Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Connecticut

Multi-State Climate Plan Fails To Please All Advocates

By Ethan Goffman | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments

The latest version of a multistate plan to lower transportation emissions represents an improvement, but still doesn't go far enough on environmental-justice issues, some advocates say.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's $21 billion transportation plan primarily widens highways which will encourage more driving across the state.

Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

Union Station in New Haven. Photo: Pi.1415926535

Connecticut Says ‘No’ To Transit-Oriented Development

By Aaron Short | May 20, 2019 | 17 Comments

“Putting a [transit-oriented development] next to an active rail yard has never worked successfully," says Connecticut's transportation commissioner. Yes, that's what he said.

A Metro-North train at the Stamford station. Travel times could decrease if a driver tolling plan is approved. Photo: Adam E. Moreira

Connecticut Drivers Will Start Paying their Fair Share, Thanks to Toll Plan

By Aaron Short | May 13, 2019 | 16 Comments

The days of a free ride across Connecticut are ending as Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is proposing tolls on the state’s major highways to rebuild its aging transit infrastructure.

This building was converted to apartments in downtown Hartford after parking mandates were eliminated. Photo: Google Maps

Hartford Eliminates Parking Minimums Citywide

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 13, 2017 | 47 Comments

The Connecticut capital is getting rid of parking minimums citywide, the second major American city to do so in the past 12 months.

Downtown Bridgeport through the years. Images: UConn via CNU..org

How Highways Squeezed Taxable Land Out of Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 27, 2017 | 38 Comments

Downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, lost 20 percent of its taxable land when highways came through. That's just the beginning.

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