This week we have two great pieces of news for transportation choice in Kansas City!

First, the federal economic stimulus is enabling MoDOT to speed up construction of a pedestrian/bicycle path over the Missouri River, on the Heart of America Bridge. By 2010 cyclists and pedestrians will have a safe and convenient way to cross the river.  See KCBike.Info for more details on this cool surprise.

Second, the debut of a new interactive map of park-and-ride lots in the KC metro area.  The RideShare map shows all of the park-and-ride lots and details about the bus routes that serve them.  It’s tied into Google Transit so you can quickly plan a bus ride from the parking lot to your destination.

This new map is much more user-friendly way for people to learn about transit options.  It’s a good start and hopefully in the future they will add direct links to bus route info and include details on bicycle parking facilities at each commuter lot.