ConnDOT Commissioner's First Task: Community Planning Training

New ConnDOT Commissioner Joseph Marie has taken over an agency that has been marred by corruption and is in dire need of policy reforms that shift its culture away from prioritizing the expansion of roadways and towards maintaining Connecticut’s existing road and bridge infrastructure, promoting mass transit, and investing in smart growth. Those aren’t [...]

Groups Circulate Petition for Safer New Haven Streets

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has co-sponsored a petition calling for the City of New Haven to take immediate action to improve traffic safety within New Haven – with the goal of reducing traffic injuries by 50% by 2009 and 90% by 2015. The petition asks that the city immediately step up enforcement of traffic [...]

After Medical Student Is Killed on Rt. 34, Yale and City of New Haven Respond

This afternoon, New Haven community members will discuss traffic safety in the area around the Route 34 Connector. Speakers will include Michael Piscitelli, the director of New Haven’s Dept. of Transportation, Traffic, and Parking, and Dr. Kimberly Davis of the Yale University School of Medicine.

The event is being held in memory of Mila [...]