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Get involved in the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) East Coast Greenway Study: “CRCOG has initiated a study to identify the preferred alignment of the East Coast Greenway through the last remaining 12-mile gap in the Capitol Region in Simsbury, Bloomfield, Hartford, and East Hartford. The East Coast Greenway is an off-road walking and biking route stretching 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida.” The Study Area: […]

View a 2-page PDF version of this flyer West Hartford will benefit from studying the experience of Hoboken, New Jersey, which has a population of about 60,000 people, similar in size to our community. In 2019, Mayor Rhavi Bhalla and stakeholders launched Hoboken’s Vision Zero Task Force to eliminate fatal and serious injuries on roadways

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

Read Michael Walsh’s March 1st article in CT Insider to learn more about the Town of West Hartford’s proposed May 2023 resurfacing of a 0.7-mile section of Boulevard, between Mountain Road and Riggs Avenue, which currently has 12-foot car lanes and parking on both sides. Walsh writes: The plan “would eliminate the parking lane on

The West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force announced its first meeting will be held on Monday, Feb 13th 2023 at 5pm in Town Hall Room 400. See agenda and packet on the Town of West Hartford meetings page. Below is a letter sent to Task Force members by the Bike West Hartford board: February 11,

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