Author name: Bike West Hartford

Bike West Hartford welcomes three new Ambassadors through our partnership with Cycling Without Age and Aviva Senior Living West Hartford. Thomasina Clemons (Aviva resident), Maureen Browne-Springer (Aviva activities director), and Kevin Sullivan (Cycling Without Age West Hartford chapter lead) worked together to relaunch and promote this program, where volunteer pilots offer free rides on an […]

Register online to join our Bike West Hartford to New Britain ride, Saturday Oct 14th 2023 (after the marathon). Join our group bike ride, fun and open to all skill levels, rolling at a friendly pace of 10-12 mph, with no one left behind. Our 7-mile one-way route follows a portion of the Trout Brook

Read Michael Walsh’s Oct 5th CT Insider update (gift link) on the West Hartford Vision Zero process and Park Road safety audit scheduled for Tues Oct 24th. The survey is now closed, but you can still scroll through 1,734 responses on the map at https://www.fhistudio-apps.com/west-hartford-vision-zero/

The West Hartford chapter of Cycling Without Age, sponsored primarily by Bike West Hartford, Inc., is now partnering with AVIVA Senior Living at Hamilton Heights, West Hartford. Volunteer pilots offer free rides on our trishaw (a three-wheel electric-assist rickshaw or pedicab) to help people with limited mobility “feel the wind in their hair.” AVIVA staff

CANCELLED due to rain — Come ride with Bike West Hartford in the Park Road Parade on Saturday October 7th 2023! Join our family-friendly event to show our commitment to improving biking-walking-transit for all neighborhoods in West Hartford. Arrive well before the parade starts at 10:30am and look for our bicycle group near the corner

POSTPONED due to heavy rain forecast. Stay tuned for a new date! Join us on Saturday September 23rd at Bike West Hartford’s Meet Up at Wolcott Park, 1341 New Britain Ave, West Hartford CT. Drop in anytime 9:30-11:30am near the playground, with a family-friendly short bike ride at 10am. Bike to our event (see Berkshire

Respond to the West Hartford Vision Zero 5-minute online survey and interactive map before it closes on Tuesday October 3rd, 2023.

View this YouTube video of our New Haven bike tour with Adam Weber Bike West Hartford co-hosted a bike tour on August 9th 2023, led by Adam Weber, a civil engineer and project manager with the City of New Haven, who focused on traffic-calming and cycling infrastructure. He also posts videos on his EverydayEngineering TikTok

Register at CT-AMC Bicycling for these events led by Bike West Hartford Ambassador Leo Pon: Fri Sept 1st 2023, 10am-1pm, Farmington River Ride – Social ride, 10-12 mph. This 20 mile rail trail ride on the Farmington River Trail passes through Farmington, Unionville, Collinsville and Canton. One of the most picturesque trails in New England, it follows

Everyone is welcome at our popular open streets festival in West Hartford Center, where visitors can bike, stroll, or skate around a four-block loop — without cars — in the central business district: Farmington Avenue, South Main Street, Memorial Road Extension, and LaSalle Road. This family friendly event features a children’s section with games, chalk,