Bike/Ped Planning in the Kansas City Region

MetroGreenMetrogreen – a proposed 1,144-mile interconnected system of public and private open spaces and greenway trails designed to link seven counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Transportation Outlook 2030 – describes how the region will manage, operate and invest in its multimodaltransportation system over the next three decades. Outlook 2030While the plan is divided by specific transportation modes, it promotes the integration of individual modes, facilities and services into a single system that efficiently meets the access and mobility needs of the Kansas City region.

Creating Quality Places – encourages sustainable design practices throughout the Kansas City area. Twenty principles were developed in 1999 through the work of four committees made up of elected and appointed officials, planning professionals, citizens, developers, builders, architects and engineers.

Creating Quality PlacesInformation to facilitate implementation of these principles, case studies documenting local and national project examples, model ordinances, design standards and financing mechanisms can be found on the Web site.