Comments on: Federal Budget Has Good News for Region’s Bus Projects

By: 2010 CT Year in Review: Steady Progress in the Land of Steady Habits | Mobilizing the Region

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:52:53 +0000

[...] Hartford-New Britain Busway got a huge boost in February, when the Federal Transit Administration recommended that the project receive a grant from the New Starts transit program. The FTA had been skeptical of [...]

By: After 2 Years of Progress, ConnDOT Commissioner Joe Marie Steps Down | Mobilizing the Region

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:41:02 +0000

[...] High Speed Rail funding and funding for the Busway was included in President Obama’s 2011 budget. Both are positioned to receive further federal funding later this [...]

By: Rail Mirage May Endanger CT Busway Project | Mobilizing the Region

Rail Mirage May Endanger CT Busway Project | Mobilizing the Region — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:34:38 +0000

[...] this month, Connecticut learned it would receive $45 million in federal New Starts funds for the busway, strongly suggesting that an additional $230 million [...]

By: Clark Morris

Clark Morris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:30:45 +0000

While the Nostrand Avenueline might be worthwhile and even here a streetcar might give a better bang for the dollar, the Connecticut busway is a boondoggle. It will not cost less than doing rail in a usable manner and it won’t get the ridership. Look at the West and South Busways in Pittsburgh or the Harbor Freeway busway in Los Angeles.

By: What We’re Reading: 2/4/10 | Upper Green Side

What We’re Reading: 2/4/10 | Upper Green Side — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:19:43 +0000

[...] federal cash for City’s big bus [...]