Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners MTA Staten Island Express Bus riders — Express Bus service between Staten Island and Manhattan will soon be faster and more reliable thanks to a “drastic” MTA plan which will streamline routes and consolidate stops. Move New York — […]
Wednesday Winners (and Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. Winners NY Assembly Members Robert Carroll, Carmen de la Rosa and Jeffrey Dinowitz and Senators Michael Gianaris and Brad Hoylman — Members of the New York Assembly and Senate joined advocates in Times Square to urge Governor Cuomo to […]
28 Years Later: Will Connecticut Establish Congestion Pricing Before Transportation Funding Runs Out?
In 2016, after New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund dried up and construction projects across the state were shut down, Governor Christie and legislative leaders finally did something many assumed would never happen: they agreed to raise the state’s gas tax, which until last year was the second-lowest in the nation. It had been 28 years since New […]
Are Tolls Returning to Connecticut Highways?
Interstate 10 in Texas will take you 877 miles from the Louisiana border all the way to New Mexico. The 12-hour journey passes through Houston, San Antonio and El Paso, but not through any tolls. You will eventually need to stop for gas, though, so even out-of-state drivers have to pay something to use the roads in the Lone […]
Connecticut 2015: Looking Back on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2015 was a year full of watershed moments for transportation in Connecticut: the governor announced a $100 billion, 30-year transportation vision, the state’s first bus rapid transit system was launched, a bike law reform bill was passed, legislators came close to adopting a “lockbox” for transportation funding, and a serious discussion about bringing back highway tolls has begun. […]
#FedUp with Congestion, Senator Murphy Seeks to Solve Connecticut’s Commuting Problems
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy live-tweeted (and filmed) his commute from Milford to Norwalk this morning. Nutmeggers joined in the conversation, using the hashtag #FedUp, to tell the senator about their commutes: two hours to drive 30 miles, an hour-long bus commute from Farmington to Hartford, having to stand for the whole trip between New Haven and Grand Central. In Connecticut, […]
NYS Senator Carlucci Doubles Down on a Bad Tappan Zee Bridge Tolling Idea
With the New NY Bridge construction in full swing, a recently released plan for upgraded bus service in the corridor and a projected completion/implementation date coming in 2018, the question on everyone’s mind is how much the tolls will be on the new bridge. Last week, New York State Senator David Carlucci of Rockland County jumped […]
The Land of Steady Habits Struggles to Keep an Open Mind on Transportation Funding
When Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy assembled a team of experts tasked with finding ways to finance his 30-year transportation vision, he encouraged them to consider all the options. Unfortunately, members of the General Assembly haven’t viewed the process with the same open-mindedness. At its July 29 meeting, members of the Governor’s Transportation Finance Panel discussed the concept of a mileage tax (also […]
How Connecticut’s Transportation Outlook Has Changed in Just Six Months
It’s been said that life moves pretty fast, and if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. With the progress we’ve seen in the Nutmeg State during the last several months, the same could be said for transportation policy change in Connecticut. At the outset of 2015, highway tolls were […]
Wednesday Winners (& Losers)
A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond. WINNERS Washington Heights residents — After seven years of planning, the City has finally broken ground on the Plaza de Las Americas, a big win for local vendors and businesses as well as for pedestrians, who will enjoy increased traffic safety once the […]