I've been a little quiet lately because I was working on 30 federal grants to try to get more trails in the pipeline for 2014/2015/2016/2017/2018 and also "complete streets" projects so people can get around by bike/sidewalk or to transit services without using a car.
I just hope they all score well because spending limited federal dollars on stuff that will last 50+ years is a lot smarter than spending money on equipment that lasts 10+/- years or one mega project that sucks up all the money for one long recreational trail and doesn't serve the poor, disabled, kids trying to safely get to school, or make travel safer for everyone.
Anyways, here is a trail map of Northland trails that you can bike that I know about. Some of them are side-paths along 4 lane roads. The Route 152 Trail and the Line Creek Trail are still under construction but for grant purposes, I showed them as complete.
The title is MetroGreen. Back in the early 1990's, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) led an effort with all the cities in the bi-state region to come up with a regional greenway/trail system. More can be read here.
The map below shows the projects KCMO applied for. These projects were chosen based on the likelihood that they would score well enough to be selected and the City Council would provide the required matching funds.
It's key to point out that these funds are for transportation alternatives (TAP) as outlined in the federal transportation bill. They set aside a portion of funds for this and I would rather have the money spent here than building some gerbil/circle trail in some park in Harrisonville or Grain Valley (which are considered "urban"). We won't know until August/September how it all turns out.
You can also find bike/trail maps from the MARC website here.
Do I see something in that second map going down 9 Highway into NKC?
Posted by: rocketscientist | 03/24/2014 at 11:20 AM