The Topeka Community Cycle Project and the Topeka Police Department are teaming up to buy a "3-ft device" to measure how close a car passes a bicycle. The device will be used to help enforce the Kansas law that requires motorists to give at least three feet of clearance when passing cyclists. But they can't … Continue reading Make Topeka safer, three feet at a time!
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It's Friday and Topeka is crushing it in the biking and walking game lately, so some shoutouts are due. First: Topeka Planning Department. Bikeways Plan is happening, being implemented, and we have tons of sharrows and bike lanes on the road now. The City put out a great video on rules of the road to … Continue reading Shoutouts!
Kansas is in the same boat. We can't maintain all that we currently have. In no way should we be considering building more. The state's top transportation official, Paul Trombino, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, has been candid in his assessment of the road system here. Source: Iowa DOT Director: State's road system … Continue reading Iowa DOT Director: State’s road system will shrink | The Gazette
How is this relevant to Kansas? We're about to spend $200 million over the next couple decades on a mere 3-mile section of highway in our downtown corridor. At what scale will that ever be sustainable? Click through to Strong Towns to read why #NoNewRoads makes sense for Texas (and for Kansas, too). Patrick Kennedy … Continue reading Why Texas is Spending too Much on Roads and How to Stop — Strong Towns
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