The Hartford Line, a forthcoming commuter rail service connecting New Haven, Hartford and Springfield (MA), finally has an operator and — once again — a new launch date. Governor Dan Malloy announced yesterday that a joint venture…
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There’s more opposition to the State of Connecticut’s plan to build another parking garage near New Haven’s Union Station, but this time it’s coming from Hartford. Earlier this month, Ben Barnes, Secretary of Connecticut’s Office of…
The Connecticut Senate voted unanimously last week to block the state department of transportation from participating in a multi-state mileage tax study. The state’s bill for participation in the study, which lawmakers considered a non-starter from the beginning, would have…
Investing in key infrastructure is a core aspect of any well-run business. But not all of the infrastructure that businesses rely on is private. Most transportation infrastructure, for example, is owned and managed by government entities,…
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…
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…
Last November, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy asked each state department to draft a plan for how they would deal with a potential 10 percent budget cut. Connecticut is facing a $1.3 billion budget deficit in fiscal year…
Looking back at the transportation goings-on in Connecticut during the last year, it seems like the state has stalled out on innovative new ideas. 2015 brought about some major changes, but it proved to be a…
Connecticut has some of the worst traffic congestion in the nation. It has been argued that the solution is to add lanes to the state’s highways, but the idea that you can build your way out of congestion is slowly but…
Due to cuts in the state budget, Connecticut’s transit system is facing a serious shortfall. So predictably, the state Department of Transportation has proposed rail and bus fare increases. The Hartford Courant reported earlier this month: The DOT’s public…