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Check out the Dirty Apple Bike Polo club on Facebook. As of Spring 2012, they are playing on the Goodnow Tennis Courts: Tuesday-Thursday 4:30 Sunday 2:00 For more, here is an article by Nikita Grover, originally published in the K-State Collegian – January 2012. “In the last few years, a new sport has emerged in [...]
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Last year, MS Biotec ran (or rather, “biked”) away with the Commuter Challenge championship. Jeff Callaway, Travis Steiner, and Cody Strodtman, along with four other coworkers, commuted by bike from Manhattan to Wamego and back for a total of 472 miles! MS Biotec was awarded a party sponsored by Tallgrass Brewery and the recognition of [...]
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April 29th, 2012 through May 5th, 2012 is Bike Week in Manhattan, Kansas Help Us Celebrate! With spring in the air, the City of Manhattan proclaims that May is National Bike Month, April 29th – May 5th is Bike to Work Week and Tuesday, May 1st is Bike to Work Day. Mayor Sherow and Mayor [...]
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Many of you have already discovered the “Garden Way spur” that connects Linear Trail to the Garden Way Apartments and then on to Walgreen’s, Dillon’s and the rest of Westloop. It makes a great “exit” off of our little Bicycle Highway, and a great alternative route to the west side of town from downtown. But [...]
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(Guest post by Liam Reilly) I have recently completed a feasibility study examining various bike share / bike rental options. Community and campus biking is a growing trend across the nation. Various cities and universities have introduced bike rental programs as an alternate form of transportation. The success of these programs led me to research [...]
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K-State recently announced that they will be stepping up enforcement efforts on campus. In general, it is important for bicyclists to know that riding on sidewalks on M-F between 7:45 am-5:15 am is illegal, but there are a few exceptions. See the map below to see which sidewalks are okay to use. In general, stick [...]
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“What has one eye, a voice, 2 pedals, 5 gears, 4 wheels, is yellow all over, and holds 1 1/2 people? It’s a pedal-powered people mover, which you may buy for $500. … Although it can’t pass much, it can always pass a gasoline station.” (see 1973 oil crisis)
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Our first printing of 1,000 “Bike Everywhere” maps are almost gone, a real tribute to the rapid growth of cycling in our community. We will be printing another 1,000 maps in July and we are looking for feedback on the current design. The updated map will show the Bicycle Boulevards that are planned and include [...]
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Last night the Bicycle Advisory Committee presented a 5-year strategic plan for bicycling at a work session with city commissioners. The five-year plan was developed from many of the ideas you have seen on this blog. City engineer Rob Ott, Civil Design Engineer Peter Clark, Bicycle Coordinator Intern Joey Lightner, and Senior Planner Lance Evans [...]
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On Wednesday I presented a proposal to update the 1998 Master Plan by turning our attention to “B-bikers” or as the Portland Department of Transportation calls them, the “interested but concerned” group of potential cyclists who make up over half of the population and over 85% of potential riders. This group needs to be “comfortable” [...]
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