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/

The West Hartford Vision Zero Task Force currently is studying action plans from four different cities: Their questions are: What elements of each plan do you like — or not like? Bike West Hartford encourages residents to read these plans and share your own feedback, which you can email to us (BikeWestHartfordInc@gmail.com) or forward directly

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

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,

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

Watch NPR host Korva Coleman’s Sept 28th short video on Instagram to learn how Hoboken, New Jersey used simple, affordable street changes to achieve #VisionZero. Hoboken, a community with a population the size of West Hartford, has had 0 traffic fatalities in the past 4 years, during the same timeframe when these fatalities grew significantly