Lawmakers Tout Transportation Spending As Boon For Economy

By On June 10, 2013 · 11 Comments

With the nation’s economy still sluggish and calls for budgets to get tighter in Washington and in Hartford, some in Connecticut’s Congressional delegation insist that the right answer is to spend more–especially on roads, bridges, railways and other projects in the Hartford area and throughout the state.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal pointed to last [...]

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Trainspotting: Vermonter To Cut 28 Minutes Off Run To St. Albans.

By On March 11, 2013 · 1 Comment

Amtrak says track improvements will make the ride to the Green Mountain State that much faster. Some day perhaps the train will again make the trip all the way to Montreal:

“The Vermonter project to upgrade the New England Central Railroad main line is a great example of a very successful public-private partnership, [...]

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MetroNorth Commuters Wary Of NYC

By On November 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Web Correspondent Jenny Wilson climbed aboard the commuter train yesterday with Fairfield County residents struggling to get in and out of Manhattan. Service from New Haven resumes today. It’s still a free ride in and out of the city.

On Thursday, the first day MetroNorth trains ran again after Hurricane [...]

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Desolation At The Greenwich Train Station

By On October 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Chris Keating is down in Greenwich preparing a story on MetroNorth and how commuters are going to get into New York.

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Hurricane Sandy: State Court System Closed Monday, Non-Essential State Employees To Stay Home

By On October 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

With a potentially once-in-a-lifetime hurricane approaching, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Sunday night that the state’s court system will be closed down Monday.

The sprawling court system stretches into every region of the state, handling everything from divorce cases to arraignments on Monday mornings for those arrested over the weekend who have not yet made [...]

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Hurricane Sandy Affects Campaigning; Category 1 Will Bring Flooding, High Winds

By On October 28, 2012 · 1 Comment

Hurricane Sandy has affected political campaigns around the country as the Category 1 storm is preparing to barrel into New Jersey.

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Train Politics: Amtrak Ridership Up

By On October 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Amtrak is hustling to get the word out, perhaps because it sees President Romney down the tracks. Look at some of the numbers for passenger rail:

– Northeast Corridor (NEC) The NEC between Washington and Boston had a 4.8 percent increase in ridership to its best year ever with more [...]

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Blumenthal: More Rail Money Please

By On October 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

From digital correspondent Jenny Wilson, who was at today’s high-speed rail announcement in Meriden:

Just minutes after Governor Malloy signed the check securing $121 million in federal funding for a New Haven-Hartford-Springfield high speed rail service, Sen. Richard Blumenthal was already calling for another $227 million, emphasizing that the grant announced today [...]

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State Gets Funding To Move Forward With High-Speed Rail Project

By On October 1, 2012 · 5 Comments

The $121 million for the New Haven-Springfield high-speed rail program was promised by the federal government in 2010, but Connecticut didn’t know when it would see the money until Monday.

“A lot of us having been waiting for this day,” said Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker at a press conference in Meriden, a [...]

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Rail Announcement: $121 Million

By On October 1, 2012 · 2 Comments

At the Meriden Amtrak station this afternoon, Gov. Malloy will hold a news conference with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, U.S. Rep. John Larson, U.S. Department of Transportation officials, and other local officials to re-announce $121 million in federal money for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Rail Project.

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