Vision Zero

We want to take a moment to thank the Town of West Hartford for taking real, tangible steps toward making our streets safer for everyone. In recent weeks, we’ve seen quick builds pop up across town, first prioritizing school zones. These are small-scale, fast-deployed, and cheap safety improvements that are already making a difference. Numerous additional raised crosswalks and

We send a big THANK YOU to Mayor Shari Cantor and the West Hartford Town Council, Rick Ledwith, Duane Martin, the entire Vision Zero Task Force for listening to community feedback! The Jan 17th meeting of the Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) committee showed very good progress. Watch the video and read news coverage by Michael Walsh

Below is a public letter sent to West Hartford Town Council members from the Bike West Hartford board on January 12th 2024. For context about our concerns with the Vision Zero Action Plan, read our Jan 7th post “Demand 30 Day Public Review to Strengthen Vision Zero Action Plan” and Jan 10th news coverage “Frustration

Update: Join us and speak up about strengthening the draft action plan at the last scheduled Vision Zero meeting on Monday Jan 8th from 5-7pm at the West Hartford Town Hall, room 400. If you cannot attend, email your feedback to BikeWestHartfordInc@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to share your views at the meeting. Also,

West Hartford resident Jennifer Boyd is an Emmy-winning filmmaker and Director/Producer of The Street Project, an inspiring documentary about the global citizen-led fight to make our streets safer from traffic violence, which you can view on this PBS YouTube channel. She wrote her comments in response to the December 2023 draft of the West Hartford

Philip Bolton shared copy of his feedback on one simple way to improve the West Hartford Vision Zero Draft Action Plan: Ban right turns on red lights. This policy has been recently adopted or is under consideration in several US cities, as described in the news link below. Folks, I strongly support the Vision Zero

The West Hartford Vision Zero Action Plan, which the Town plans to finalize in January 2024, aims for the goal of zero traffic deaths or severe injuries among all road users.  We urge our members to attend this meeting and provide feedback because the final version of this Action Plan will guide the Town’s approach

Read Michael Walsh’s Oct 5th CT Insider update (gift link) on the West Hartford Vision Zero process and Park Road safety audit scheduled for Tues Oct 24th. The survey is now closed, but you can still scroll through 1,734 responses on the map at https://www.fhistudio-apps.com/west-hartford-vision-zero/