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The Putnam Memorial Bridge connects Glastonbury and Wethersfield in central Connecticut. For years, livable community activists, including current and former elected officials, have advocated vigorously for pedestrian and cycling access to the Putnam Memorial Bridge, oftentimes in the face of consistent ConnDOT refusal. Earlier this month, however, the Department announced that the debate [...] ConnDOT's Eugene Colonese loads a bicycle onto a prototype rack being tested on a Metro-North train at Union Station in New Haven on Thursday. Metro-North Railroad officials are testing bike racks on the railroad’s newest rail cars, the M-8s, which are being rolled out on the New Haven Line. The agency had prototype [...] 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, [...] Redeker. This morning, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy announced that he would appoint ConnDOT Acting Commissioner Jim Redeker to lead the agency. In a statement, Tri-State Transportation Campaign Executive Director Kate Slevin said: Congratulations to Jim Redeker on his appointment as ConnDOT Commissioner. Since becoming Acting Commissioner earlier this year, he has shown effective leadership [...] Despite a cost-saving agreement between CT workers and the state, transit service cuts and fare increases of 10-16% are still on the table. Last week, Connecticut’s state unions overwhelmingly ratified a cost-saving deal that will avert thousands of employee layoffs and Governor Malloy’s “Plan B” budget, which would have enacted severe budget cuts, [...] A few places in the U.S. get a lot of attention for their planning and transportation policy reforms. New York City’s PlaNYC, unprecedented in its ambition, is a worthy model for others, and unusually progressive smaller cities like Portland and Seattle are often in the news for their efforts. Other than these outliers, it’s [...] Earlier this month, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chair John Mica unveiled an outline for a 6-year federal transportation bill that would cut funding levels by about a third from existing levels, costing the region tens of thousands of jobs. Here’s a closer look at the impact. New Jersey Rep. John Mica’s proposal [...] Decobike set up demonstration bike share stations in Long Beach, NY earlier this summer. A 400-bicycle program is set to launch this fall. While New York City residents eagerly await the unveiling of the preferred operator for what will eventually be the largest bike share program in the country, two municipalities in the [...] Connecticut residents continue to grapple with the ramifications of the state’s “Plan B” budget, released after a $1.6 billion cost-saving agreement between the state and its employee unions fell apart earlier this year. Among these are fare hikes and service cuts to transit agencies across the state. Late last Friday, the details of the [...] The possible collapse of an agreement between Connecticut and its state employee unions has created tremendous uncertainty around the state budget. While the state employees’ coalition has postponed any action on contract concessions which would be necessary for Connecticut to balance its budget, Governor Malloy has given no indication that he will back down from moving [...] |
 
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