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Twenty residents gathered this morning at the corner of Boulevard and Whiting Lane, where a pedestrian was killed by a driver last night, to demand that West Hartford town leaders take action to design safer streets. Mayor Shari Cantor, Town Manager Rick Ledwidth, and several WH police officers also attended the action. Watch BikeWestHartford.org and […]

Join us to Demand Safe Streets for All — Wed Dec 21st 8-8:45 AM. at the corner of Boulevard and Whiting Lane, West Hartford, in response to pedestrian killed by driver. Design Safe Streets Now! What is West Hartford Doing? Town Council: Meet with Us! On Tuesday Dec 20th, a pedestrian was killed by a driver […]

At the Dec 12th meeting of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission, urban planning consultants from Stantec delivered an extensive presentation of their preliminary recommendations for the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Plan. Stantec’s planners emphasized that WH Center needs to promote an integrated and balanced transportation system that prioritizes safety and walkability, bicycle facilities suited for […]

Updated: Short video of our Thanksgiving 2022 food donation ride to the Free Center Bike West Hartford is partnering with Hartford Bike Party and the Free Center for a Thanksgiving Food Donation Bike Ride. Meet up on Sunday November 20th at 1pm at Parkville Market (1400 Park Street, Hartford) and dress warmly for a 5-mile […]

Let’s work together to call on the Town of West Hartford to design safer streets in all neighborhoods. On Friday Nov 4th, a serious car crash at the corner of Fern Street and Walbridge Rd almost hit students waiting for the school bus. Since concerned residents such as Jay Stange and Mary Donegan have previously […]

Meet 6:30pm at Bushnell Park Carousel, roll at 6:45pm. See details on the Hartford Critical Mass Meetup page

Read Michael Walsh’s Oct 26th CT Insider article: “A group of activists known as the Connecticut Urbanists have installed a pair of ‘ghost shoes’ at the site where a pedestrian was killed [in West Hartford Center]. The June 3 crash at the Farmington Avenue and Main Street intersection, which killed 61-year-old Hartford resident Bob O’Neal who […]

The BiCiCo community bike shop and Bike West Hartford are partnering for another bike donation day! Bring used bicycles to BiCiCo West on Saturday Nov 5th 2022 between 10am-1pm at 616 New Park Avenue, West Hartford. BiCiCo accepts bike shop-quality donations in repairable condition, which their staff and youth program participants learn how to “upcycle” […]

Feeling frustrated with poor conditions for people who bike, walk, or ride mass transit in West Hartford? Want local officials to improve infrastructure and safety in all neighborhoods? We believe that “West Hartford Can Do Better” and call on you to share your stories, photos, videos with the hashtag #WeHaCanDoBetter on social media: Instagram @bikewesthartford […]

Michael Walsh reports in this Oct 17th CT Insider article that the Town of West Hartford has extended the comment period to Oct 28th for public feedback on the interactive map created by the Stantec consulting group for the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Plan project, and also this separate survey form. Walsh writes: Dozens of […]

At GastroPark in West Hartford, business owner Tate Norden supports protected and continuous bicycle-pedestrian paths for the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project. Tate explains more in this short YouTube video: Hi my name is Tate Norden from GastroPark and I’m here to share my support for the development of the continuous and protected bike […]

Watch NPR host Korva Coleman’s Sept 28th short video on Instagram to learn how Hoboken, New Jersey used simple, affordable street changes to achieve #VisionZero. Hoboken, a community with a population the size of West Hartford, has had 0 traffic fatalities in the past 4 years, during the same timeframe when these fatalities grew significantly […]