 ConnDOT Commissioner Jim Redeker In 2007, after a troubled widening of I-84, a reform commission reported that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) “badly needs fundamental change.”
TSTC analyses indicate that ConnDOT has been slowly improving since then, and we sat down with Commissioner Jim Redeker, who has headed the agency since last March, to talk about his work. He will be speaking at tomorrow’s transportation financing forum in Hartford.
TSTC: How did your work at NJ Transit prepare you for the commissioner job?
Commissioner Jim Redeker: I think that Connecticut is much like New Jersey was 30 years ago: there’s not a lot of transportation-oriented development happening, there’s still opportunity for new investment in transit and opportunity to improve branch lines. And I really came to try to make a difference there.
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And now for the much-awaited second iteration of TSTC’s ‘Winners and Losers’ column, your weekly guide to heroic and villainous actions in tri-state transportation.
This week’s winners:
Michael Bloomberg: Winner
Mayor Bloomberg—the Mayor’s State of the City speech showed his laudable urban planning ethos. He pledged to double the number of 20 [...]
The New York Senate confirmed Joseph Lhota as the Chairman and CEO of the MTA yesterday.
Lhota faces an imposing set of challenges at the MTA: an expiring contract with the Transport Workers’ Union, an unfunded capital program, and, of course, the operation and maintenance of America’s only 24-hour subway system.
TSTC has assembled [...]
Welcome to the inaugural “Winners and Losers,” your guide to the week’s heroic and villainous actions in tri-state transportation and smart growth.
This week’s winners (who did things we like):
Senator Chuck Schumer— New York’s stalwart Senator is leading the fight to restore the federal transit tax benefit, which lapsed at the end of [...]
Photo: Elvert Barnes
In the spirit of the New Year, TSTC has drawn up a list of resolutions that we’d like to see various transportation officials and elected entities abide by.
Note: all of these quotes are fabricated, unless otherwise noted.
“We resolve to listen to years of community planning and build a [...]
The MTA had this message for travelers in the region this year.
Looking back at the year in transportation advocacy reveals that there’s a lot to be thankful for:
Safer streets for all in New York State… In one of this year’s most inspirational stories, Long Island mother Sandi Vega became a citizen [...]
Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s 2011 Annual Benefit, “Stepping Toward Safer Streets,” is tonight, November 3 from 6pm to 9 pm in New York City. The event will take place at Top of the Garden at 251 W. 30th St (16th floor) – steps from Penn Station. We hope you can join us for one of the best [...]
TSTC executive director Kate Slevin issued the following statement today in response to Gov. Cuomo’s nomination of Joseph Lhota to head the MTA:
Lhota.
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign welcomes the opportunity to work with Joseph Lhota as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the MTA on our shared goals of fiscal stability and [...]
Sandi Vega and Sen. Charles Fuschillo.
[Update: We are also excited to announce that NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will appear as a special guest.]
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s 2011 Annual Benefit is November 3 at Top of the Garden (251 W. 30th Street, 16th floor) in New York City. This year, we will [...]
In today’s Star-Ledger, TSTC NJ Advocate Janna Chernetz and General Counsel Vincent Pellecchia write that the disruption caused by Hurricane Irene highlighted the importance of the transit network and the need to invest in the system. But in many ways, New Jersey is going in the opposite direction:
Statewide, retail vacancies around transit hubs [...]
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