Let’s Go KC

Let’s Go KC is a coalition of individuals, local organizations and advocates who promote transportation choice in the Kansas City region. We work to educate, engineer, encourage and evaluate our region in the interests of better walking, bicycling and transit opportunities.

Why work on Transportation Choice?

We believe that transportation choice will improve our community, our neighborhoods, our health and our business environment in these ways.

• Better air and water quality, a greener city
• Increased economic opportunities, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, tourism
• Savings for businesses on parking and health care
• A more attractive environment to bring in businesses and people for work and recreation
• Other uses of tax money than spending on more roads and more parking
• Better transportation opportunity for those with no car or driver’s license (10% & 25% of our citizens respectively)
• Healthier citizens
• Better urban design and planning
• Safer neighborhoods
• Improved road safety for all users

What we’ve done so far

• Worked with local cities and MARC to get a Bicycle/Pedestrian friendly river crossing policy for new bridges and bridge renovations.
• Asked and got a Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator for KCMO
• Worked to elect a council and mayor the most receptive yet to transportation choice and a greener KC
• We have members on the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee at MARC.
• We actually use bikes and transit and walk for transportation.
• We have a member on the Air Quality Committee at MARC
• We work closely with city staff and council people to improve transportation choice in city plans and legislation.
• We work on planning and funding for new sidewalks and sidewalk repair
• We have members on the Share the Road Safety Task Force at Bridging The Gap