Program areas at Bike Walk KC
Ridekc Bike: a 24/7 public Bike share system providing a unique mix of technologies that extend the fixed-route transit system and gives residents and visitors a variety of options for getting around the greater Kansas city area. It features smart electric bikes, classic pedal bikes, and programming designed to offer innovative solutions for transportation, recreation, and physical health.
Public policy and community planning involves building relationships with elected officials and community leaders to implement policies that improve the built environment, especially in neighborhoods that have been historically underfunded and disinvested. Bike Walk KC partners with local municipalities, school districts, and regional, state, and federal agencies, as well as other active transportation advocacy organizations across both Missouri and Kansas to improve walking and biking through public policy and school travel planning. Bike Walk KC uses Walk audits, technical assistance, built environment assessments, traffic counting/calming events, the home street home exhibition, and other activities to help neighborhoods identify problems related to the built environment, street safety, walkability/bikeability, and other infrastructure issues.
Family education includes a comprehensive youth education program to empower kids to safely Bike and Walk to school and to advocate for their neighborhood.components include bicycle safety education, youth ambassador training, maintain your ride, public engagement, and opportunities to 'earn a Bike.' Other programs are designed to teach adults safe riding skills, the rules of the road, and how to do basic Bike maintenance and repairs.