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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 [...] The Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s efforts to advance 21st century transportation policies in Connecticut are bearing fruit. The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is spending more on road and bridge repair, public transportation, and cycling and walking projects, according to a TSTC analysis released today. Tracking the Dollars: A Review of Projected Transportation Spending in Connecticut, 2010-2013, is [...] 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 [...] A before-and-after rendering of a proposed design for the Nostrand Avenue bus line, at Empire Boulevard. The federal government’s fiscal year 2011 budget, released this week, has good news for Connecticut’s Hartford-New Britain Busway and New York City’s Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service. Both were recommended for funds from the Federal Transit Administration’s New Starts [...] 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 [...]
Tri-State’s recently released Most Dangerous Roads for Walking report identifies US-1 and US-5 as the deadliest roads in Connecticut for pedestrians. One would hope that government would respond with promises of action. But a ConnDOT spokesperson instead told the Stamford Advocate that most pedestrian fatalities on Boston Post Road/US-1 were caused by pedestrian [...] Stories from 2009 (clockwise from bottom left): Advocates defeated major fare increases for buses and trains; the New Haven-Springfield rail line moved forward; State elected officials passed a complete streets law that will help pedestrians like these women in West Hartford; the Hartford-New Britain Busway. Like the other states in the region, Connecticut contended with [...] 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 [...] In a move that should be lauded by transportation and smart growth advocates statewide, the Connecticut Department of Transportation is reevaluating whether the Route 11 expansion project fits within the state’s transportation priorities. The Route 11 project would have extended the highway through sparsely developed land to the I-395/95 junction. Essentially this means that ConnDOT has [...] Connecticut's high-speed rail application focuses on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Line and Northeast Corridor. Tri-State and 21 organizations from Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire have announced support for Connecticut’s application to use federal High Speed Rail funds for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield corridor. In a letter, the groups called on the Federal Rail Administration, which will [...] |
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