Author name: Bike West Hartford

We’re proudly announcing a new addition to this year’s Center Streets “block party on wheels” open streets festival in the four-block West Hartford Center area from 9am-1pm on Sunday August 25th, 2024. Bike West Hartford is raising funds to pay the Town of West Hartford to temporarily create a separated bike lane extension from the […]

Register for free at CT-AMC Bicycling for rides led by Bike West Hartford Ambassador Leo Pon: Sun Aug 11th 2024 9am-12pm Sunday, Hartford and Riverfront, 18 miles starts at Riverside Park – see details at link above or description of past ride below Sat Aug 10th 2024 10am-1:30pm, Newington Fastrak station to Shuttle Meadow Reservoir in New

Become a sponsor for our popular open-street festival in West Hartford Center on Sunday August 25th 2024 from 9am to 1pm. Stroll, skate, dance, or bike around a four-block loop — without cars — in the central business district: Farmington Avenue, South Main Street, Memorial Road Extension, and LaSalle Road. Children play games, participating restaurants

Sign up for volunteer for a one-hour shift at the valet bike parking station on Burr Street, next to Town Hall parking lot, for the West Hartford Pride Festival on Saturday June 22nd 2024 anytime 12-6pm. Tell us your size to receive a free t-shirt while supplies last!

Please register online for our free Biking and Birding in Wethersfield ride, co-sponsored by Bike West Hartford. Meet up Saturday June 22nd 2024 at 8:30am at Heirloom Market, 263 Main Street, Wethersfield CT. After brief introductions and a safety check, we roll out by 8:40am, and return to the same location about an hour later.

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

Please register online for our free Elmwood Bench Check Bike Ride, co-sponsored by CT Urbanists and Bike West Hartford. Meet up Thursday June 13th 2024 at 6:30pm at Elmwood Community Center, near the front entrance, located at 1106 New Britain Ave, West hartford. (Ride the Trout Brook Trail for bike-friendly access from the back side

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

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

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