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St. Louis Has Done a Lot to Become Bike-Friendly, But Still Has a Long Way to Go (St. Louis Public Radio) Motorists Seriously Injure Pedestrians in North County (Fox2Now) and High Ridge (Leader) Rte 141: MoDOT Aware Bike/Ped Infrastructure Limited, But Has No Plans to Improve It in New Project St. Louis Alderman Wants Ordinance to Make Harassment of […]

Bike Commuting in St. Louis Increased 105% Between 2000-2013 (Clean Technica) At Least One of Missouri’s 600 Bridges in Critical Condition Will Be Replaced (Post-Dispatch) No Car, No Problem for This Metro Commuter (NextStop) Team West Won This Year’s CMT Great Race Challenge #MakeMeCount Campaign Urges U.S. DOT to Consider Bus Riders, Cyclists, Pedestrians (T4America) NextCity Cites Five […]

Join Cyclists in KC and STL Tonight for 10th Annual Ride of Silence Kansas City Streetcar Ridership Beyond Expectations in First Week (KC Star) Petition for Safer Streets Comes From 14-Year-Old in Columbia (Columbia Tribune) Bike Commuting on the Rise in Lee’s Summit (Lee’s Summit Journal) Stop Blaming Victims for the Alarming Increase in Pedestrian Deaths (Treehugger) […]

More Bike Lanes and Bike Racks Coming to KC (KC Star) Even With State Law That Cyclists Are Entitled to Use the Road, Many Cyclists Feel Threatened (KCUR) Opinion: Early and Ongoing Education Important Factor for Safe Cycling (Post-Dispatch) MetroLink Adds More Service Tonight for Blues Playoff Game (NextStop) Would Barriers at MetroLink Stops Make It […]

Crosswalk Signal Doesn’t Allow Time for People to Cross at V.A. Hospital (KMOV) Officials Look to Make Missouri Blvd. in Jeff City Safer for Walking, Biking (ABC17) It’s Bike to Work Week in Springfield (and everywhere else) (Ozarks First) MetroLink Construction Schedule for May 16-20 (NextStop) Excerpts From Last Week’s “Ask the Road Crew” Chat (Post-Dispatch) 7 […]

KSDK Gets Answers and Upgrades to Dangerous Crosswalk in the Central West End Jason Feels More Connected to the City Using Metro (NextStop) Bike Walk KC Teaching Rules of the Road at Bike Safety Event on May 21 (Daily Star-Journal) FHWA Giving More Control to Local Communities on Street Design (T4America) Infrastructure, Education Should Come Before Helmets […]