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The proposed plan for 100 College Street would replace highway right-of-way with an office/research building with ground-floor retail and a parking garage. It is the first part of a plan to replace New Haven's Route 34 with development and a connected street grid. (Click to enlarge.) New Haven is sprinting towards gold in the Highway [...] Schmitt. The new Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer, Republican Peter Schmitt, has proposed and passed raises that average 42% for himself, the Democratic Minority Leader Diane Yatauro, and the Republican Deputy Presiding Officer John Ciotti. Schmitt will now make $99,500, Yatauro $90,500, and Ciotti $84,500. (Yatauro has said she will refuse the raise, or donate [...] Lt. Governor Fedele. Last month, the presumed Democratic candidates for Governor spoke broadly about transportation policy in Connecticut at a forum hosted by Keep Connecticut Moving. Last week was the Republicans’ turn, with Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele, former Ambassador Thomas Foley and MetroHartford Alliance President Oz Griebel in attendance. Most of the [...] The New Haven-Springfield rail project includes improvements to New Haven's State Street station. After a two-month delay, the Connecticut State Bond Commission on Friday released $26 million to be used for design work and the construction of a second track along a portion of the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line. Initially planned for release in October, the [...] While MTA transit riders are facing draconian reductions in service once again, LI Bus riders are having a particularly rough year. They have faced service cuts and/or fare hikes not once, not twice, but now an unprecedented three times. TSTC's Kate Slevin spoke with bus riders in Hempstead yesterday. In response, advocates from Tri-State, Vision Long [...] The route. [Update 12/31: Gov. Rell has announced that the NHHS rail money will be on the agenda of the Bond Commission's January 8 meeting.] The New Haven-Hartford-Springfield commuter rail line was on the agenda at the November meeting of the Connecticut Bond Commission. But the commission failed to release $6 million for design and survey [...] Attendees heard perspectives on the MTA capital plan from business, labor, environmental, planning, and transportation groups. Over 20 Long Island county and state elected officials heard about the 2010-2014 MTA Capital Plan and how it would benefit the region during a legislative breakfast last Thursday at the Huntington Hilton in Melville. The breakfast was hosted [...] State Sen. LeBeau was one of the few candidates willing to discuss specific revenue sources for transportation. On Friday, Keep CT Moving, a coalition of labor and business groups for transportation investment, held a gubernatorial forum for the Democratic candidates for Governor. The six candidates, former Connecticut House Speaker Jim Amann, Secretary of State Susan [...] Mangano. In what Newsday and others are calling a “stunning” upset, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi has lost his bid for re-election to County Legislator Ed Mangano. During his tenure as County Executive, Suozzi was a proponent of smart growth through his visions of “New Suburbia” and “Cool Downtowns,” but often failed to adequately fund [...] 1000 Friends of Connecticut, a planning group that has worked with Tri-State to accomplish major reforms like the passage of complete streets legislation, is seeking a new CEO. Current CEO and President Heidi Green is stepping down to take a position at Trinity College. We thank her for her work to make Connecticut’s transportation network [...] |
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