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Hartford Livable Coalition

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Advocates for a better Hartford

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Learn more about what makes a livable city!

Whether you are a seasoned activist or curious to learn more about our city and the decisions that shape our day to day lives there is always opportunity to learn more about the factors that make cities Livable. We have collected some recommended reading materials to help you better understand our mission

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Recommended Readings

Safe Streets and Walkable Neighborhoods

Nearly 40,000 Americans are killed in acts of traffic violence every year, with millions more suffering life-altering injuries. This is due to a culture and street design that prioritizes driver convenience and vehicle throughput over saving lives. We must reorient our street design and change the culture of driver behavior to make walking and biking safe, easy, and accessible to all, including the young, elderly, and disabled.

The Road that Killed a City

Multi-episode podcast exploring the dark side of i-84's construction and the impact it has had on the City of Hartford 

The Uniquely American Epidemic of Traffic Deaths

Article by (Sam Deutsch; Jun 2023) 

Road Diets: Designing a Safer Street

Youtube video from Vox.com

When Cars Kill

New Yorker Article, June 2022


Books!

We encourage you to join the ConnectiCUT Book Club focusing on the intersection of Climate-Urbanism-Transportation issues. The group meets approximately once per month at a location accessible by transit around the state of Connecticut. More details can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piAKLb5mI-ETrI77FSmbi4rCyehmy5uFsEIcnuWzFGw/edit. We also recommend any of the following books!

Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution

by Janette Sadik-Khan

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

 by Jeff Speck 

Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities

by Veronia Davis 

Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

 by M. Nolan Gray 

Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, & Win the Fight for Transit

By Steven Higashide


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