Get outdoors and celebrate the 2024 Summer Reading Theme “Adventure Begins at Your Library” with a fun 6-mile bike ride starting at ending at the Noah Webster Library! Open to teens ages 13+ and adults! Participants must register online, with an adult signing a waiver, to join our free and fun West Hartford Public Library […]

Thank you to the 55 cyclists who joined us on the 2024 Ride with Pride, and also to our wonderful intersection wranglers (Ellen, Phoebe, Alex, Jason, Jim, Jack) and our mechanic-sweepers (Chris and Dwight)! Watch our YouTube Short: Please register online ahead of time (to help us estimate group size) for the free and fun

Jason Wang, our newest Bike West Hartford board member, explains why we need safe bike lanes on the newly-paved section of Boulevard, and calls on Town of West Hartford leaders to keep their promise to add them to fulfill our Vision Zero and Complete Streets policy.

Thank you to over 50 cyclists who joined our free and fun #HartfordBikeParty Putnam Bridge 20-Mile Loop group bike ride on Sunday May 26th 2024 (Memorial Day weekend), co-sponsored by Bike West Hartford and Hartford Bicycle Club. Check out Leo Pon’s FB photos and Robert Gursky’s short YouTube video! Meet up at 1pm at Elizabeth

Bike West Hartford’s next meetup to build friendship and strengthen community will be on Sunday May 26th 2024. Drop by anytime 9:30-11:30am at Beachland Park, 847 Quaker Lane South, West Hartford. Meet at the tables near the playground area for light snacks, hot coffee, and friendly conversation. We’d love to chat about your upcoming biking

Read Jason Wang’s May 12th op-ed in We-Ha.com, “Re-Imagining Our Town Center Begins With Re-Imagining Parking,” where he watched parking spaces in front of several stores in West Hartford Center on a Saturday afternoon and found:” – During those 2 hours, 0 people parked in any of the 7 storefront spaces and walked in. Again,

Watch Jeremy Chen’s NBC TV 30 May 10th news report on our Bike+Walk+Bus to Shop in West Hartford campaign to improve people-centered road design, including interviews with Rick Thibodeau, Sandy Fry, and Jennifer Boyd.

Bike West Hartford volunteers partnered with Charter Oak International Academy public school to launch our Active Learning Stations for bike safety and free helmets on Friday May 10th 2024, funded by a grant from the CT Department of Transportation and the Capital Regional Council of Governments. “We appreciate partnering with Bike West Hartford to create

Thank you to Bike West Hartford supporters for making our voices heard for a people-oriented redesign of West Hartford Center. In April, all of us were very disappointed to hear town administrators present their “semi-final” plan, which “rolled back previous proposals… to reduce parking spaces and expand sidewalk space significantly while also providing a buffered

To boost our demand for people-centered street design, Bike West Hartford encourages supporters to Bike+Walk+Bus to Shop in West Hartford from Wednesday thru Saturday, May 8-11th 2024. Remind store owners that #BikesMeanBusiness and use that hashtag and also tag @BikeWestHartford on photos of you shopping with family and friends on your favorite social media. Bike