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Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch (at right) observes conditions on East Main Street with with Connecticut AARP State Director Nora Duncan. Walking behind them are (from right) AARP volunteer Mike Klein, Bridgeport City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez, and Bridgeport Director of Social Services Iris Molina. | Photo: TSTC Yesterday, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, City Councilwoman [...] As part of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (or “Q” Bridge) project, a protected cycle track and off-road path will be built on Water Street, across the Tomlinson Bridge, and onto Forbes Avenue. This is a concept drawing of Water Street. An agreement between the City of New Haven and the Connecticut Department [...] Visit BikeWalkCT’s website to learn how to take action. Connecticut’s vulnerable user bill (SB191), which would toughen penalties for careless drivers who injure or kill pedestrians, cyclists, highway workers, animal riders and other vulnerable users of the state’s roadways, continues to move forward as the Connecticut General Assembly enters its final stretches. With [...] Connecticut General Assembly Appropriations Committee co-chairs State Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp (left) and State Rep. Toni Walker. | Photos: senatedems.ct.gov / housedems.ct.gov Last week, the Appropriations and Finance Committees of the Connecticut General Assembly passed their versions of the fiscal year 2014-15 state budget. The bills hew closely to the budget proposed by Governor Malloy, [...] Pedestrian deaths tend to occur on roads like Route 1 in Connecticut, which is designed for moving vehicles — not people. | Photo: New Haven Register Over the weekend, an opinion piece in the Connecticut Post highlighted the scourge of pedestrian deaths and injuries on Route 1, which TSTC has identified as Connecticut’s most dangerous road for walking. [...] Interstate 84 will be widened from four lanes to six between Exit 23 and 25A in Waterbury. Last week, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced it was moving ahead with a project to widen about three miles of Interstate 84 in Waterbury. The project should take five years to complete, at a reported cost [...] Because the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield corridor runs alongside I-91, it may be eligible for funding through a federal highway program. | Image: nhhs.com While it is well known that Connecticut does not fare particularly well under MAP-21, the federal transportation law adopted last year, the state appears well-positioned to take advantage of a new provision allowing [...] Several transportation and development bills are moving forward in Hartford, including a weakened vulnerable users bill, statewide tolling study legislation and a lockbox amendment to protect transportation spending. | Photo: CT.gov While MTR gave a preliminary overview of transportation related bills earlier this month, last Friday was a big day in the Connecticut [...] Route 1 (Post Road East) in Westport, near where a pedestrian was struck and killed on Saturday. (The “A” marker is the Shake Shack restaurant in front of which Bruce Tabackman was struck.) | Image: Google Maps. WestportNow and others report the death of another pedestrian on Route 1 (Post Road East), which according to Tri-State’s [...] The Transportation Committee voted to draft the Vulnerable User Bill as a committee bill, the first step toward passage. Governor Dan Malloy’s budget, and the intense pressure to craft a response to the 2012 shootings in Newtown, have loomed over Connecticut’s legislative session since its opening day. But nearly two months into the session, [...] |
 
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