Kansas City adds more protected bike lanes. Here’s where they are and where’s next
Kansas City has added new protected bike lanes on Hickman Mills Drive from The Paseo to Prospect Avenue, and along Prospect Avenue to 85th Street.
The lanes connect Prospect Avenue to the end of the Trolley Track Trail, which runs just over 6 miles—east to Waldo and then north to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard near the Nelson-Atkins Museum.
That part of Prospect Avenue is part of the city’s “high injury network,” where a high volume of traffic accidents occur. That’s why the city wanted to prioritize getting bike lanes there, according to Sherae Honeycutt, a spokesperson for the city.
The lanes on Hickman Mills Drive and Prospect Avenue are a combined 2.4 miles long. They look like the protected bike lanes on the Gillham Cycle Track, which runs on Gillham Road from 19th Street to Brush Creek Boulevard.
The protected bike lanes include posts and dividers between the street and the lane to ensure riders are safe on the roads.
“Kansas City is working to make our city not only more accessible but safer for anyone who uses our roads,” Honeycutt said.
The city is also working on installing bike lanes along Lexington Avenue in Pendleton Heights in the Historic Northeast, and on Grand Boulevard from 10th Streets to Truman Road downtown.
Kansas City has installed more than 5.6 miles of bike lanes in the past four years as part of its Complete Streets initiative. Before these new lanes on Hickman Mills Drive and Prospect, the latest addition was the 3.3-mile lane on Gillham Road.
The bike lanes are part of Vision Zero, Kansas City’s initiative to reduce traffic deaths to zero by 2030.
Last summer, the city set a goal to install 15 miles of protected bike lanes by the end of 2022, with 10 miles planned by the end of spring 2022. Honeycutt said the city is on track to install all 15 miles in the next three months.
WHERE ARE NEW BIKE LANES COMING?
Now that the Hickman Mills Drive lane is complete and lanes in Pendleton Heights are underway, here’s where the next bike lane projects are planned:
Longview Parkway: From 107th Street to Raytown Road
Raytown Road: From E. 107th Street to the Grandview border
Truman Road: From Holmes Street to Belmont Avenue
Gregory Boulevard: From Brookside Road to Main Street
American Royal Drive: From Avenida Cesar E. Chavez to State Line Road
19th Street: From Oak Street to 18th Street via Holmes Street
27th Street: From Campbell Street to The Paseo
Oak Street: From 19th Street to 12th Street
22nd Street: From Gillham Road to Olive Street
Grand Boulevard: From 10th Street to Truman Road
Wyandotte Street: From 31st Street. to Linwood Boulevard
Take a look at this map, showing where the bike lanes are currently and where the new bike lanes are planned below. The blue lines refer to projects the city planned for this summer, while red lines are projects to be completed within five years, according to Honeycutt.
2021-2022 Kansas City bike trails
Below is a map showing bike lanes throughout Kansas City. Year One routes are projects KCMO is working on this summer and Five Year routes are potential lanes
