and perhaps benefit a good cause at the same time....

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Keynote Address for 2023 Summit Friday: Revitalizing a Rural Community - 1,000 feet at a time

Wed, 08/09/2023 - 3:16am

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 past 26 years.  And has now received a $25 million federal grant to complete their system.

How and why did they do it when so many other communities - large, medium, and small - have been unable to?

Register for the Summit today to hear this and MANY other Missouri bicycle, pedestrian, and trails success stories! View the full Summit Program here (PDF).

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Missouri State Parks officially names and adopts Rock Island Trail State Park as the 93rd park in the Missouri State Parks system

Fri, 06/30/2023 - 5:17pm

At 10am this morning in Windsor, Missouri - where the Katy and Rock Island Trails meeting - Missouri State Parks announced the state's 93rd State Park, with a new name: Rock Island Trail State Park.

Mayors and representatives from towns and supporting organizatiuons along the corridor spoke, as did David Kelly, director of Missouri State Parks, and Dru Buntin, director of Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

You may remember that Rock Island Trail State Park was the name of the 47 mile section of the Rock Island corridor developed using funding and a land donation originating to the 1990s and 2000s.  But when the trail was opened in 2016, the name was (suddenly!) change to "Rock Island Spur of Katy Trail State Park."

Communities along the railroad line were surprised and unhappy - railroad towns usually have a strong identity with the railroad and its name.

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City of Warsaw MO awarded $25 million RAISE Grant to take Complete Streets, trails to entire city

Fri, 06/30/2023 - 7:00am

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.

They didn't get it.

Literally every funding round since 2009, Warsaw - population 2231 - led by City Manager Randy Pogue and a team of citizens, staff, and elected officials, has resubmitted and refined its grant application.

Every year, the same result - no grant funding.

Over the years, the program, as President and Congressional leaders changes, the program was renamed BUILD, and now RAISE. 

But the purpose has always been the same - to provide significant transportation investment to communties and regions that have a vision for rebuilding their transportation system in a transformative way.

File: 
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