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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Larson, Esty, Courtney, Blumenthal and Others to Talk Transportation in Hartford, Barring Mishaps

By On June 7, 2013 · 3 Comments

Even as wind and rain from Tropical Storm Andrea closes in on Hartford, most of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation and other transportation bigwigs are scheduled to to come to the state’s capital city to talk transportation in a Saturday forum.

The forum is planned for 10 a.m. at the Boathouse in Riverside Park near downtown Hartford. [...]

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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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