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Send an email message in support of these issues in as little as two minutes:

Advocacy:

Paseo Bridge Bike/Ped Access: MoDOT is building a new quarter billion dollar bridge in the heart of Kansas City. It could provide the first safe bicycle/pedestrian crossing of the Missouri River near downtown Kansas City. We've been working on this for years and now it's going to move or die forever in the next month or so.

Advocacy:

Hwy 45 Bike/Ped Access: MoDOT is building a new highway through Parkville, Missouri. Guess what--their plans for accommodating bicycling and walking are inadequate, plus they forgot to include any funding for them.

Advocacy:

Bicycling License Plate: Many other states have 'Share the Road with Bicycles' license plates. Why not Missouri, too? In 1 minute you can show your support.

Here is an advocacy action you can take that will help a lot (I promise!) and actually take less than one minute.

One Minute Advocacy Action
You enter your name & address, press a button, and the system sends an email asking MoDOT to accommodate bicycle/pedestrian access on the upcoming Paseo Bridge project (the bridge crosses the Missouri River in Kansas City).

Click here to try KCBikeFed's "One-Minute Advocacy" system

If you prefer to send a personalized email on this issue, address it to "I29/I35 Environmental Impact Study" and email to I29I35EIS@hntb.com.

Details about the Paseo Bridge Issue
The issue is this: Kansas City has NO bicycle/pedestrian friendly Missouri River Crossing. The Paseo Bridge is up for re-construction at a cost of over $245 million.

Advocates want bike/ped access across the new bridge (a separated bike/ped path that would interface with the area trail network and local streets) but MoDOT is dragging its feet. They need to hear from more community members and community leaders, clearly showing their support for bicycle/pedestrian connectivity in the Kansas City area.

Related links

• More details on the Paseo Bridge/Kansas City bike/ped river crossing issue.
  
• An evaluation of all current Missouri River Bridges in the Kansas City area for bicycle and pedestrian friendliness.

permanent link to article: "19 AUG 2005: Bike/ped access on Kansas City's new $250 million Paseo Bridge"
posted by Brent Hugh at 8/19/2005 04:53:00 PM |comment on this article