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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?  Boonville (read more)
Ian Mackay - advocate for accessible outdoor recreation for everyone
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: Ian MacKay - advocate for accessible outdoor recreation for everyone  Four years or so after the injury, I rekindled my passion for being outdoors. . . . We... (read more)
MoDOT is working to expland I-70 across Missouri - a project that has important
[[[[UPDATE MAY 18th: The public comment period for the Columbia-Kingdom City Section of Improve I-70 is now open - through May 23rd. Go to this page and scroll down about halfway to find "The Online Comment form for the Improve I-70:"]]]] Public meetings on the I-70 expansion that will happen over the next few years, are happening across the I-70... (read more)
BikeMO - MoBikeFed's long-standing annual bicycle ride in mid Missouri
We invite you to join us for the 2024 Missouri Active Transportation Summit--Friday, August 23rd in-person in Boonville at the Island of Capri Casino Hotel OR online via Zoom--where we will be sharing ideas for making our communities more active, vibrant, healthy, and economically sustainable through bicycling, walking, and trails. The 2024 Summit... (read more)
The Mid-America Council's Complete Streets policy - major update
The Mid-America Regional Council, which is the regional planning organization for 8 counties in the Kansas City region, has announced a major update to its regional Complete Streets Policy:   Complete Streets are advanced in this policy so that transportation investments may result in a rising quality of mobility for everyone.... (read more)
Federal Highway Administration
Kevin Mills of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy gives the lowdown on a major new program to fund bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.  Please share the word to your local city, county, metropolitan planning organization or regional planning commission, or any other agency that is looking to fund their bicycle and pedestrian needs.Federal... (read more)
BikeMO August 27th in mid Missouri
MoBikeFed's 2024 events     Queen City Century, Springfield, June 15, 2024 Elmwood Bike Rodeo, Kansas City, August 3rd, 2024 Missouri Active Transportation Summit, Friday, August 23, 2024 BikeMO, Saturday, August 24, 2024 Missouri Bicycle Festival in Urich, Fri-Sun, Sept 13-15, 2024 Tour de Wildwood, Sunday, Oct 6th, 2024 2024... (read more)
MoDOT's High Priority Unfunded Needs List includes hundreds of needed bicycle, p
  MoDOT has developed an Unfunded Needs Project List for every region in Missouri. Many citizens across the state were involved in creating this list over the past years. MoDOT's High Priority Unfunded Needs List includes hundreds of needed bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit projects MoDOT is now taking public comments on the... (read more)
How long it's been! We started using this graphic to illustrate our stories
Monday, July 28th, the Siddens Bening Hands-free Driving Law goes into effect in Missouri. How long it's been! We started using this graphic to illustrate our stories on the issue of texting while driving - a very long time ago . . . Missouri legislators have considered distracted driving and cell phone laws for nearly two decades. In... (read more)
Randy Pogue, Warsaw City Administrator, has led the city's 26-year quest
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... (read more)
The session and presenter lineup for the 2023 Missouri Active Transportation Summit - August 11th in Jefferson City - has just been announced. And it's a doozy - a truly amazing group of presenters, representing deep knowledge and experience with advocating for, designing, planning, funding, and using Missouri bicycle and, pedestrian, and trail... (read more)
The new Rock Island Trail State Park will encompass the BLUE and RED segments sh
At 10am this morning in Windsor, Missouri - where the Katy and Rock Island Trails meeting - Missouri State Parks announced the Today's ceremony announcing the Rock Island Trail State Park as the state's 93rd state park was held at the intersection of the Katy and Rock Island Trails near Windsorstate's 93rd State Park, with a new name:... (read more)
Warsaw's RAISE Grant will connect many parts of the city and many destinations
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. Warsaw's... (read more)
BikeMO August 27th in mid Missouri
MoBikeFed's 2023 events Missouri Active Transportation Summit, Friday, August 11, 2023 BikeMO, Saturday, August 26, 2023 Missouri Bicycle Festival in Urich, Fri-Sun, Sept 15-18, 2023 Tour de Wildwood, Sunday, Oct 8th, 2023   Join MoBikeFed for our 2023 events! Help move forward our 2023 legislative agenda, learn about how to make... (read more)
In 2014, representatives of MoBikeFed and MoRIT met with Ameren to deliver over
If you have followed Rock Island Trail news in Missouri, you know that the new Rock Island Trail State Park has run into very significant headwinds in the Missouri legislature in 2022 and 2023. Governor Parson and Missouri State Parks officials sign the agreement to accept the Rock Island corridor into the Missouri State Parks system,... (read more)

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