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| This Week's News |
The young woman on her bike on a city street was a picture-perfect model for any bicycle ad: sleek a ... read more |
All over Columbia people just like you make a bike ride, a walk, or a bus ride a part of their commu ... read more |
Don't get stuck in the mud again! Columbia Parks and Recreation updates a Park Blog frequently with ... read more |
Bicyclists and motorists share the same rights – and the same responsibilities - when using ou ... read more |
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| Infrastructure |
It’s been six months since GetAbout Columbia began its back-in angle parking experiment downto ... read more |
A portion of the MKT Trail between Twin Lakes Recreation Area and Scott Boulevard will be closed for ... read more |
What are they?A bicycle boulevard is a shared roadway which has been optimized specifically to give ... read more |
A portion of the MKT Trail will be closed this fall and winter while two 100-year-old bridges are re ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia wants to add more bike racks in the downtown area and it isn't on the sidewalks.To ... read more |
Columbia's City Council says the improved safety provided by a new bicycle boulevard is too importan ... read more |
Plans for a new "bike boulevard" on Windsor and Ash streets won the approval of Columbia City Counci ... read more |
Columbia City Council voted to make streets safer for cyclists.GetAbout Columbia proposed a change i ... read more |
The Columbia City Council approved the construction of a bike boulevard on Windsor and Ash streets M ... read more |
The city council will consider a proposal Monday night to make a bike boulevard downtown.The bike pr ... read more |
The Columbia City Council is scheduled to vote on two controversial proposals during its regular mee ... read more |
Despite a recent funding scare, the $3.1 million Hominy Branch Trail is proceeding as planned with a ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia planners who were facing the loss of $872,098 in federal funds for two major trail ... read more |
It's not a golden brick road, but Columbia's new green streets could lead to a safer city.Columbia o ... read more |
Inside Ted Curtis’ desk drawer at the GetAbout Columbia office is a folder labeled “Rage ... read more |
It’s been a week since GetAbout Columbia started having motorists try some new parking moves n ... read more |
The city plans to spend nearly $1.3 million on two major sidewalk projects next year, using money fr ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia is planning to try back-in parking on the south side of Ash Street between Seventh ... read more |
A proposal for Columbia’s first bike boulevard is moving along as planners meet with neighbors ... read more |
The City of Columbia Public Works Department announces that on Monday, July 20, Insituform will begi ... read more |
Back-in angle parking is slated to replace parallel parking on two blocks of Ash Street this week.Th ... read more |
Columbia Public Works Department crews will be painting new parking lines on Ash Street this week in ... read more |
As part of the GetAbout Columbia non-motorized transportation pilot program, the Public Works Depart ... read more |
Pending City Council approval, GetAbout Columbia has proposed a re-striping of Ash Street betw ... read more |
Following in the footsteps of communities across the country, city leaders have made a plan to paint ... read more |
The Columbia City Council is discussing a plan to improve safety for bikers that will involve big ch ... read more |
Downtown motorists and cyclists would be the first test subjects in the latest experiment from GetAb ... read more |
We now have some of the first results from the Columbia, Missouri, nonmotorized pilot project, GetAb ... read more |
As a cyclist and pedestrian, Connie Dunn said she feels extremely unsafe when making her way along R ... read more |
Greenbelts and trails in Columbia serve three purposes: transportation, recreation and land preserva ... read more |
The City of Columbia is painting specific intersections green to increase safety for both cars and b ... read more |
Many people are “going green” these days by using compact fluorescent light bulbs and re ... read more |
The City Council unanimously voted to approve the creation of sidewalks and bike lanes in the Range ... read more |
Though not exclusive to bicycles, a bicycle boulevard (sometimes called a “bicycle priority st ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia recently installed a new awning and three bike racks on Elm Street just south of t ... read more |
The city of Columbia and Mayor Darwin Hindman invite the public to attend a ceremony celebrating the ... read more |
In its latest attempt to encourage “people-powered” transportation, the GetAbout Columbi ... read more |
The GetAbout Columbia project will have a meeting tonight for residents who want to learn more ... read more |
As the city works to create a community connected by trails serving cyclists and pedestrians, city l ... read more |
There are several infrastructure improvements happening at the Stewart and Providence roads intersec ... read more |
The section of the Bear Creek Trail, located between Range Line and Garth Avenue will be closed to a ... read more |
In another effort by GetAbout Columbia to make the city more bicycle-friendly, the first “bike ... read more |
As Columbia seeks to become more pedestrian-friendly using money from a $22 million federal grant, p ... read more |
A brigade of volunteers armed with checklists, tape measures and levels will take to the sidewalks o ... read more |
Last week, the Columbia Public Works Department held a meeting for citizens to discuss upcoming impr ... read more |
Through the GetAbout Columbia program, the city has recently striped bike lanes on Chapel Hill and P ... read more |
Two new trail projects are moving closer to completion and will be some of the first to be built wit ... read more |
Cooperation between GetAbout Columbia and Boone Hospital Center will create a series of new bicycle ... read more |
The City of Columbia held a public hearing Wednesday to discuss the $22 million Get-About Columbia p ... read more |
Engineers have drawn up initial plans for four proposed city sidewalks, and one project set for a re ... read more |
Below is a 'Flood Trail Damage' PDF that illustrates which trails receive the most damage as a resul ... read more |
As crews prepare to mark 20 miles of roads in the next two weeks with bike lanes and "shared lane ma ... read more |
Some residents say that a proposed MKT connector brings up too many problems.Local residents like Ed ... read more |
Residents of Columbia's Old Southwest Neighborhood Association have asked the GetAbout Columbia grou ... read more |
This fall the city of Columbia will continue painting bike lanes and markings on streets thr ... read more |
Dozens of projects have been pitched by GetAbout Columbia officials, yet just two of the designs hav ... read more |
Elli Eckhoff stands in her backyard in the Vanderveen Subdivision. Eckhoff opposes the building of a ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia was established to decide how to use a $21.5 million federal grant to promote nonm ... read more |
For more than 3½ hours last night, a line of residents snaked from the podium to the back of ... read more |
A sidewalk on West Boulevard from Stewart Road to Westwinds Drive, a proposed “Hinkson Trail&r ... read more |
Please click the PDF below to view the approved projects list for GetAbout Columbia. ... read more |
With about $17 million worth of priority infrastructure projects planned and only $13 million left t ... read more |
Residents of the Sixth Ward in Columbia have offered guarded support for proposals by GetAbout Colum ... read more |
Have you noticed those new bike markings on the street?
A “sharrow” is a pavement marki ... read more |
Does your business need a bike rack? GetAbout Columbia has a Bicycle Rack Cost Share Program in whic ... read more |
Members of the GetAbout Columbia executive committee recommended a list of 18 priority projects with ... read more |
As GetAbout Columbia plans to expand its non-motorized transportation projects in several parts of t ... read more |
Click here or the 'Choosing the Right Trail Surface' PDF below to read about the pros and cons of di ... read more |
When he proposed paving Columbia’s trails almost two years ago, GetAbout Columbia Manager Ted ... read more |
The city of Columbia is painting bike lanes today and Wednesday in an ongoing effort to make the cit ... read more |
Looking for a way to increase attendance at your upcoming event? Spin those wheels, and provide your ... read more |
When Barbie Reid and her neighbors saw engineer flags planted in the ground near their Old Southwest ... read more |
A new city program is attempting to provide more bike racks for residents frustrated with high gas p ... read more |
Parking your bicycle at Columbia’s new bike corral downtown will be similar to parking your bi ... read more |
The city is preparing to offer incentives in the hopes of adding 1,000 bicycle parking spots around ... read more |
The University Recreation Trail from Mizzou Arena to the Hinkson Creek valley has been temporarily ... read more |
In anticipation of warmer weather and the construction season it brings, GetAbout Columbia is inviti ... read more |
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| Project Meetings |
Items discussed at the Columbia City Council retreat at the Lodge of the Four Seasons:- Broadcasting ... read more |
There will be an infrastructure subcommittee meeting on Thursday, June 4 starting at 4:30 pm at the ... read more |
There will be an Executive Committee Meeting on Monday, May 18, 2009
from 1:30 - 3:00 pm on the thi ... read more |
There will be public Interested Parties meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2009 to learn and ask questions ... read more |
Public hearings on GetAbout Columbia projects on Feb. 2: * Resolution to approve f ... read more |
An informal public meeting to discuss four proposed sidewalk/pedways related to the GetAbout Columbi ... read more |
The City Council will hold a special meeting to discuss GetAbout Columbia’s infrastructure pro ... read more |
Sixth Ward Council Representative Barbara Hoppe and the Public Works Department will host an informa ... read more |
A special council meeting will be held before the City Council of the city of Columbia, Mo., in the ... read more |
Third Ward Council Representative Karl Skala and the Public Works Department will host an informatio ... read more |
Sixth Ward Council woman Barbara Hoppe and the Columbia Public Works Department will host an informa ... read more |
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| Roll Together Columbia |
Safe city cycling means knowing the rules of the road that apply to bicyclists. Not only will follow ... read more |
"Let's Roll Together" is a short engaging presentation for businesses and organizations about how ... read more |
On a busy day, local gas utility Ameren UE has nine service trucks driving our streets to install ga ... read more |
1. Safety studies have consistently shown bicyclists are safest when they act and are treated as dri ... read more |
Bicyclists and motorists have a lot in common: both use the streets, and both are obligated by law t ... read more |
Few things seem scarier to someone who has spent a good portion of their life in an automobile than ... read more |
Are you interested in talking to other bicyclists or participating in group rides in the area? Visit ... read more |
Bicyclists and motorists have a lot in common - both share the same rights and the same responsibili ... read more |
Through cooperation with GetAbout Columbia, the Columbia Police Department is dedicating this month ... read more |
On Monday, the Columbia Police Department announced Operation Share the Road, its newest initiative ... read more |
The Columbia PedNet Coalition promoted a No-Car Diet Challenge during September, at which time resid ... read more |
TITLE: Operation Share the Road. DATE: Month of October 2008. LOCATION: City of Columbia.& ... read more |
The city of Columbia requires that each bicycle within the city limits be licensed or registered (Or ... read more |
Actuator: a cable that runs under the pavement at a traffic signal intersection that sends a signal ... read more |
We've been trying to get our kids to ride their bikes for about a year and a half. It hasn't been a ... read more |
Columbia has a new crop of self-assured bicyclists out on the roadways. A 15-member group recently c ... read more |
The Get Biking section of this website has more articles with specific tips for you to use when lear ... read more |
You see every manner of bicycle around Columbia, and you might soon be seeing another breed downtown ... read more |
It did not take $4-a-gallon gas for business at Columbia bicycle shops to pick up speed. Local shops ... read more |
Early this year, Anton Berkovich was pedaling to class.As he reached the intersection of College and ... read more |
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| GetAbout Columbia |
It’s just too early to tell whether efforts to promote nonmotorized transportation in Columbia ... read more |
Last summer, Main Squeeze Natural Foods Café signed up for Errand Bikes, a free GetAbout Colu ... read more |
"City Confident" course is designed for new and old bikers.GetAbout Columbia wants to teach bik ... read more |
In 2006, Columbia was selected as one of four communities in the United States. to receive $22 milli ... read more |
We now have some of the first results from the Columbia, Missouri, nonmotorized pilot project, GetAb ... read more |
After only a few weeks, employees at Ninth Street Video have found a whole list of reasons to use a ... read more |
Are you involved in a group or organization that's ... read more |
Some key stakeholders remain at odds on spending priorities for GetAbout Columbia, the $22 million f ... read more |
Since 2007, GetAbout Columbia has paid $2.06 million to local advertising firm Vangel Marketing Comm ... read more |
On a sunny Saturday morning, Carole Riesenberg rode her bike alongside her friend to their first Con ... read more |
Columbia has implemented new biking lanes for its residents, and the League of American Bicyclists h ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia is an exciting opportunity for everyone in our community to think differently abou ... read more |
In the summer of 2005, the hard work of city officials and Columbia biking enthusiasts paid off in t ... read more |
Businesses and bicycles pair up in GetAbout Columbia’s new Errand Bikes program, designed to h ... read more |
A student in PedNet's recent Confident City Cycling class moved to the center of the lane to turn le ... read more |
Now you'll find the friendly GetAbout Columbia characters on the windows of the project office, down ... read more |
Pick up a new Columbia bike map and get from "A" to "B" safely and easily. The map is small enough t ... read more |
Wish you could play the GetAbout Columbia song anytime? Did you miss the commercial on TV? Well, tod ... read more |
It’s a muggy morning in May, and Fred Schmidt and Corri Flaker are waiting for cars to pass th ... read more |
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| Community Activities |
The Bear Creek Trail will reopen to users on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 3:30 p.m. with a ribbon cutting. Th ... read more |
University Hospital management analyst and enthusiastic bicyclist Larry Walters is the winner of Get ... read more |
The Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival guided ride has been canceled due to flooding on the trails. This rid ... read more |
Get About Columbia hosted its last brown bag lunch seminar today as part of September's Way to Go to ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia fixed up secondhand bikes and will give them away in October.GetAbout Columbia has ... read more |
September is GetAbout Columbia's "Way To Go To Work Month."During this time, residents are encourage ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia wants residents to participate in September's program.September 1st marks the begi ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia is promoting September as its "Way To Go To Work" month with activities such as lu ... read more |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 24, 2009Contact: Public Works Department573-874-7250Columbia, Mo. &mdash ... read more |
World Carfree Day is an opportunity for everyone to try another way to get around town - just for on ... read more |
Despite stormy weather, more than 950 Columbia residents biked or walked to one of 12 different brea ... read more |
Wet weather didn’t curb enthusiasm on the last day of the 8th Annual Mayor’s Challenge: ... read more |
Raisins, bagels, granola bars and other items wait to be eaten by hungry pedestrians and bicyclists ... read more |
Ella Kane, 5, the daughter of Spencer Kane, left, a volunteer at one of the Bike, Walk & Wheel W ... read more |
Bike, walk or wheel? Try splash, dash and dodge.Amid pouring rain and the occasional rumble of thund ... read more |
Despite storms, Bike, Walk & Wheel Week hosted breakfast stations this morning for those who bra ... read more |
Walt's Bicycle Fitness and Wilderness Co. welcomed Steve Henry, author of "60 Hikes Within 60 Miles ... read more |
As part of Columbia's eighth-annual Bike Walk and Wheel week, Thursday morning kicks off "Try Transi ... read more |
Bike, Walk & Wheel Week 2009 events continued Wednesday with a brown bag lunch seminar at the Yo ... read more |
Mid-Missourians rode busses at no cost on Thursday.In honor of Columbia's Bike, Walk, and Wheel Week ... read more |
Dozens of people in Columbia left their cars in their garages on Thursday to avoid traffic congestio ... read more |
A free breakfast will be available from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday at 12 locations for registered participan ... read more |
The Columbia Public Works department is letting residents "try transit" for free Thursday.Columbia P ... read more |
Columbia residents Monday found a new way to get around town, and stay in shape while doing it.It wa ... read more |
Columbia Transit will waive the normal bus fare for bicyclists as long as rack space is available th ... read more |
In September, the City of Columbia doubled bus fares. Now, City Council is exploring ideas to ... read more |
As a young boy growing up in Columbia, Mayor Darwin Hindman said he was “a free-range kid,&rdq ... read more |
With a long blast from a bike-mounted air horn, the Bike, Walk & Wheel Week Kick-Off Celebration ... read more |
Saturday kicked off Columbia's 8th annual Bike, Walk & Wheel Week.The week long promotion's mean ... read more |
For the eighth year in a row, Mayor Darwin Hindman is challenging Columbia residents to leave their ... read more |
Mayor Darwin Hindman today announced that University of Missouri men’s basketball head coach M ... read more |
Fresh air, exercise, a sense of accomplishment: perfect reasons to make walking or biking part of a ... read more |
Volunteers with GetAbout Columbia this week will be handing out "commuter kudos" to people seen biki ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia's new project is trying to get people pedaling to work instead of driving.GetAbout ... read more |
Chris Walthall, left, and Janet Godon of the PedNet Coalition give a T-shirt to Gabe Fried at the co ... read more |
Starting Friday, Columbia's commuters will share the road with participants in the newest program fr ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia is asking people to rethink the way they get to and from work.September has been d ... read more |
Exercise. Fresh air. A sense of accomplishment. Join GetAbout Columbia and make biking or walking pa ... read more |
A crowd of spectators gathered Sunday to watch the judging of Art in the Park’s first ArtCyc ... read more |
OK, Sunday morning readers. Put on your thinking caps.Here’s a riddle: What is orange and has ... read more |
People wiped water from their faces as they came in from the rain early Friday morni ... read more |
With gas prices approaching $3.50 a gallon, Columbia residents could catch a slight break on their ... read more |
For one day, the public can take city buses — free of charge — anywhere the buses go.
& ... read more |
About 100 old bikes found new homes on Sunday as part of Bike Walk and Wheel Week.It was an event ... read more |
Cynder Jones really needed a new bike.Jones, a 35-year-old Columbia resident, bikes to work every da ... read more |
With a reminder to obey all traffic laws and a requirement to make all five stops around downtown, C ... read more |
Instead of driving next week, many Columbians will be leaving the car keys at home and taking part ... read more |
On a rainy day in October 2001, exercise advocate and Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman's challenge to h ... read more |
The Mayor’s Council on Physical Fitness & Health’s (MCPFH) Spring Fitne ... read more |
The start of spring signals the perfect time to hop on a bike, and MU environmental awareness group ... read more |
Organizers of Columbia's annual Earth Day celebration are drawing from the election year as inspirat ... read more |
Stephens College is "going green" and challenging Columbia residents to do the same.After riding int ... read more |
Columbia’s $22 million federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program traded its formal nam ... read more |
It’s getting a new name, a new look and a new office - all aimed at helping the program former ... read more |
Though more than 200 people gathered in the afternoon sun near Stephens Lake Park’s Gordon S ... read more |
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| Living an Active Life |
For many people, the cold temperatures and slippery conditions make winter cycling a daunting propos ... read more |
Here are a few tips to help bicyclists and walkers stay warm and safe during the colder months.BICYC ... read more |
Last time I talked about bicycle light laws and the reasons for them. This time I will delve into ty ... read more |
1. Winterproof your bikeTo help your steed cope with gritted roads and grimy puddles, you need to pr ... read more |
Celebrate the sights and sounds of the MU football season with GetAbout Columbia by walking, biking ... read more |
People just like you are finding out how easy and fun it is to get about Columbia on foot or by bike ... read more |
Like it or not, Columbia has just been named one of the most bicycle-friendly communities in the Mid ... read more |
Click here to visit the National Start Walking Day website, and read more information about the Amer ... read more |
Bike corrals give cyclists a good place to park, free up the sidewalk and increase traffic to local ... read more |
Editor, the Tribune: I recently moved to Columbia from the San Francisco Bay area. As an avid cyclis ... read more |
Andy Davis used to have a car. It was a 1993 Toyota 4Runner. But the engine blew up while he was liv ... read more |
Bicycles have been the standard delivery vehicle for downtown natural foods café Main ... read more |
Bicycles have been the standard delivery vehicle for downtown natural foods cafe Main Squeeze for si ... read more |
Riding to the home opener on Saturday and finding a place to park could take on a new meaning - if y ... read more |
The city of Columbia has received four grants that will allow planners to devise ways to mak ... read more |
Nestled behind No. 9 Crested Butte, Colo., in the pages of Outside magazine’s August issue, Co ... read more |
Maneuvering a bicycle safely can take practice. That’s why GetAbout Columbia offers classes li ... read more |
1. Washington, D.C.2. Chattanooga, Tennessee3. Ogden, Utah4. Portsmouth, New Hampshire5. Tacoma, Was ... read more |
Interested in health and happiness? How about healthy employees and a happy workplace? F ... read more |
GetAbout Columbia and the PedNet Coalition have teamed for a BikePro class aimed at 10- to 14-yea ... read more |
It's summertime — time to get out and play in one of Columbia's many parks! No matter what you ... read more |
Bike, Walk & Wheel Week is “a weeklong program of events designed to encourage all Columbi ... read more |
Adjusting their young ones’ helmets, mothers urged their children not to use up too much energ ... read more |
It's bike, walk, and wheel week in Columbia.But one state biking group says Missouri doesn't make ... read more |
In the face of sky-high gas prices, Columbia Transit wants you to reconsider how you get aro ... read more |
Although they were told the event was not a competition, contestants participating in a race durin ... read more |
Rock Bridge High School senior Zac Bassuener plans to give up driving his Ford Explorer next week an ... read more |
Healthcare costs in this country continue to rise. While federal and state governments strug ... read more |
Using pedometers and a few simple exercises, a University of Missouri fitness expert hopes to make y ... read more |
About 25 bicyclists clad in brightly colored rain gear set out yesterday to prove that motorized van ... read more |
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