Comments on: CT Budget Misses Transportation Funding Opportunities

By: Dems are Light on Details at CT Gubernatorial Transportation Forum | Mobilizing the Region

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:53:09 +0000

[...] But with the exception of Senator LeBeau, and to a lesser extent Mayor Malloy, none of the candidates provided any specifics as to what Connecticut needs in terms of funding and what sources of revenue could fill the looming deficit of the Special Transportation Fund. This fund pays for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the state’s transportation network but will run out of money by 2011. [...]

By: Connecticut Budget Battle: A Transportation Comparison « Mobilizing the Region

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:52:13 +0000

[...] report, both rail and bus operations would receive less in the Committee’s bill than in Governor Rell’s budget: close to $4.3 million less per year for rail operations and approximately $64,000 less for bus [...]

By: Law Student Slams Clahoun « SPIKES UP!

Law Student Slams Clahoun « SPIKES UP! — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:44:53 +0000

[...] salary question, the state already spends more prosecuting minor criminal infractions and on its transportation budget than it does paying Jim Calhoun, who helps bring in plenty of money to the state’s largest [...]

By: Connecticut Governor Blows Transit Funding Opportunities — Transit Blogger

Connecticut Governor Blows Transit Funding Opportunities — Transit Blogger — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:19:44 +0000

[...] here for the complete [...]

By: ConnDOT Stimulus Wish List Finally Sees Light of Day « Mobilizing the Region

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:07:23 +0000

[...] so it is safe to say that some difficult choices lay ahead. Moving forward, Connecticut must find new and innovative ways, such as congestion pricing, to fund the smart transportation projects that do not receive [...]

By: Terminal Velocity Quantifies NYC’s Speeding Epidemic, Need for Speed Enforcement Cameras « Mobilizing the Region

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:26:42 +0000

[...] and select stretches of highway. In neighboring Connecticut, Gov. Jodi Rell has proposed creating a speed camera pilot program in her FY2010 and 2011 budget. Despite a restriction on using cameras to levy tickets or collect [...]

By: DingDong

DingDong — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:25:43 +0000

The white suburban voters will always love Grandma Rell. She doesn’t get cities and doesn’t care about the poor, but neither do most Connecticut voters. This is part of the reason that ConnDOT didn’t do as bad as other agencies – and that the transportation funding decreases we did see were from programs specifically targeting lower-income residents.