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Ride announcements, street safety news, and updates from Bike West Hartford.
- Community Bike Rides with Leo Pon
- The Most Important Thing You Can Do Right Now to Protect Our Kids in West Hartford
- Volunteers Needed! Center Streets 2026
- Bike me out to the ballgame – July 12, 2026
- Volunteers needed for Celebrate! West Hartford
- FREE Smart Cycling Class – 6/27 and 7/25 10am-4:30pm
- Walk and Roll to School with Webster Hill – May 6, 2026
- Join the 2026 Tracy’s Pride Ride – Thursday, June 11th
- Center Streets 2026 Crowdfunding Campaign
- Community Bike Rides with Leo Pon
- Street Mapping Workshop – March 31, 4-5pm
- Event postponed – Henry Grabar author talk 3/3/26
- Author Talk: Henry Grabar on “Paved Paradise”
- A Perfect Pairing: West Hartford Secures State Funding to Connect Trout Brook Trail to Town Center
- Thirsty 3rd Thursdays community meetings
- Cranksgiving 2025
- Slow Down for Kids – Thank You To Our Town Officials
- Join us 11/10 at 7pm for Slow Down for Kids
- Slow Down for Kids: A New Bike West Hartford Advocacy Campaign
- UCONN CT Trail Census Volunteers Needed
- Holy Armadillos and More!
- Jack’s Sweet Send-Off Ride
- Volunteers needed for Center Streets
- Register for Free Smart Cycling Class: Sat Aug 30
- Progress is Happening Towards Vision Zero!
- Vigil for John Marczak, Wed June 18th 5pm at South Main & Pebblebrook Dr
- Join Tracey’s Pride Ride, Thursday June 12th
- Celebrate West Hartford and Center Streets Updates!
- Our Road Safety Priorities, June 2025
- Vigil for Stephen Mendelsohn, Wed June 4th 5pm at South Main & New Britain Ave
- Wethersfield 4th Grade Bike Education: Let’s Bring This to West Hartford!
- Volunteer with BWH at Celebrate, June 7-8
- Sedgwick Road: Let’s Make a Good Plan Great
- Fun at our first Trout Brook Trail Day, Sat May 17th
- Bike To Work Day, Thursday May 15
- Learn How to Create Bike Safety Workshops for Your School or Group
- Parents Want More Raised Crosswalks in West Hartford
- CRCOG Priority Pathways, Tues Apr 29th
- Center Streets Crowdfunding Campaign is LIVE!
- Rides March 28th, 29th, and 30th!
- A Call to Action: Quick-Builds for Road Safety
- Bike Ride to New Britain, Sat March 29
- Demand Quick-Builds in West Hartford NOW!
- Vigil for pedestrian Anne Rapkin on Wed Dec 4th 6pm
- Two Fun December Events to Chart Our Path in 2025
- Reflections on the Tragedy on Oakwood Ave
- Memorial Planned for Oakwood Ave Death
- Op-Ed: Sidewalks and Crosswalks Alone Cannot Fix Bishops Corner
- Celebrating the Trout Brook Trail – November 2, 2024
- Trout Brook Trail Family-Friendly Ride, Sat Nov 2nd
- A Path Forward for West Hartford Center
- Appreciation for Recent Transportation Safety Improvements
- Author Henry Grabar on Parking Policy: Lessons for West Hartford
- Donate to Trout Brook Trail Extension for Center Streets, Sun Aug 25th
- Bike with Leo Pon, Aug 10 and 11
- Sponsor Center Streets festival, Sun Aug 25th
- Volunteer for Bike Parking at WH Pride, Sat June 22
- Biking & Birding in Wethersfield, Sat June 22nd AM
- Making Progress: Traffic Calming Coming to Boulevard
- Elmwood Ride with CT Urbanists, Thu June 13
- Mary Donegan: Questions about Town’s draft Bike Facilities Plan
- $100k Tri-Point Greenway Planning Grant Awarded to West Hartford
- Making Progress on Safer Streets for New Park Avenue
- Volunteer with BWH at Celebrate, June 8-9th
- WH Public Library Teen Bike Ride, Sat June 22nd
- Ride with Pride, Sun June 2nd
- Jason Wang: Why We Need Safe Bike Lanes on Boulevard
- #HartfordBikeParty Putnam Bridge Loop, Sun May 26
- Meetup at Beachland Park, Sun May 26th
- Jason Wang Op-Ed: Re-Imagining Our Town Center Begins With Re-Imagining Parking
- NBC TV 30 News on #BikesMeanBusiness
- Active Learning Bike Safety Launched at Charter Oak School
- Town Leaders Reconsider WH Center Redesign, Final Plan TBA in June
- Bike + Walk + Bus to Shop in West Hartford, May 8-11th
- New Board Member: Richelle Efland
- $5k Microgrant for Youth Bike Safety Education
- Thank You for Speaking Up for People-First Redesign of WH Center
- Three Bridge Bike Tour, Sunday April 28th
- Meet Up at Wolcott Park: NEW DATE Sat April 27
- Center Master Plan: Trading Safety, Dining, and Vibrancy for Parking Spaces
- Tri-Point Greenway: An Important Step Closer!
- Hoboken NJ Road Safety Field Trip Video with Adam Weber
- Vote for WH Center Design Option A by Feb 21
- Donate to Yetke Family, Mother Killed by Driver
- Join our Fun Bike Ride, Sat Feb 10th
- Making Progress: Ped Light at Blvd & Whiting Lane
- Register for Free Smart Cycling Class, April 21
- CT Insider: WH Crashes Involving Pedestrians, Cyclists Rose in 2023: “A Culture of Not Caring”
- Op-Ed: Walking in West Hartford
- Making Progress with West Hartford Vision Zero: Comments on Revised Draft due Jan 26
- Mobility Justice Networking Dinner: Slides and Video
- Proposal: Let’s Stitch Together the Capital Region with the Tri-Point Greenway
- Three Questions Town Council Should Ask about Vision Zero Action Plan
- Less Respectability Politics, More Swift and Meaningful Action
- Demand 30-Day Public Review to Strengthen Vision Zero Action Plan
- Fatal Crash: Driver Kills Pedestrian on Albany Avenue, West Hartford
- Strengthen West Hartford Vision Zero Draft Action Plan
- Input Welcome on PBC Bicycle Facilities Plan, Jan 8
- “Watch Your Step” episode from WHCI
- Christmas Eve Ride with Leo, Dec 24
- Don’t Blame the Victim: 1995 and 2023
- Community Feedback: How to Improve the Draft Action Plan
- Jennifer Boyd: What’s Missing in the Vision Zero Draft Action Plan?
- Philip Bolton: Add “No Right on Red” to Action Plan
- Let’s Close the Trout Brook Trail Gap
- WH Vision Zero: Draft Action Plan & Event Dec 6th
- Bishops Corner: Blame Bad Road Design, Not the Victim
- Michael Walsh: Map of 2023 WH Driver Crashes with Walkers and Cyclists
- Buffered Bike Lanes on portion of South Quaker
- West Hartford Parent: Rethink Road Design to Make Our Families Safe
- Thanksgiving Food Donation Bike Ride, Sat Nov 18th
- Post-Thanksgiving Ride with Leo, Sun Nov 26th
- How will CTDOT Complete Streets affect Bishops Corner? Demand Public Input on the Redesign
- Jim Head: What Bike Lanes Mean to Me and Others
- Ride to New Bike Lanes in Downtown Hartford, Sat Oct 28
- Takeaways from CTDOT Complete Streets Panel, Oct 25th
- Three New Ambassadors for Cycling Without Age
- Bike to New Britain, Sat Oct 14th
- Vision Zero update and Park Road safety audit Oct 24th
- Cycling Without Age partners with AVIVA Senior Living
- CANCELLED Park Road Parade, Sat Oct 7th
- POSTPONED – New Britain Ave Walk Audit, Sat Sept 30th
- Postponed: Wolcott Park Meetup
- Respond to WH Vision Zero Survey & Map by Oct 3rd
- Video: Bike tour of New Haven infrastructure with Adam Weber
- Rides with Leo, Fri Sept 1st and Sat Sept 2nd
- Center Streets festival, Sun Aug 27th 9am-1pm
- Bugbee Bike and Play, Sat Aug 5th
- Aug 5th and 6th Rides and Aug 26th Cycling Class with Leo Pon
- Meet up at Fernridge Park, Sat July 15
- Bishop’s Corner Public Meeting with CT DOT July 13th
- Walk Audit: Safer Transportation for New Britain Avenue
- #HartfordBikeParty Keney Park Picnic Ride, Sun July 2
- Crash at Boulevard & Lemay while Town Delays
- To WH Leaders: Stop Delaying on Boulevard and Support Vision Zero
- Bike to New Haven, Ride the Train Back, Sat June 24
- Join Our New Britain Ave Walk Audit, Fri June 30
- Our Letter & Petition to Support Bike Lanes on Boulevard
- Jim Head: All People Deserve Safety
- West Hartford Pride Ride RESCHEDULED Thur June 15th
- Thank you Celebrate WH Volunteers and Cyclists
- Let’s Eliminate Minimum Parking Requirements
- New Maps and Routes from Bike West Hartford
- Feedback on Vision Zero in Four Cities
- Volunteer with BWH at Celebrate West Hartford, June 10-11
- Summer Vibez Ride with Hartford Bike Party, June 3rd
- CT Trails Weekend Bike Rides, June 3 & 4
- Bicycle Bonanza at CT Historical Society, June 3
- CT E-Bike Incentives launch on June 28th
- Greater Hartford Bike To Work Day, Fri May 19th 2023
- Pedal through the Meadow: Wethersfield to Glastonbury ride, Sat May 13
- BWH Ambassadors Leo and Juliana to Expand Leadership and Group Rides
- CT-AMC West Hartford 22-mile Bike Tour, Tues April 25th 10am
- Earth Day & BiCiCo West Birthday Bike Ride, April 22nd
- West Hartford Crash Analysis
- Updated West Hartford Crash Map
- Full House for “Women Don’t Cycle” 2nd Showing: Sat April 15th 7pm at BiCiCo West
- Help Shape the East Coast Greenway in Hartford Region
- What Can West Hartford Learn from Vision Zero in Hoboken?
- Open Letter: Improve Boulevard Resurfacing to Achieve Vision Zero
- Two-Way Cycle Track Proposed for Portion of Boulevard
- Letter to WH Vision Zero Task Force: First Meeting, Monday Feb 13th 5pm
- Watch “The Street Project” at BiCiCo West, Sat Feb 11th 7pm
- 1970s “Morley Moms” and the Long Struggle for Safer Streets in West Hartford
- WH Center Design Presentation & Open House, Thu Feb 2nd 6pm
- BikeWalkCT invitation: Host Watch Party of “The Street Project” and Share Action Steps on Feb 5th Zoom Call
- West Hartford Residents Advocate for Vision Zero Resolution, Approved by Town Council
- Watch and Discuss “The Street Project” Wed Jan 18th
- CT Insider on Unsafe Bus Stops in West Hartford
- Letter to West Hartford Town Leaders on Task Force
- Host a Watch Party of “The Street Project” by West Hartford filmmaker Jennifer Boyd
- Speaking Out for Safer Streets in West Hartford
- Hartford Council Member Calls for Traffic Calming Measures
- Op-Ed: Build Safer Streets Now
- Facing Facts: Motorists Killed 3 Pedestrians and Injured Many in West Hartford in 2022
- New Recommendation by Town Engineers for Two-Way Protected Bike Lanes on New Park Avenue
- Why Safe Streets Matter
- WeHa Town Leaders: Design Safe Streets Now!
- Action Response: Wed Dec 21st 8-8:45 AM
- WH Center Infrastructure Plan: December 2022 Preview
- Thanksgiving Food Donation Bike Ride, Sunday Nov 20th 2022
- Call for Traffic Calming on Fern Street and All Neighborhoods at Monday Nov 7th WH Ped-Bike Commission Meeting
- Critical Mass Costume Ride, Friday October 28th 2022
- West Hartford “Ghost Shoes” Memorial for Pedestrian Killed by Car Driver
- Donate Used Bikes at BiCiCo West on Sat Nov 5th
- Share How #WeHaCanDoBetter to Improve Bike-Walk-Transit for All
- Comments on West Hartford Center Plan Extended to Oct 28
- GastroPark Business Owner Supports Protected Paths on New Park Avenue Complete Streets
- NPR video: What can West Hartford learn from Hoboken’s strategy to achieve #VisionZero?
- CT Insider: Why West Hartford Pedestrians Feel Unsafe and How the Town is Responding
- UPDATED MEETUP LOCATION: Hartford Bike Party “Fill the Little Food Pantries” Ride, Sat Oct 1st
- UPDATED Join our Group Ride-Ins to Night Fall, Sun Oct 2nd 2022
- CANCELLED: Park Road Parade, Sat Oct 1st 2022
- One-Day Workshops on WH Center Infrastructure Plan, Wed Sept 21st
- West Hartford Receives $1.5M CT Funds for Park Road Reconstruction
- Let’s Make West Hartford Center Safer and More Productive Without Spending a Ton of Money
- Fair Housing Past & Present Bike Tour and Lunch Discussion, Sat Sept 17th
- WH Engineers Respond to WHPBC on New Park Avenue Complete Streets
- Rail with Trail in Connecticut, Long Overdue
- CT Transit cancellations leave riders stranded
- “The Street Project” Film at Real Art Ways, Thu Sept 1st
- Octagon Cycling Club 2nd Annual Tour of Bloomfield, Sun Aug 28th
- The “JFDI” Approach to Improving Neighborhood Transportation Safety
- Special Meeting Friday Aug 26th on New Park Ave Complete Streets
- Recruiting Volunteer Pilots for “Cycling Without Age”
- Hartford Bike Party! Saturday August 27th 6:30pm (Video Update)
- BWH Recommendations for New Park Avenue Complete Streets
- Elmwood Walk Audit Findings and Recommendations
- Hartford Business Journal on Complete Streets Development
- Northeast Multimodal Transit Summit, Mon Nov 21
- UConn Crash Diagram of Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in West Hartford Center, June 2022
- Discover Olmsted’s Connecticut Ride, Sun Sept 25th
- Action Alert: Pedestrian Killed by Driver in Wethersfield, 40th Ped-Bike Fatality in CT 2022
- WHPBC Recommendations for New Park Ave Complete Streets Project
- Hartford Critical Mass ride, Friday Aug 26th
- Trout Brook Trail Opens Half-Mile Section from Farmington Avenue to Fern Street
- Hartford Bike Party! Saturday July 30th 7pm meetup at Elizabeth Park
- Making Cross-City Connections: Comparing Hartford with Other Regions
- Bike West Hartford – Reactivated – July Newsletter
- POSTPONED: Join Bike West Hartford Ride to DominGO! Park Street on Sunday July 24th 11am
- Feedback on Bike Infrastructure for New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project
- Join Bike West Hartford and Receive BiCiCo Discount
- CT Mirror on CT Transit Free-Fare and Plans to Improve Bus Service
- Action Alert: Pedestrian Killed by Car Driver in Bristol CT
- West Hartford’s “Outstanding” Public Safety, Crash Data, and Design Recommendations
- Bike to Elizabeth Park Concert by Latanya Farrell on July 13th
- Wheels on Wednesdays Bike Rides in Summer 2022
- Two-Way Protected Bike and Multi-Use Path Alternative Proposal for New Park Avenue
- July 7th Walk Audit of New Park Avenue
- Walk Audits and Road Diet: Update on New Park Avenue Complete Streets Project
- North Main Street: Road Diet Seven Years in the Making
- Fare-Free Public Transit Buses Across Connecticut Until Dec 1st
- Center Streets West Hartford supports DominGO! Hartford in 2022
- UPDATED: West Hartford Crash Map
- CENTER STREETS 2021
- Welcome Emily Oshinskie, Communications Coordinator
- Donate to MaryEllen Thibodeau Memorial
- Center Streets Slow Roll 2020
- Center Streets 2020 – Sunday August 30, 2020
- Ride a Bike to Night Fall in Colt Park
- Park to Park bike ride Sunday August 11
- Bike neighborhood bike routes before Celebrate West Hartford 2019
- Center Streets 2019 is coming!
- 3rd Annual Center Streets was big success!
- Center Streets 2018 is coming! Watch for signs!
- Celebrate West Hartford Bike Ride!
- Donate Used Bikes at New REI West Hartford for BiCiCo on Sat May 12th
- Bike To Work Day Hartford Celebration
- Announcing Center Streets 2018
- Cycle and Stroll at West Hartford “Center Streets” on August 27, 2017
- Accessing email at BikeWestHartford