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The Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) is developing a Priority Pathways Plan, a bicycle and pedestrian network and implementation plan for the 38 municipalities in the region. Their first virtual public meeting will be held on Tuesday April 29th 2025 at 6:30-7:30pm online. Register at https://bit.ly/PriorityPathwayMeeting1 We encourage supporters to attend this public meeting

Thank you all members of the community who came to memorialize Patricia Brulotte last night. Under difficult circumstances, it was uplifting to see so much support from neighbors and friends. We’d like to especially thank Patty’s friends who spoke, as well as town leaders who came to the event. Though details of the accident remain

While bike and pedestrian infrastructure construction can improve our safety, livability, and sense of place, in some places these improvements alone cannot undo decades of sprawl-oriented planning. Bike West Hartford board member Jason Wang writes in his latest op-ed about how he is excited for CT DOT’s upcoming plans to revamp Bishops Corner, but West

Over the past two years, our town has partnered with consultants from Stantec to reimagine the future of West Hartford Center. After extensive studies and multiple citizen surveys, Stantec developed a forward-thinking design (referred to as “Option A”). This proposal sought to expand sidewalks, reduce crosswalk distances, increase tree canopy coverage, create protected bike lanes,

I had the privilege of attending a talk in Stamford a few nights ago by Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World”, a book which The New Yorker has deemed one of the best books of 2023. Grabar’s work perfectly mirrors the conversations we are currently having in West Hartford. He

We applaud the Town of West Hartford for installing different types of traffic calming measures along Boulevard to improve safety for all users – pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists – coming soon in 2024. These safety improvements are designed to fulfill the Town’s Vision Zero Action Plan and Complete Streets Policy. Learn more about these and

Update: Read Michael Walsh’s June 6th 2024 CTInsider article (gift link) about criticism of the Town’s draft Bike Facilities Plan Mary Donegan — a Bike West Hartford board member, parent of three children, and former member of the Town of West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force — raises the questions we’re asking about the Town’s

We’re thrilled to share that Governor Ned Lamont and CT DEEP announced the award of a $100,000 planning grant to the Town of West Hartford for the Tri-Point Greenway concept. If realized, this greenway will expand the Trout Brook Trail and create safer connections for walkers and bikers between Hartford, West Hartford, and Newington. This

Congratulations to the Town of West Hartford for creating a plan that prioritizes safe streets for all – including walkers, bicyclists, and motorists – on the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Improvement Project. Beginning in 2017, the Town launched a planning process that leveraged two state grants to improve walk-bike-transit and calm traffic on a