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Thanks to Tucker Salls from Transport Hartford for leading the July 7th Walk Audit along New Park Avenue in West Hartford. Joining us was Jim Brennan (middle), the Town of West Hartford’s engineer for the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project, and several advocates for safer pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure. Walking both sides of this […]

Bike West Hartford encourages everyone to get informed and involved in the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project. One way is to participate in an upcoming “walk audit,” and another way is to offer feedback on the current draft of the Town Engineering plans. Transport Hartford, a project of the Center for Latino Progress, invites […]

Jay Stange, a West Hartford resident and vocal transportation advocate, wrote this overview of the Town’s approval of the North Main Street Road Diet for Strong Towns, where he serves as Content Manager. Read more on the Strong Towns site: Road Diet Seven Years in the Making—Was It Worth Every Minute?

CTTransit announcement: “The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced that all public transit buses will be fare-free across Connecticut until December 1, 2022. A previous policy signed by Governor Lamont made buses fare free from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, but that was extended in the recent budget passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor on […]

Bike West Hartford encourages everyone to participate in the car-free DominGO! Hartford Sunday events, which we will support in place of West Hartford Center Streets in 2022. On the fourth Sunday of each month, from June thru August 2022, DominGO! will temporarily transform 2-4 miles of Hartford streets into car-free public spaces, to help connect […]

Members of the West Hartford Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission are looking more closely at vehicle crash data to guide their advisory recommendations to improve safety for walkers and cyclists. At their April 2022 meeting, Commission members asked the West Hartford Town Engineer to share relevant crash data as required under town policy. Commission Chair Ed Pawlak […]

Sunday August 29th West Hartford Center 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.     West Hartford’s 5th open streets celebration, Center Streets,  is not to be missed! Once again the square block of streets in West Hartford Center will be closed to cars and open to bikes, pedestrians, roller blades, scooters.  A “block party on wheels” […]

Bike West Hartford is proud to welcome Emily Oshinskie as our Communications and Social Media Coordinator for Summer 2021. We’re thrilled that she’s helping us improve our outreach with members who support our organization, and to expand our publicity for the Center Streets event on Sunday August 29th, 2021. Emily was born and raised in […]

Send a tax-deductible contribution to Bike West Hartford, Inc. to help us raise $15,000 to create a permanent memorial that recognizes MaryEllen Thibodeau’s contributions to the town she loved. Use our PayPal online form below or send a check payable to Bike West Hartford, 68 South Main St, Suite 101, West Hartford CT 06107. [wp_paypal_payment_box_for_any_amount […]

Sunday August 30, 2020, 10:00 a.m. (meet at 9:30) To recognize the sad cancellation of Center Streets 2020 and provide a bicycling activity for all of those who have loved Center Streets the past 4 years, we are offering Center Streets Slow Roll! Ride or bring your bikes to the West Hartford Town Hall parking […]

This is what Center Streets 2020 would have looked like. Covid-19 made Center Streets, like so many other great events in 2020, impossible. Center Streets 2020, Bike West Hartford’s 5th annual open streets event,  is  tentatively scheduled for Sunday August 30th from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in West Hartford Center. With Covid-19 restrictions currently […]

Night Fall is a magical, free, outdoor community performance celebrating seasonal change through art, music, dance, and Anne Cubberly’s legendary giant puppets.  If you’d like to ride to this fun event,  join Bike West Hartford for a ride-in: When:  Sat. Oct. 5, 4:15 PM Where:  50 South Main Street, West Hartford Center.  Meet on the […]