Bicycle Links

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City - The Foundation is dedicated to improving access and quality of health for medically indigent and underserved individuals and communities in Kansas City, Missouri and a six county service area in Kansas (Allen, Johnson, Wyandotte) and Missouri (Cass, Jackson, Lafayette).

Wyandotte Health Foundation - gives grants for increasing health care, healthy living for residents of Wyandotte County, KS.

The Missouri Foundation for Health's Healthy and Active Living Grants - MFH has identified the increase in the prevalence of obesity among Missourians to be a serious public health issue affecting the residents of the entire MFH service region. The Foundation has determined that the scope of the problem requires focused funding to support direct program implementation, community education, improved community access and development of local public policy that addresses obesity prevention.

Vehicular cycling--explanation and discussion by Jeffrey Hiles

The evidence of increased pedestrian safety at 20 mph is strong. The chance of a pedestrian being seriously injured or killed if struck by a car is 45% if the car is travelling at 30 mph but only 5% at 20 mph.6 Government research showed that 20 mph zones reduced the incidence of traffic accidents by 60% and cut child pedestrian and child cyclist accidents by 67%