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Michael Walsh reports in the Dec 22nd CT Insider: “At Wednesday morning’s Community Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting, [West Hartford] Town Engineer Greg Sommer made a formal recommendation to construct a 9-foot-wide two-way cycle track with a vertical separation buffer in the form of bollards or a raised curb on the west side of

Listen to why safe streets matter, according to several residents who participated in the December 21st protest at Boulevard and Whiting Lane, where a pedestrian was killed by a driver. We demand action from West Hartford town leaders.

Twenty residents gathered this morning at the corner of Boulevard and Whiting Lane, where a pedestrian was killed by a driver last night, to demand that West Hartford town leaders take action to design safer streets. Mayor Shari Cantor, Town Manager Rick Ledwidth, and several WH police officers also attended the action. Watch BikeWestHartford.org and

Join us to Demand Safe Streets for All — Wed Dec 21st 8-8:45 AM. at the corner of Boulevard and Whiting Lane, West Hartford, in response to pedestrian killed by driver. Design Safe Streets Now! What is West Hartford Doing? Town Council: Meet with Us! On Tuesday Dec 20th, a pedestrian was killed by a driver

At the Dec 12th meeting of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Commission, urban planning consultants from Stantec delivered an extensive presentation of their preliminary recommendations for the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Plan. Stantec’s planners emphasized that WH Center needs to promote an integrated and balanced transportation system that prioritizes safety and walkability, bicycle facilities suited for

Michael Walsh reports in this Oct 17th CT Insider article that the Town of West Hartford has extended the comment period to Oct 28th for public feedback on the interactive map created by the Stantec consulting group for the West Hartford Center Infrastructure Plan project, and also this separate survey form. Walsh writes: Dozens of

At GastroPark in West Hartford, business owner Tate Norden supports protected and continuous bicycle-pedestrian paths for the New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project. Tate explains more in this short YouTube video: Hi my name is Tate Norden from GastroPark and I’m here to share my support for the development of the continuous and protected bike

Check out Michael Walsh’s Oct 3rd CT Insider in-depth news story on local demands to improve safety and infrastructure for people who walk in West Hartford, particularly after a driver killed a pedestrian in West Hartford Center in June. Walsh interviewed Kerri Provost, Stefanie Marco Lantz, Mary Donegan, Jennifer Sharp, Ed Pawlak, and Mayor Shari

Michael Walsh reports in the Sept 17th edition of CT Insider that the Town of West Hartford will receive $1.5 million in state bond funds to reconstruct Park Road. He writes: John Paindiris, who owns Effie’s Place Family Restaurant on Park Road and is president of the Park Road Association, said these upgrades are much-needed….

Jay Stange, an advocate for non-motorized transportation and supporting member of Bike West Hartford, authored this Sept 8th op-ed essay in We-Ha.com that calls for improving the design of West Hartford Center. See also Ronni Newton’s prior article about the Wednesday September 21st design workshops on West Hartford Center. In his op-ed, Jay writes: …Our