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We thank the Town of West Hartford Engineering Department for adding buffered bike lanes to a 0.4-mile portion of South Quaker Lane (between Flatbush and Talcott), as part of its regular milling and repaving scheduling, in compliance with the Town’s Complete Streets policy. We also thank the West Hartford Pedestrian-Bicycle Commission (PBC) for recommending improvements […]

Rachel Martin, a West Hartford parent of young children, writes in her Nov 14th letter in We-Ha.com, “We Need to Make Our Roads Safe for Kids and Families.” …If we really want to make West Hartford a great place for families we need – desperately – to rethink the ways we design our roads and […]

Register online to join our Thanksgiving 6-mile Food Donation Bike Ride on Saturday Nov 18th, co-sponsored by BiCiCo, Hartford Bike Party, and Bike West Hartford! Our group bike ride is designed to be fun and open to all skill levels, rolling at a friendly pace of 10-12 mph, with no one left behind. Bring any bicycle […]

Register at CT-AMC Bicycling for these events led by Bike West Hartford Ambassador Leo Pon: Sun Nov 26th 2023 10am Bike Greater BDL – Social ride, 10-12 mph. A new 21 mile ride covering the Bradley International Airport perimeter, International Drive, and the East Granby countryside. We’ll stop by the Connecticut Fire Academy and the Rainbow Reservoir […]

Updated November 2023 — The Bike West Hartford board recently called for public input — rather than more closed-door meetings — about the CT Department of Transportation’s proposed $5.5M redesign of the Bishops Corner intersection at North Main and Albany Ave. One positive step came at the November 13th meeting of the West Hartford Pedestrian […]

Jim Head writes:“I saw this election cycle Town Council candidates (yes, more than one) mentioning they specifically support bike lanes. This is great to see!I wanted to take a moment to talk about what it means to me and others who ride…”Read https://we-ha.com/letter-in-support-of-bike-lanes

Register online to join our group ride and check out new high-visibility bike lanes in downtown Hartford on Saturday October 28th, 2023. Bring ideas and examples from Hartford to West Hartford. If #HartfordHasIt then #WhyNotWeHa? Co-led by Jennifer Boyd, Emmy-winning filmmaker of The Street Project documentary. At key points we’ll stop and chat about ways […]

On Wednesday, October 25th in Hartford there was a positive and productive Complete Streets conversation with AARP Connecticut, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Smart Growth America, Transport Hartford, legislators, and community leaders. If you missed this panel, you can watch the CT-N video here. The three speakers were: The panelists consisted of the above speakers […]

Bike West Hartford welcomes three new Ambassadors through our partnership with Cycling Without Age and Aviva Senior Living West Hartford. Thomasina Clemons (Aviva resident), Maureen Browne-Springer (Aviva activities director), and Kevin Sullivan (Cycling Without Age West Hartford chapter lead) worked together to relaunch and promote this program, where volunteer pilots offer free rides on an […]

Register online to join our Bike West Hartford to New Britain ride, Saturday Oct 14th 2023 (after the marathon). Join our group bike ride, fun and open to all skill levels, rolling at a friendly pace of 10-12 mph, with no one left behind. Our 7-mile one-way route follows a portion of the Trout Brook […]

Read Michael Walsh’s Oct 5th CT Insider update (gift link) on the West Hartford Vision Zero process and Park Road safety audit scheduled for Tues Oct 24th. The survey is now closed, but you can still scroll through 1,734 responses on the map at https://www.fhistudio-apps.com/west-hartford-vision-zero/

The West Hartford chapter of Cycling Without Age, sponsored primarily by Bike West Hartford, Inc., is now partnering with AVIVA Senior Living at Hamilton Heights, West Hartford. Volunteer pilots offer free rides on our trishaw (a three-wheel electric-assist rickshaw or pedicab) to help people with limited mobility “feel the wind in their hair.” AVIVA staff […]