C: The Hyde Parker
D: The Northeaster
E. The Swope Parker
F: The Northtowner
H: KCK
AA: Armour Crosstown
CC: Brush Creek
Bike Lane Segments
KC’s new e-bike law
The city’s new ordinance targets out-of-control youth hurtling at high speeds on electric scooters and bikes, but it also captures e-bike commuters riding Class 3 bikes in its wide net. It’s now illegal to ride faster than 20 mph…
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Thanks, World Cup
On one of my periodic rides on the east side of town, I stumbled upon the new protected bike lanes on, of all streets, Stadium Drive–a forlorn route through the dilapidated Leeds industrial district. The lanes stretch from 31st…
Keep readingNew protected bike lanes on Broadway
Grab your dramamine, we’ve got some craaazy new bike lanes between Linwood Boulevard and Westport Road on Broadway. Is any new bike infrastructure a good thing? I have got to keep believing that. But we’re putting that to the…
Keep readingThe Plaza: KC’s premier bike-free zone for over 100 years!
These days, the Country Club Plaza needs all the traffic it can get. More storefronts—nearly 33%— are vacant than were during the Great Depression. The sidewalks are empty. So maybe it’s time to encourage even cyclists to ride there?…
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Worst thing since sliced bread
I don’t mean to be critical, but who is the blithering idiot who designed this? The intersection of Brookside Boulevard, Main Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, already a testament to engineering incompetence, has gotten even more…
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e-biking in Kansas City 