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UPDATE: Park Road Parade is cancelled due to high probability of rain, and the organizers ask to please save the date for next year: Sat Oct 7th 2023! Come ride with us in the Park Road Parade on Saturday October 1st 2022! Join our family-friendly event to show our commitment to improving biking-walking-transit for all […]

The Town of West Hartford welcomes public input on the WH Center Infrastructure Plan during its one-day workshops on Wednesday September 21st. See also the official project web page, Michael Walsh’s Aug 25th story in CT Insider, Ronni Newton’s Sept 6th story in We-Ha.com, and Jay Stange’s Sept 12th op-ed essay. We need your input! […]

Michael Walsh reports in the Sept 17th edition of CT Insider that the Town of West Hartford will receive $1.5 million in state bond funds to reconstruct Park Road. He writes: John Paindiris, who owns Effie’s Place Family Restaurant on Park Road and is president of the Park Road Association, said these upgrades are much-needed…. […]

Jay Stange, an advocate for non-motorized transportation and supporting member of Bike West Hartford, authored this Sept 8th op-ed essay in We-Ha.com that calls for improving the design of West Hartford Center. See also Ronni Newton’s prior article about the Wednesday September 21st design workshops on West Hartford Center. In his op-ed, Jay writes: …Our […]

How have struggles over racism and affordable housing shaped West Hartford in the past — and continue into the present day? Join us for a bicycle tour followed by a lunch discussion on Saturday September 17th 2022 from 10am – 12pm, beginning and ending at 616 New Park Avenue, West Hartford CT. Local historians and […]

The Town of West Hartford Engineering Division sent this Sept 2nd response to the WH Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission (WHPBC) regarding their August 26th public meeting to discuss the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project, funded by $3.8 million in state grants. The WHPBC requested the public meeting in their July 25th letter with specific […]

Although Tony Cherolis is on his long-distance bike tour in the Midwest, he continues to keep us informed about Connecticut bike-pedestrian policy, which we greatly appreciate. Read Tony’s Sept 2nd op-ed in CT News Junkie about Rail with Trail in CT. Here’s an excerpt: One unassuming paragraph in Connecticut’s 2022 legislation will have a big […]

Emily DiSalvo from CT Insider wrote this Aug 26th story about CT Transit cancellations due to lack of drivers, which has been leaving riders stranded. Here’s an excerpt: With more than 20 percent of its Hartford drivers calling out of work recently, the Connecticut public bus system has reduced service in the area — leaving […]

UPDATED: If you missed this event, PBS has publicly shared the full version of “The Street Project” documentary film by Jennifer Boyd on YouTube. Transport Hartford announces the premiere screening of “The Street Project” film at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street in Hartford, on Thursday September 1st at 7pm. Entrance ticket is $8 and […]

Join our neighbors for the Octagon Cycling Club’s 2nd Annual Tour of Bloomfield, Sunday August 28th. Register for the ride at https://www.bikereg.com/BloomfieldTour Learn more about the Octagon Cycling Club at https://www.octagoncyclingclubct.com Check out their awesome ride videos and photos at https://www.facebook.com/OctagonCycling

While Tony Cherolis is taking a long-distance biking break from Hartford, he found time to write this August 19th CT News Junkie op-ed that illustrates how several communities are taking a do-it-yourself tactical urbanism approach to improving transportation safety and quality of life in their neighborhoods. When your state or local government is not getting […]

Bike West Hartford welcomes this opportunity to advocate for our August 2022 recommendations, which are consistent with the July 25th WHPBC letter to the Town Engineering Division. We ask supporters to help us identify good examples of separate and fully protected 2-way multi-use paths that would be appropriate for this site, similar to those featured […]