Mayor Shares Youth@Work, E-Bike Incentive Programs, More In Newlsetter

NEW HAVEN, CT — In a newsletter to the community, in both English and Spanish, Mayor Justin Elicker shared information about how a "great city" must have "great infrastructure to help residents, workers, and visitors commute affordably, safely and easily around the city to get where they need to go."

In his missive, which residents may sign up to receive here, Elicker shared a list of youth programs, upcoming events, and importantly, a list of recent city, streets, and other infrastructure projects:

Quinnipiac Avenue Traffic Calming Project:

Construction is underway for the Quinnipiac Avenue Traffic Calming Project. This major corridor runs along the east side of the city spanning the Annex, Fair Haven Heights, and Quinnipiac Meadows neighborhoods.

Valley Street Redesign Project:

The Valley Street Redesign Project will help reduce traffic speeds and improve pedestrian safety along this critical thoroughfare in the West Hills and Amity neighborhoods and includes speed bumps, speed tables, raised crosswalks and intersections, new and repaired sidewalks, curb extensions and bump outs, and a complete street repaving.

46 City Streets Milled/Paved Project:

This summer, 46 streets were milled and paved spanning every neighborhood of the city, representing a $2.8 million investment in road infrastructure maintenance and repair. In total, the City of New Haven maintains approximately 237 miles of public roads.

Ride Share New Haven E-Bike Program:

This month, we relaunched Ride New Haven, the Elm City’s bike share program! But now with electric bikes. Connecticut E-Bike Incentive Program: Interested in potentially receiving a $500 to $1,250 voucher towards the purchase of new electric bike? Check out and submit an online application for the state’s eBike Incentive Program here. The application window for this lottery is open from September 14th at 12 noon through October 1st at 8 pm.

Elicker also noted two youth programs in the newsletter.

Youth@Work Program:

Are you (or do you have a child) 14 to 21 years old and looking for work throughout the school year? Apply to our Youth@Work program! It’s a great way to get work experience, gain new skills, and of course make money too! Learn more and apply here. The deadline is September 20th, 5 pm

New Haven Tutoring Initiative:

If your child could benefit from free after school tutoring in reading or math, check out the New Haven Tutoring Initiative! Partnering with local, trusted nonprofit organizations, kindergarten to 8th grade students can receive with free tutoring at convenient sites across the Elm City. Learn more and sign up at newhavenct.gov/tutoring.

Here's Elicker's full letter:

Dear Neighbors, Every great city needs to have great infrastructure to help residents, workers, and visitors commute affordably, safely and easily around the city to get where they need to go.In New Haven, we’re working hard on making that a reality and the past few months have been filled with exciting news and projects to help ensure our streets are safe for all users – pedestrians, cyclists, public transportation users, and motorists.New sidewalks, bike lanes, roads and public transportation improvements are happening all across the city. Much of this work is anchored in our Complete Streets initiative and our Safe Routes for All plan, which we adopted in 2022 and is a comprehensive effort to reorient our transportation system away from a car-centric model to one that is more inclusive of walking, biking, riding public transportation and other active modes of transportation. The end result is safer, healthier, greener, and more equitable commuting options for residents.These efforts have been marked by deep collaboration with the community and incredible partners on the local, state, and federal levels of government to help secure millions of dollars in funding for these projects.Below you can learn more about a few of the recent projects that have been underway these past few months. Plus, there are a few other time sensitive items and events that might be of interest as well!
See you around the city!