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Have you signed up for Dillons Community Rewards yet?

March 20, 2015

You can enroll in Dillons Community Rewards and name Bike Walk Wichita as the recipient! Over time you’ll donate to Bike Walk Wichita just by shopping and using your Dillons Plus Card. https://www.dillons.com/communityrewards

Volunteer – Bicycle Wayfinding System Plan

March 19, 2015

You can help make Wichita even better for bicycling. Volunteer today to serve on the Wichita Bicycle Wayfinding System Plan Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will help guide the planning process and development of the plan – a guide for... Read More

Big Weekend of Activities

March 18, 2015

MakeICT is moving! Our partner organization is asking for help cleaning the new space on Saturday at 10am. 1500 e Douglas, former LJ Pracht building. Move day is April 4th. Congratulations to MakeICT, this is a big move. And at... Read More

Prairie Travelers Met Their Goal!

March 12, 2015

Prairie Traveler’s Sunflower Foundation Grant application was submitted today. They met their $55,000 matching goal with two individuals who stepped up to the plate to cover the shortfall. In other words, to reduce their share we are still gladly taking either pledges or... Read More

Great writeup in the Eagle about Rail Trail projects!

March 5, 2015

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article12571955.html There’s a great article on Kansas.com about the Rail Trail projects. Nice job, Ruth Holliday! “That’s the beauty of it — we’re not going to fool around and say we’ll do it in a year,” she said. “We’re going... Read More

Time is running out for Rail Trail Matching Grant!

March 1, 2015

You can DOUBLE your contribution to Prairie Travelers for just one more week! We’ve raised over $15,000 through Indiegogo and off line contributions, but we still need to raise another $40,000 to meet our financial goal. This is the time... Read More

Prairie Sunset Trail in front of City Council – Update

February 28, 2015

On Tuesday, March 3rd, the Wichita City Council agenda includes an item for the approval of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City and Prairie Travelers for improvements to the Prairie Sunset Trail generally located 0.5 miles south of... Read More

Bike 101 – Bike theft info

February 22, 2015

I just updated our Bike 101 page with a link to BikeIndex.org, a free website to register your bike. Many bike shops and pawn shops are beginning to use this service to check for stolen bikes. More than that, it... Read More

Interested in street improvements on 37th Street N (between Oliver & Woodlawn)?

February 16, 2015

We have three opportunities to make our voice heard to support people walking and bicycling in our community! This is exciting, as the city is using up-to-date standards for transportation choices – not everyone uses 37th Street in a car!... Read More

People walking or bicycling, not pedestrians and cyclists.

February 15, 2015

Lets change the language we use when talking about walking and bicycling. For too long we’ve used wonky language that separates us from people who might actually support us if they knew what we were really saying! When we state... Read More

The time is NOW to support Rail-Trail

February 8, 2015

The time is NOW to support Rail-Trail in our community. Prairie Travelers and AARTI each need to raise $55,000 by March 10th for a matching grant. Update-The Redbud Trail fundraiser page is now online. Visit it here http://igg.me/at/aartitrail/x/9840321 Everything is in... Read More

More information about the Prairie Sunset Trail extension meeting

January 30, 2015

Representatives from Prairie Travelers are scheduled to present information about a proposal to develop the City of Wichita railbanked portion of the Prairie Sunset Trail at the February 2nd District Advisory Board IV meeting. The Prairie Sunset Trail is generally... Read More

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