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The committee reported out a bill to direct ConnDOT to create a detailed plan for tolls. Tolls would have to be all-electronic, like the high-speed toll gantries on Houston's Westpark Tollway (above). Connecticut’s Joint Committee on Transportation reported several bills out of committee earlier this week, including a Tri-State supported bill to increase penalties for [...] A competitive safety grant program could help improve safety around transit stops. Pictured are "before" and "after" shots of NYC bus stop improvements funded through a city "safe routes to transit" program. New Jersey has a similar program. Hoping to build upon last year’s Complete Streets victory, advocates and legislators urged members of the Connecticut [...] Last week, Governor Rell canceled nearly $390 million in unallocated bonding funds as a way to pare down Connecticut’s anticipated $500 million deficit for this fiscal year. These cancellations only impacted projects that had been authorized by the State Bond Commission but had not been funded for five years or longer. Of the cuts, $61 [...] The Hartford-New Britain busway (shown in red) will do more than link two cities. Buses from many destinations will use the busway for parts of their routes (shown in green), providing benefits to places like Bishop's Corner and Waterbury (detail shown here; click for full image). Are Connecticut officials going to miss out on almost [...] 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 [...] |
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