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Photo: Today’s June 26th car crash at Lemay and Boulevard, while the Town of West Hartford delays its decision about bike lanes, narrower auto lanes, and other #VisionZero safety measures. We sincerely hope all are okay. See news stories about Boulevard by Michael Walsh in CT Insider (gift link) and Ronni Newton in We-Ha.com.

West Hartford town leaders disappointed us again by failing to take action to improve safe bicycle infrastructure via painted bike lanes on Boulevard. The town received positive feedback from their own appointed Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission (the PBC) and the Town Engineer, and promised to make a decision based on that feedback at the June

All people deserve safety, even if we’re in the minority. I have lived in West Hartford since 2005 – I don’t have generational wealth or family name recognizable to anyone on the street. I spend a lot of time on the streets here, going to school drop-offs & pick-ups, parks and shops, and I need

View of PDF version of this open letter June 8, 2023 Open Letter from Bike West Hartford board members To: West Hartford Town Council members; West Hartford Planning and Zoning Division We urge the Town of West Hartford to abolish minimum parking requirements. Minimum parking requirements are zoning regulations that mandate a certain number of

Check out a new page of maps and routes compiled by Bike West Hartford: If you value this free information, join us as a supporting member by donating funds or volunteering time to Bike West Hartford.

Thanks to transportation advocates who last year persuaded CT legislators to fund an electric bike incentive program! See this CT DEEP announcement for details about E-Bike Program Phase 1 launch on June 28th, 2023: The Program will be focused on providing Point-of-Sale (POS) incentives to Connecticut residents who purchase an eligible E-Bike directly from a

Bike West Hartford proudly introduces our new Ambassadors: Leo Pon and Juliana Cantarelli Vita. Together they will expand our organization’s leadership and community-building work to promote our goal of improving bike-walk-transit for all.  Juliana Cantarelli Vita shares that “biking advocacy has a special place in my heart,” and looks forward to connecting with more cyclists

View and print the two-page PDF version Data-Driven Approach Needed to Prioritize Areas for Safer Road Design Board members of Bike West Hartford call on the West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force to explore the data: Where did motor vehicle crashes with injuries happen in West Hartford from 2018-2022? Our analysis of CT Crash Repository

Bike West Hartford calls on the West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force to use crash data to prioritize actionable steps. Explore our interactive West Hartford Crash Map, based on police reports to the UConn Crash Data Repository, to identify areas with the highest number of motor vehicle crashes causing injuries or deaths. Learn how it works

View this open letter as a two-page PDF document To: Town Engineer, Pedestrian & Bicycle Commission, and Vision Zero Task Force, Town of West Hartford From: Bike West Hartford Board Members: Jack Dougherty, Ethan Frankel, Tracy Frankel, Jim Head The Town Engineer recently described a proposal to resurface a portion of Boulevard (about 0.7 miles