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New Haven's plan to remove Route 34 downtown will open up space for development, and aims to improve walking and biking connections. But locals worry the results won't actually be friendly to cyclists and pedestrians. The removal of Route 34, a 1.1-mile stub of a highway that displaced hundreds of Connecticut families, homes, [...] From left: State Rep. Juan Candelaria, New Haven Alderman Jorge Perez, Development Administrator Kelly Murphy, Mayor John DeStefano, Yale Medical Dean Robert Alpern, developer Carter Winstanley. On Wednesday, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. announced the city was moving forward with the Downtown Crossing project, which will convert Route 34 from a “highway [...] The area targeted for development in New Haven. Two highway removal projects in the region got a boost of federal funds today. USDOT announced that New Haven’s Route 34 and the South Bronx’s Sheridan Expressway will receive $16 million and $1.5 million respectively to advance plans to convert these underutilized highway corridors into [...] Click to read. Nearly two years of work and advocacy for Complete Streets in New Haven reached a seminal moment when the City released its final guide to building Complete Streets last month. The manual, crafted as part of the city complete streets ordinance adopted in October 2008, is a guide for putting policy [...] Electronic meters like the one above would allow New Haven to dynamically price its parking. According to last week’s New Haven Independent, New Haven may be joining other cities that have embraced cutting-edge parking management: With motorists circling the block to find elusive downtown parking spots, aldermen are proposing a “dynamic” solution. It’s [...] A rendering of one of the entrances to be built as part of Moynihan Station's first phase. To much fanfare, USDOT announced the winners of the stimulus’ TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants yesterday, with two coming to our region. New York City’s Moynihan Station project to convert the Farley Post Office [...] 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 [...] New Haven's "Street Smarts" campaign aims to educate all users on how to share the road. Grassroots bike and pedestrian advocacy has paid off in New Haven. Late last month, the city’s Board of Alders unanimously passed legislation creating a “Complete Streets Steering Committee” which will develop a complete streets policy which provides [...] New Haven elected officials and advocates continue to fight what some are calling traffic “anarchy.” Late last month, Alderpersons Erin Sturgis-Pascale and Roland Lemar introduced legislation (viewable at the New Haven Safe Streets Coalition website) to establish a “Complete Streets Steering Committee” made up of alderpersons, New Haven agency officials, and city residents. The [...] The traffic calming movement is sweeping New Haven, thanks to citizen action and the remarkable efforts of TSTC’s partners in the New Haven Safe Streets Coalition. The Coalition-sponsored petition, which calls on the City of New Haven to strictly enforce existing traffic laws and undertake specific long-term measures to reduce traffic injuries by 90% [...] |
 
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