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Independence, MO —
With May as National Bike Month and this week as Bike to Work Week, Missouri will mark Friday as the first time Bike to Work Day is an official part of the state holidays calendar.
“Bicycling to work is on a huge upward swing in Missouri,” said Brent Hugh, executive director of the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Foundation, in a news release. “From 2000 to 2010, the amount of bicycling to work increased by 70 percent. In our large metro areas, the story is even more dramatic – biking to work almost tripled in both Kansas City and St. Louis over the past decade.”
In 2010, state Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee’s Summit, sponsored a bill adding Missouri Bike Month, Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Day to the Missouri state holidays calendar. Gov. Jay Nixon signed the bill and it went into effect in August 2011, making this the first year the event is officially recognized in Missouri’s holiday calendar.
With May as National Bike Month and this week as Bike to Work Week, Missouri will mark Friday as the first time Bike to Work Day is an official part of the state holidays calendar.
“Bicycling to work is on a huge upward swing in Missouri,” said Brent Hugh, executive director of the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Foundation, in a news release. “From 2000 to 2010, the amount of bicycling to work increased by 70 percent. In our large metro areas, the story is even more dramatic – biking to work almost tripled in both Kansas City and St. Louis over the past decade.”
In 2010, state Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee’s Summit, sponsored a bill adding Missouri Bike Month, Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Day to the Missouri state holidays calendar. Gov. Jay Nixon signed the bill and it went into effect in August 2011, making this the first year the event is officially recognized in Missouri’s holiday calendar.
