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Register online to reserve a seat for this free screening and discussion of “The Street Project” on Saturday Feb 11th from 7 – 8:30pm at BiCiCo West, 616 New Park Avenue, West Hartford. “The Street Project” is an inspiring documentary about the global fight to make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, by local Emmy-winning […]

Thomas Broderick’s Feb 3rd op-ed for We-Ha.com connects the “Morley Moms” of the early 1970s with current demands that West Hartford town leaders improve safety for pedestrians. He recounts how these mothers organized their neighborhood and “planned to blockade Trout Brook Drive if the Town of West Hartford didn’t make it safer for their children

Attend a Thursday Feb 2nd 2023 public presentation and open house of the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Plan, from 6-8pm at Town Hall Auditorium, 50 South Main St. The project team from Stantec planning consultants will offer “preliminary concept designs that have been prepared for key roadways like LaSalle and Farmington. These and a series

UPDATED: Here’s the Zoom link for the Sunday Feb 5th statewide Zoom call from 5-6pm, co-hosted by BikeWalkCT and filmmaker Jennifer Boyd. Or sign-up on this form to tell us about your watch party. A representative from each watch party will be invited to share one action step your group agrees to take to create

West Hartford residents spoke out in favor of the Vision Zero resolution that the Town Council approved on January 10th, 2023. Read news coverage by Michael Walsh for CT Insider and Ronni Newton for We-Ha.com. Last month, Kelly Hamann-Book was hit by a driver on South Main Street, who broke both of her legs, two

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

Read Emily DiSalvo’s Jan 3rd article for CT Insider, “Most Greater Hartford bus stops lack shelter and benches“: CT DOT spokesperson Josh Morgan acknowledges what recent reports have shown: “Within the CTtransit Hartford Division service area, we’ve identified more than 4,300 stops, most of which are signs and poles.” DiSalvo reports problems in several areas,

To  Town of West Hartford Mayor Cantor and Town Manager Ledwith Bike West Hartford letter on task force for traffic & pedestrian safety January 3, 2023 We welcome the Town of West Hartford’s recent decision to start a task force on traffic and pedestrian safety. The problem requires a holistic solution, and in addition to

Get involved in the citizen-led fight for safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists! Host a watch party of “The Street Project” by filmmaker Jennifer Boyd, then discuss local action steps to share during the BikeWalkCT statewide zoom call on Feb 5th 2023. Here’s how to host your own watch party of “The Street Project,” an

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