West Hartford town leaders disappointed us again by failing to take action to improve safe bicycle infrastructure via painted bike lanes on Boulevard. The town received positive feedback from their own appointed Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission (the PBC) and the Town Engineer, and promised to make a decision based on that feedback at the June …
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On June 19th 2023, Bike West Hartford sent our letter in support of bike lanes on Boulevard, with over 142 contributors to our petition, to the Town of West Hartford, Community Planning and Economic Development Committee (CPED) for its virtual meeting on June 21st 2023 at 8am. See the text of our letter below and …
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View of PDF version of this open letter June 8, 2023 Open Letter from Bike West Hartford board members To: West Hartford Town Council members; West Hartford Planning and Zoning Division We urge the Town of West Hartford to abolish minimum parking requirements. Minimum parking requirements are zoning regulations that mandate a certain number of …
View and print the two-page PDF version Data-Driven Approach Needed to Prioritize Areas for Safer Road Design Board members of Bike West Hartford call on the West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force to explore the data: Where did motor vehicle crashes with injuries happen in West Hartford from 2018-2022? Our analysis of CT Crash Repository …
View a 2-page PDF version of this flyer West Hartford will benefit from studying the experience of Hoboken, New Jersey, which has a population of about 60,000 people, similar in size to our community. In 2019, Mayor Rhavi Bhalla and stakeholders launched Hoboken’s Vision Zero Task Force to eliminate fatal and serious injuries on roadways …
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View this open letter as a two-page PDF document To: Town Engineer, Pedestrian & Bicycle Commission, and Vision Zero Task Force, Town of West Hartford From: Bike West Hartford Board Members: Jack Dougherty, Ethan Frankel, Tracy Frankel, Jim Head The Town Engineer recently described a proposal to resurface a portion of Boulevard (about 0.7 miles …
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The West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force announced its first meeting will be held on Monday, Feb 13th 2023 at 5pm in Town Hall Room 400. See agenda and packet on the Town of West Hartford meetings page. Below is a letter sent to Task Force members by the Bike West Hartford board: February 11, …
Letter to WH Vision Zero Task Force: First Meeting, Monday Feb 13th 5pm Read More »
To Town of West Hartford Mayor Cantor and Town Manager Ledwith Bike West Hartford letter on task force for traffic & pedestrian safety January 3, 2023 We welcome the Town of West Hartford’s recent decision to start a task force on traffic and pedestrian safety. The problem requires a holistic solution, and in addition to …
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Twenty residents gathered this morning at the corner of Boulevard and Whiting Lane, where a pedestrian was killed by a driver last night, to demand that West Hartford town leaders take action to design safer streets. Mayor Shari Cantor, Town Manager Rick Ledwidth, and several WH police officers also attended the action. Watch BikeWestHartford.org and …
Join us to Demand Safe Streets for All — Wed Dec 21st 8-8:45 AM. at the corner of Boulevard and Whiting Lane, West Hartford, in response to pedestrian killed by driver. Design Safe Streets Now! What is West Hartford Doing? Town Council: Meet with Us! On Tuesday Dec 20th, a pedestrian was killed by a driver …
