Author name: Bike West Hartford

Sign up to volunteer with Bike West Hartford at Celebrate West Hartford on Saturday-Sunday June 10-11th 2023! Choose a two-hour shift at either Bike Parking (on Burr Street) or Bike West Hartford Info Booth and receive a free T-shirt to show your support! For questions, contact Tracy Frankel or Ethan Frankel, who will supervise both areas.

Check out the Connecticut Trails Day website for outdoor events during June 3-4, 2023, including these group bike rides in the Hartford region. Two rides are sponsored by the Trust for Public Land and the East Coast Greenway Alliance (see their Ride the East FB Group): Another ride is sponsored by Bike Walk Wethersfield:

Thanks to transportation advocates who last year persuaded CT legislators to fund an electric bike incentive program! See this CT DEEP announcement for details about E-Bike Program Phase 1 launch on June 28th, 2023: The Program will be focused on providing Point-of-Sale (POS) incentives to Connecticut residents who purchase an eligible E-Bike directly from a

Come join us and “Pedal through the Meadow” (named in honor of Chion Wolf’s pre-marathon bike event). Bike West Hartford is sponsoring a friendly group ride (10-12 mph) from Wethersfield to Glastonbury CT on Saturday May 13th, 2023. Thanks to Adam Prizio and Ethan Frankel for co-leading this 17-mile round-trip bike ride. If you missed

Bike West Hartford proudly introduces our new Ambassadors: Leo Pon and Juliana Cantarelli Vita. Together they will expand our organization’s leadership and community-building work to promote our goal of improving bike-walk-transit for all.  Juliana Cantarelli Vita shares that “biking advocacy has a special place in my heart,” and looks forward to connecting with more cyclists

Bike West Hartford calls on the West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force to use crash data to prioritize actionable steps. Explore our interactive West Hartford Crash Map, based on police reports to the UConn Crash Data Repository, to identify areas with the highest number of motor vehicle crashes causing injuries or deaths. Learn how it works

Get involved in the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) East Coast Greenway Study: “CRCOG has initiated a study to identify the preferred alignment of the East Coast Greenway through the last remaining 12-mile gap in the Capitol Region in Simsbury, Bloomfield, Hartford, and East Hartford. The East Coast Greenway is an off-road walking and biking route stretching 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida.” The Study Area:

Register online to attend this free screening and discussion on Wed Jan 18th 2023 5:30-7pm at West Hartford Public Library Noah Webster meeting room (lower level) 20 South Main Street. Room capacity: 40 seats. Or learn how to host your own watch party — at your home, book club, faith community, or public meeting space

Emily DiSalvo’s Dec 28th article for CT Insider, “West Hartford Residents Call for Change After Five Motor Vehicle Deaths in a Week,” quotes several advocates about why we’re speaking out for safer streets: “It’s part of the reason we reactivated Bike West Hartford,” said bike activist and West Hartford resident Mary Donegan. “We didn’t think

Listen to why safe streets matter, according to several residents who participated in the December 21st protest at Boulevard and Whiting Lane, where a pedestrian was killed by a driver. We demand action from West Hartford town leaders.