Category: Municipal
19
Apr
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Municipal Reader Tip Rhode Island South Central Connecticut Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Car-Free Diaries: Week 20
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Going elsewhere means putting into sharp focus the things you are already aware of at home.
05
Apr
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Commentary Construction Design Downtown Education Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Municipal North East Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Unsolicited Advice Upper Albany
Car-Free Diaries: Week 18
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Instead of screaming into the void of Twitter, I bring you a weekly highlight reel of what it’s like going places in Greater Hartford when...
11
Jun
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Free Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Municipal Quality of Life Transportation
Better Than Dwelling on What’s Broken
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Not feeling that heatwave? Scowling over a tripping hazard? There is a constructive way to help shape how our city looks and functions. Planting trees,...
27
May
Activism Cultural Interest Education Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Regionalism Unsolicited Advice
Recycling: Not a New Problem
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Several decades ago, all adolescents (nobody was a “tween” at this time) were herded into the school cafeteria for an assembly so corny that the...
14
May
Shortage?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The narrative: crimes are going unsolved because of a police shortage in Hartford. The reality: on a recent morning, three police cruisers were in Zion...
28
Feb
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Covid-19 Design Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal North East North Meadows Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Upper Albany West End
Hartford’s Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes, 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Besides looking at the fatal pedestrian/cyclist crash data statewide in 2020, I was tracking all collisions with pedestrians/cyclists in Hartford. Except for first responders and...
24
Dec
Singing the Sidewalk Snow Removal Blues
by Kerri Ana Provost
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When you are subjected to a litany of excuses, year-after-year, for why the plowing sucked. Sure, we have a pandemic this year, but what was...
01
Dec
Access Commentary Construction Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Myth Busting Quality of Life Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in November 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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At least 52 pedestrians and six cyclists have been killed in collisions with motor vehicles in Connecticut this year.
26
Sep
Access Construction Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Quality of Life Transportation
Russ Street: Slow Your Roll
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A day after the City of Hartford newsletter announced that changes would be “coming soon” to Russ Street, fiberglass planters were installed along the road,...
Open Letter to the Town of West Hartford