Category: Activism

We’re most of the way through the National Week Without Driving, which is when people who regularly drive — especially those in decision-making positions —...

01 Oct

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Safe Streets Connecticut: September 2023

by Kerri Ana Provost

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Drivers killed five pedestrians in September 2023 in Connecticut. That’s 39 preventable deaths of pedestrians and cyclists, so far, this year. I’m writing this in...

30 Sep

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A Little Something (October 2023)

by Kerri Ana Provost

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Trick-or-treating on a pedestrianized street is always better than that travesty known as trunk-or-treating

26 Sep

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Reading Trash

by Kerri Ana Provost

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Over the course of two hours, four volunteers retrieved about 70 pounds of garbage in the rain from along the Connecticut River, including by the...

24 Sep

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Bollards!

by Kerri Ana Provost

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After this dry cleaners in West Hartford’s Bishops Corner was smashed through twice by cars in the last two years, massive, highly visible bollards were...

21 Sep

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