Clean Commute

UMKC Clean Commute challenges the students, staff and faculty population to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips to and from campus by using alternative modes of transportation such as bicycles, walking and mass transit.

Get answers:
UMKC Clean Commute FAQs

UMKC Volker Campus Bicycle Map and Information Sheet
NOTE: prints best on legal-sized paper

UMKC Hospital Hill Bicycle Map and Information Sheet

These map brochures were designed with cyclists, pedestrians and transit riders in mind. Caution intersections, pedestrian crossings, metro bus stops and bike racks are clearly marked, as well as The Hub, UMKC’s bike station, which provides free repairs to all students, staff and faculty.

Get involved:
Upcoming UMKC Clean Commute Events

To receive a loaner bike from UMKC Clean Commute, you must:

• Sign a waver
• Abide by the membership guidelines
• Abide by UMKC bicycle regulations
• Volunteer five hours with Clean Commute over the course of the semester

For more information, contact Beau Baker at 816-561-1061 ext 120 or e-mail him at beau.baker@bridgingthegap.org.

We thank the following businesses for supporting UMKC Clean Commute through donating items for drawing and door prizes at our events:

American Jazz Museum
McCoy’s Public House and Brew
Panera Bread Company
The Roasterie
Tivoli Cinemas
Waldo Pizza
Westlake Hardware
Wild Oats

Discover the health benefits of bike riding.

Read our Alternative Transportation Guide -  Alternate Transportation Guide

Clean Commute is a two-year pilot program managed by Bridging The Gap and funded by a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The new University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC) Clean Commute program will challenge the student, staff, and faculty to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips to and from campus by using alternative modes of transportation such as bicycles, walking and mass transit.

Modeled on successful programs across the country the Clean Commute program at UMKC will incorporate alternative transportation education while focusing on:

• Distributing of new loaner bicycles equipped with lights, locks and fenders.
• Installing bike parking racks
• Creating of a campus bike map
• Offering on-campus bike maintenance
• Hosting safety education workshops

UMKC sells as many as 8,000 parking permits per year. If you consider each of those permits to represent one single occupancy car trip per day that represents a potential 2.92 million car trips annually to campus! Involvement in an alternative commute program is the first layer of shifting driving behaviors. The goal of UMKC Clean Commute is to set a regional example showing how safe and easy it is to chose alternative transportation and promote the positive health and air quality impacts of those choices.