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RULE 91 | SAVE THOSE BUILDINGS

July 30, 2025

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Historical districts offer more than just walkability. They create more jobs per square foot of development, more small businesses, and more creative jobs. They invite fewer chain businesses, more new businesses, and dramatically more women-owned and minority-owned businesses.

RULE 45 | CUT THE EXTRA LANES

July 23, 2025

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Street racing and lane jockeying can be seen (and heard) often on Douglas Avenue. In 2014, a street race there left one dead and another charged with manslaughter. When streets have more lanes than they need, it feels more like a highway.

RULE 19 | PRICE PARKING BASED ON ITS VALUE

July 16, 2025

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A new paid parking plan has been introduced in downtown Wichita. To a certain extent, urban planner Jeff Speck would agree with it. “Price parking based on its value,” Speck argues in Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places. “When parking is too cheap, parking gets too crowded. And when people park too much, a bunch of bad things happen...

RULE 18 | DECOUPLE PARKING

July 9, 2025

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Around 80 to 95 percent of American workers get free parking at the office. However, when workers are forced to pay for parking themselves, a practice known as decoupling, the share of employees driving to work falls by 25 percent.

WE KEEP PEOPLE MOVING

July 2, 2025

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What fuels Bike Walk Wichita? It’s people, purpose, and possibility. This work doesn't happen by accident. It happens when people like you care about making Wichita better, not just for today, but for a brighter future for all.

RULES 38 & 40 | REVERT MULTILANE ONE-WAYS TO TWO-WAYS FOR BUSINESS & CONVENIENCE

July 2, 2025

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On Tuesday, November 13, 1951, A. Owen Holiday, owner of a blueprint copying and engineer supply office on North Topeka, filed a petition before the city commissioners. The reason? Commissioners were planning to make Topeka and Market one-way. Holiday objected. Urban planner Jeff Speck helps explain why.

RULE 39 | REVERT MULTILANE ONE-WAYS TO TWO-WAYS FOR SAFETY

June 25, 2025

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Wichita’s Mayor, William C. Salome, was on a mission. He wanted to install more one-way streets. He got his wish in 1950 when he initiated the conversion of First and Second Streets. This change immediately led to “too much speeding,” according to city officials. Police increased fines. Arrests were issued. It did not matter too much, though. First and Second Streets have remained one-way since.

Introducing Walkable Wednesdays

June 18, 2025

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Bike Walk Wichita to launch Walkable Wednesdays, a new blog series exploring what makes a city truly walkable—and how Wichita can rise to the challenge.

Bikes and Building the Community

November 1, 2024

Engineers Without Borders Visits ReCycle It’s not uncommon that The ReCycle Shop receives requests for hosting groups to come in and work on bikes, but rarely is a group interested in an ongoing commitment to help. Enter Emma Radford, a... Read More

The Wonder of Wheels

October 17, 2024

The First Mechanic Adventure Series Class Launches While it may seem intimidating at first, building a wheel can be both an adventure and a rewarding challenge. Our wheelbuilding class is the first of a series of public classes in the... Read More

2025 BWW Board of Directors Application

October 10, 2024

Bike Walk Wichita’s Board of Directors is active, engaged, and critical to our decision-making process and the success of our organization! Are you interested in helping BWW thrive and grow? Bike Walk Wichita is accepting applications to serve on the Board of... Read More

BWW Advocacy – September

September 20, 2024

The Advocacy Group had a productive meeting on September 3rd, 2024. The main goal of the meeting was to identify what issues individual members were most interested in and willing to pursue. The group identified two areas that they wanted... Read More

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