Making Progress: Traffic Calming Coming to Boulevard

We applaud the Town of West Hartford for installing different types of traffic calming measures along Boulevard to improve safety for all users – pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists – coming soon in 2024. These safety improvements are designed to fulfill the Town’s Vision Zero Action Plan and Complete Streets Policy. Learn more about these and […]

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Mary Donegan: Questions about Town’s draft Bike Facilities Plan

Update: Read Michael Walsh’s June 6th 2024 CTInsider article (gift link) about criticism of the Town’s draft Bike Facilities Plan Mary Donegan — a Bike West Hartford board member, parent of three children, and former member of the Town of West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force — raises the questions we’re asking about the Town’s

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$100k Tri-Point Greenway Planning Grant Awarded to West Hartford

We’re thrilled to share that Governor Ned Lamont and CT DEEP announced the award of a $100,000 planning grant to the Town of West Hartford for the Tri-Point Greenway concept. If realized, this greenway will expand the Trout Brook Trail and create safer connections for walkers and bikers between Hartford, West Hartford, and Newington. This

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Making Progress on Safer Streets for New Park Avenue

Congratulations to the Town of West Hartford for creating a plan that prioritizes safe streets for all – including walkers, bicyclists, and motorists – on the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Improvement Project. Beginning in 2017, the Town launched a planning process that leveraged two state grants to improve walk-bike-transit and calm traffic on a

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