Slow Streets - Neighborhood Traffic Calming In 2019, Hartford was named a winner of the Made to Move Grant Program in partnership with Blue Zones. The Planning Division has installed the first Bicycle Boulevard (in Hartford and CT), which will provide safe, low-speed facilities comfortable for riders of all ages and abilities.Since that time, the City has evolved the program to support safer streets across neighborhoods.
Bicycle & Pedestrian Design Improvements The City of Hartford aims to keep our roads, sidewalks and rights-of-way safe for all residents and community members. In an effort to meet this goal, the City will be looking to improve the design and condition of streets and public spaces across Hartford. Activities may include street striping, road diet design, and more.
Albany Ave Sidepath The City of Hartford is exploring the potential for developing a shared use sidepath for pedestrians and bicyclists along Albany Avenue between Homestead Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue.
Main Street North Streetscape Design The City is undertaking a design project that is the culmination of over 15 years of study for the stretch of Main Street from Earle Street to the Windsor Town Line.
Riverwalk Trail Extension The City, working with Riverfront Recapture Inc., (RRI) successfully applied for federal Transportation Alternative funds, which are administered by the CT Department of Transportation.
Farmington Avenue Streetscape The first phase of this project was completed from Marshall Street to the vicinity of Denison Street in the Spring 2016. In the Summer of 2016 and again in 2018, the City received Urban Act Grant funding in the amount of a total of $6 million to help complete the streetscape to its western limit at Prospect Street.
Bartholomew Avenue Streetscape Design The Bartholomew Avenue streetscape, or the “Parkville Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Stormwater Infrastructure & Streetscape Improvements Project”, is an infrastructure initiative that will enhance Bartholomew Avenue from Park Street to the terminus of the Avenue south of Hamilton Street.
Open Streets Hartford The City of Hartford, in partnership with Hartford HealthCare, is developing an Open Streets program. This program will produce vehicle-free routes on 4-6 miles of Hartford streets to connect neighborhoods, people, and businesses in the city. Open Streets create healthy, safe, and fun environments by transforming streets into places to gather, bike, roll, stroll, and play.
South Branch Trail Extension In the early 2000’s the City, with several stakeholders, developed a vision for a multi-use path to be located along the South Branch of the Park River, from Hamilton Street to Newfield Avenue. The trail will form an important link between the East Coast Greenway and the Trout Brook Trail in West Hartford.
Scooter Share System The City of Hartford is partnering with the Capitol Region Council of Governments and LINK Scooter to offer an electric scooter share system in the City. At no cost to the City, the scooters are available with a small deployment in the downtown, which will expand to the entire City.