Bike West Hartford proudly announces our newest board member, Richelle Efland. As the parent of a four-year-old who enthusiastically pedaled along with our recent group ride, she wants West Hartford to become a safer community for all children to walk, bike, and ride the bus. Richelle is drawing on her experience as an educator to
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Good news! Bike West Hartford will receive a $5,000 Active Transportation Microgrant funded by the CT Department of Transportation, and managed by the Capital Region Council of Governments, to launch our bike safety education workshop and distribute 300 free helmets to local youth in spring 2024. Our first workshop will be held at Charter Oak
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A big thank you for the outpouring of public support for a people-first vision for West Hartford Center and the Option A redesign. If you haven’t already done so, email TownCouncil@westhartfordct.gov (with cc: to BikeWestHartfordInc@gmail.com) to speak up and share your views. You can also tell local businesses that you’ll support them through construction. Tell
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Register online for our free and fun #HartfordBikeParty event on Sunday April 28th 2024. Meet up 11am at the Elizabeth Park greenhouses. After introductions and a safety check, we will roll out by 11:10am, and return to the park around 1pm. Our group bike ride is designed to be fun and open to all skill
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Please join us for the first Community Meet Up of the season! This year we are planning regular get togethers for fellow transit nerds, bicycle enthusiasts, and town walkers to come together to build friendship and strengthen community. Meet at the picnic benches next to the Wolcott Park playground for light snacks, hot coffee, and
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We need your help to make sure West Hartford doesn’t roll back promises of safety and undo years of summer fun in the Center. Are 32 street parking spaces worth risking the lives of pedestrians and cyclists? Are those 0.6% of total Center parking spots worth losing the vibrant “gardens of eating” that have made
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See also March 15th article about Tri-Point Greenway by Michael Walsh in CT Insider (gift link) Bike West Hartford is thrilled that the Town of West Hartford has submitted a $125,000 planning grant application to CT DEEP for a comprehensive study into the exciting Tri-Point Greenway concept. If funded, this planning grant will bring us
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WLBT3 TV reported on Feb 7th 2024 that Felicia Yetke, the wife of West Hartford mail carrier Kyle Yetke, was killed by a driver in Bristol as she was running near her home. We offer our condolences, recommend donating to this GoFundMe created by friends of the Yetke family, and urge everyone to push for
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Register online for our free and fun group bike ride on Saturday Feb 10th 2024, with a weather forecast for 57° F! Meet up 11am at BiCiCo West Community Bike Shop, 616 New Park Ave, West Hartford. After a safety check and brief introductions, we roll out by 11:10am. (If you want Jacob the shop
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Making progress with Vision Zero! Thank you to the Town of West Hartford for installing a pedestrian light to improve safety at the Boulevard and Whiting Lane crosswalk, one block from an elementary school. Eugenia Yurovsky, age 89, was killed by a driver at this intersection in December 2022. Above the push button are white
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