Is this a cash grant? No. The grant is in the form of technical assistance, materials, and labor. What is the deadline for applications? November 20, 2020 What size projects can I apply for? Past projects have been in the $20,000 to $30,000 range. When will the projects be implemented? Our goal is to implement [...]
This tool shows the CRCOG Complete Streets Network categorized by context zones. It also includes "typical cross sections" of what a complete street could look like in a given context. CRCOG Complete Streets Network Tool The CS Network was developed initially through a data driven approach, and further customized with stakeholder feedback. The process involved [...]
Learn how the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) embarked on the creation of the State’s first Regional Complete Streets Policy and how they are taking a leadership role in advancing safe streets and active transportation within the region and beyond. The webinar will cover: Machine-learning assessment of regional land use context Quantitative Regional Network […]
This report summarizes an analysis of pedestrian and bicycle crashes that has been conducted by the CRCOG staff. In 2004, CRCOG completed a study of pedestrian crash data in the region for a three year span from 1999 – 2001. With the Connecticut Crash Data Query Tool, we are now able to examine both bicycle [...]
FHI’s Shawna Kitzman and Stephanie Brooks partnered with WestCOG on an APA-certified webinar on managing parks and open space during a pandemic. Municipalities, agencies, and land/open space managers were eager to hear about best practices for adapting open space facilities to accommodate social distancing regulations. Guest speakers from the Aspetuck Land Trust and the Town [...]
The CT Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board has released their 2019 report to the Connecticut General assembly. The report includes an overview of recent progress, as well as a series of recommendations. 2019 CT Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Report
The Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) is seeking assistance with the development of an implementation strategy for transit priority corridors within the Capitol Region. CRCOG’s Comprehensive Transit Service Analysis of the Hartford Division of CTtransit (April 2017) identified a series of potential transit priority corridors in and around Hartford. The purpose of the Capitol [...]
In 2016, CRCOG was awarded a grant of technical assistance from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to attend the Step it Up! Walkability Action Institute. CRCOG took an interdisciplinary team including expertise in the areas of transportation, planning, public health and an elected official. The team produced a 5-goal Action Plan to Increase [...]
Curb extensions. Bus lanes. Pedestrian plazas. Protected bikeways. These are just a few of the projects communities large and small are implementing with the Quick-Build methodology. At a time of increased competition for funding transportation improvements, the low cost and iterative nature of Quick-Build projects are increasingly popular because they accelerate project delivery, provide a [...]
