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Register online for our free and fun #HartfordBikeParty event on Sunday April 28th 2024. Meet up 11am at the Elizabeth Park greenhouses. After introductions and a safety check, we will roll out by 11:10am, and return to the park around 1pm. Our group bike ride is designed to be fun and open to all skill […]

Please join us for the first Community Meet Up of the season! This year we are planning regular get togethers for fellow transit nerds, bicycle enthusiasts, and town walkers to come together to build friendship and strengthen community. Meet at the picnic benches next to the Wolcott Park playground for light snacks, hot coffee, and […]

Register for free at CT-AMC Bicycling for rides led by Bike West Hartford Ambassador Leo Pon: Fri April 26th 2024, 10am-12:30pm, Bike Tour of West Hartford — Social ride, 10-12 mph. Pleasant 22 mile ride through quiet residential streets, over moderate rolling terrain and avoiding larger hills and heavy traffic. There will be a coffee/brunch stop near the […]

We need your help to make sure West Hartford doesn’t roll back promises of safety and undo years of summer fun in the Center. Are 32 street parking spaces worth risking the lives of pedestrians and cyclists? Are those 0.6% of total Center parking spots worth losing the vibrant “gardens of eating” that have made […]

See also March 15th article about Tri-Point Greenway by Michael Walsh in CT Insider (gift link) Bike West Hartford is thrilled that the Town of West Hartford has submitted a $125,000 planning grant application to CT DEEP for a comprehensive study into the exciting Tri-Point Greenway concept. If funded, this planning grant will bring us […]

Adam Weber, host of Everyday Engineering on YouTube and TikTok and an engineer with the City of New Haven, shared this 8-minute video of a recent field trip to see road safety infrastructure in Hoboken, New Jersey. He emphasizes how Hoboken embraced its #VisionZero safety with a systematic approach involving lots of cost-effective steps to […]

The Town of West Hartford invites public input on design options for the WH Center Infrastructure Plan. A public opinion poll is open until February 21st, 2024. Vote online at Menti.com and enter code 73 98 70 3, or scan the QR code in the image below. Of the four options presented, Bike West Hartford […]

WLBT3 TV reported on Feb 7th 2024 that Felicia Yetke, the wife of West Hartford mail carrier Kyle Yetke, was killed by a driver in Bristol as she was running near her home. We offer our condolences, recommend donating to this GoFundMe created by friends of the Yetke family, and urge everyone to push for […]