Author name: Bike West Hartford

SOLD OUT for our Mobility Justice Networking Dinner on Thursday, January 18th 2024 from 5:30-7:30pm at BiCiCo West community bike shop, 616 New Park Ave, West Hartford. For this pay-what-you-can event, we recommend donating $10-25 to help us cover dinner costs. 48 people registered and that’s our limit! We’re gathering advocates across the Capital Region […]

Updated: On Saturday January 6th 2024, a driver struck and killed a pedestrian on Albany Avenue near Mohegan Drive in West Hartford, according to this CT Insider news brief. While we do not yet know details about this crash, we offer our condolences to the victim’s family and call upon town leaders to take action.

The Town-appointed Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission (PBC) invites public input at their Monday Jan 8th 2024 7-8:30pm in Town Hall Room 400 on their process to revise the West Hartford Bicycle Facilities Plan, which was last updated in 2016. Chair Ed Pawlak writes: “The main item on the agenda will be a presentation by staff

Register at CT-AMC Bicycling for events led by Bike West Hartford Ambassador Leo Pon: Sun Dec 24th 10am-1pm Bike Tour of West Hartford — Social ride, 10-12 mph. Pleasant 22 mile ride through quiet residential streets, over moderate rolling terrain and avoiding larger hills and heavy traffic. There will be a coffee/brunch stop near the end of the

In November 2023, when a driver struck a pedestrian near Bishops Corner intersection, the West Hartford Police Department issued a press release that they ticketed the pedestrian for “reckless use of the highway.” While we don’t yet know details about this particular crash, the Bike West Hartford board wrote how we recognized a familiar pattern:

Thank you to the Town of West Hartford for extending the Trout Brook Trail north in 2023 to Asylum Avenue! The earliest section of this trail to the south was opened in 2008 — over 15 years ago! Let’s close the gap from Park Road to Jackson Avenue before this walk-bike trail is old enough

Reporter Michael Walsh has written several important news stories on road safety, and also compiled this interactive map of West Hartford driver crashes with pedestrians and cyclists for 2023 to date. Click on red markers on the map to read about each crash, based on his reporting and police data submitted to the CT Crash

We thank the Town of West Hartford Engineering Department for adding buffered bike lanes to a 0.4-mile portion of South Quaker Lane (between Flatbush and Talcott), as part of its regular milling and repaving scheduling, in compliance with the Town’s Complete Streets policy. We also thank the West Hartford Pedestrian-Bicycle Commission (PBC) for recommending improvements

Register at CT-AMC Bicycling for these events led by Bike West Hartford Ambassador Leo Pon: Sun Nov 26th 2023 10am Bike Greater BDL – Social ride, 10-12 mph. A new 21 mile ride covering the Bradley International Airport perimeter, International Drive, and the East Granby countryside. We’ll stop by the Connecticut Fire Academy and the Rainbow Reservoir

Updated November 2023 — The Bike West Hartford board recently called for public input — rather than more closed-door meetings — about the CT Department of Transportation’s proposed $5.5M redesign of the Bishops Corner intersection at North Main and Albany Ave. One positive step came at the November 13th meeting of the West Hartford Pedestrian