WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A West Hartford pedestrian security advocacy group desires the city so as to add extra roundabouts, seek the advice of with specialists to seek out methods to enhance roads and guarantee that residents’ considerations are heard.
“We must be extra concerned, quite than pushed apart on serving to make this a safer group for everybody in all neighborhoods,” Jack Dougherty, a board member of Bike West Hartford, stated.
The town has vowed to create a pedestrian safety task force in response to an inflow in lethal crashes throughout the final month.
There have been 68 pedestrian deaths within the state final yr, in keeping with the Connecticut Visitors Institute. Of these, three have been in West Hartford. Two occurred inside 24 hours of one another solely days earlier than Christmas.
In response, Bike West Hartford created a list of top priorities to improve pedestrian safety.
Step one could be making a timeline to realize zero roadway fatalities and accidents. Dougherty stated leaders can use information to prioritize which steps to make.
The city has made it clear it desires to take motion.
“Our engineers are a potential crosswalk,” Mayor Shari Cantor stated. “We’d like cameras, we have to have instruments so we will examine accidents that occur.”
