On average, that's $450 per year per Missouri adult.
It's also the second highest per-capita cost of any state in the nation--behind only West Virginia at $479 per year per adult.
The Freakonomics blog is covering a research that seems to confirm what many bicycle advocates have been saying for years: Laws requiring helmets while bicycling reduce the amount of bicycling.
Roller races have become very popular over last couple of years, including a very active series in Kansas City. This weekend the KC Sprints crew is on the road for an event in Springfield.
Roller races, or goldsprints, are stationary bike races that pit two riders against each other for fun and prizes. It's a lot of fun, and much more of work out than you can imagine.
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Being in a walkable neighborhood adds value to homes
Though housing values are still slow to rebound from the collapse of the real estate market, a new analysis from CEOs for Cities reveals that homes in more walkable neighborhoods are worth more than similar homes in less-walkable neighborhoods, pointing to a bright spot in the residential real estate market.
The report, “Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Housing Values in U.S. Cities” by Joseph Cortright, analyzed data from 94,000 real estate transactions in 15 major markets provided by ZipRealty and found that in 13 of the 15 markets, higher levels of walkability, as measured by Walk Score, were directly linked to higher home values.
“Even in a turbulent economy, we know that walkability adds value to residential property just as additional square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms and other amenities do,” said Cortright. “It’s clear that consumers assign a tangible value to the convenience factor of living in more walkable places with access to a variety of destinations.”
