Last week the arguments against Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along the I-84 corridor were less about choosing rail over buses and more about opposing any public investment at all in commuter transportation.On April 29th, the state Bond Commission approved $90 million for the New Britain-Hartford bus way, the lion's share of state investment in a … Continue reading Busway Advances: Rapid Transit Wins Over Purchase of 28,000 Jeep Patriots
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Take That Bristol: The Case For Buses Over Rail
Buses Are the Answer: Developing a vibrant bus network would cost peanuts, compared with high-speed rail options.By William A. CollinsTrains will neverLeave the gate;Buses seemA wiser fate.With all due respect to President Barack Obama and the $8 billion he's dishing out to the states for high-speed rail, it's too late.Fast trains have been overtaken by gradual events. … Continue reading Take That Bristol: The Case For Buses Over Rail
Strategic Bonding: Senate Dems Push "Jobs Now" Initiative
The federal stimulus program is getting credit for mitigating 2008's economic free fall (Things would be worse without it). Recovery as defined by Wall Street financiers and their troika of Obama administration buddies --Rahm Emmanuel, Larry Summers and Tim Geithner -- is well under way.But the employment numbers and continuing slide in local tax revenues … Continue reading Strategic Bonding: Senate Dems Push "Jobs Now" Initiative
Railing Against Highways: Is Momentum Building For Expanded Rail, Bus Service?
Connecticut is a tale of two places when it comes to use of public transportation. There's the Gold Coast and the Metro North line with hundreds of thousands of riderships on trains that need replacement and upgrade. Then there is the rest of us in central and eastern Connecticut with limited bus services and downtowns … Continue reading Railing Against Highways: Is Momentum Building For Expanded Rail, Bus Service?
Hello Sweet Heart, Get Me Re-Write: Herald, Press Survive
The New Britain Herald and Bristol Press, left to die by the parent Journal Register Company (JRC) late in 2008, will survive.Today's Herald story by Scott Whipple confirmed that Michael Schroeder, a veteran newspaper exec from Newsday, has made good on his promise to be the white knight entrepreneur for the two local dailies and … Continue reading Hello Sweet Heart, Get Me Re-Write: Herald, Press Survive
Commuter Question: Rail Over Busway
Today's Courant story by Don Stacom reports on a brewing change in legislative thinking on public transit in the area led by State Rep. David McCluskey of West Hartford. McCluskey, disturbed over the lack of progress by the Department of Transportation on the New Britain busway, recently called for dumping the New Britain/Hartford busway as … Continue reading Commuter Question: Rail Over Busway
Push To Save Herald, Press Sparks Debate In National Media
The push by local legislators, as mentioned in November 28's post, to involve the Department of Economic Development (DECD) in efforts to save The Herald of New Britain and the Bristol Press is drawing national media attention.A Reuters story posted at The Huffington Post focuses on questions of a free press and the potential conflicts … Continue reading Push To Save Herald, Press Sparks Debate In National Media
One Way To Promote Job Growth and Stability: Eliminate Tuition At State’s Public Colleges
The earning power of college graduates versus those whose highest attainment is a high school diploma favors the former by a wide margin. In central Connecticut, it doesn't really matter anymore if you want a job as an analyst at an insurance company or fill out an application at a small manufacturer to build parts … Continue reading One Way To Promote Job Growth and Stability: Eliminate Tuition At State’s Public Colleges
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