By: Georgia Lobb Photo courtesy of ghsa.org The year 2011 marks an increase in what was previously a steadily declining rate of teen driver deaths, according to a Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) report earlier this month. The GHSA reports that driving related deaths of 16 and 17 year old drivers have risen a staggering […]

By: Georgia Lobb I snapped this picture while I was fueling up in Ridgefield, CT this morning. I used my credit card to put Plus into my old car- so I paid nearly $4.50 per gallon. Let’s all sit back and watch the prices rise to the $5.00 mark…. coming soon to a gas station […]

Bridgeport — More than a week after a historic blizzard dumped more than 3 feet of snow in some parts of Connecticut, snow removal is still a political issue. In Bridgeport, some residents are even calling for Mayor Bill Finch’s resignation, starting a Facebook page this week that has more than 120 “likes” and launching […]

When the city threatened to tow all the cars on my street after the blizzard, I went into full-on panic mode. I paid a guy with a snow plow thirty bucks to dig out my car. And there was such a huge mound of snow between my roommate’s car and the road, that we actually […]

Bridgeport — For a city that’s staked its future on revitalizing the waterfront — and been hammered by Tropical Storm Irene, Superstorm Sandy and the recent blizzard — Bridgeport has a lot of work to do. And a lot of ideas. “We’ve got to find a way to fortify our city against these floods, and […]

He is clearly freaked out about it. Remember, Jon — “structurally deficient” doesn’t mean “unsafe”! If bridges were “unsafe,” they’d be closed…at least that’s what we’re told… http://transportationnation.org/2013/02/15/watch-outraged-infrastructure-humor-daily-show-style/

By: Georgia Lobb I was scrolling through twitter the other day when I saw that @CNNMoney tweeted this article by Emily Jane Fox, entitled “32 Days Of Rising Gas Prices Comes At Tough Time.” Photo courtesy of CNNMoney Apparently the average gas price current is $3.73. I drove home from Long Island yesterday, where gas […]

I’ve written a lot in the past few months about aging infrastructure in Connecticut — from sewer treatment plants to bridges to train tracks. This is a thoughtful take from Reuters’ Jack Shafer on calls from our politicians to overhaul our “aging infrastructure.” Check it out here: http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/02/15/infrastructure-rhetoric-is-a-bridge-to-nowhere/

By: Georgia Lobb Here’s a recap of exactly how different MTA stations dealt with Nemo-related issues caused by snow, as documented by the MTA’s Flickr. New Haven:  This is a photo chat shows a switch heater at work, which is an apparatus that ensures that trains can move easily and smooth from one track to […]

Last week, the Malloy administration’s budget proposal came under fire from transportation advocates for proposing to raise bus fares, cut portions of the rail budget, put more expenses on the state’s credit card and raid $75 million from the Special Transportation Fund to plug the state’s budget hole. That was before the blizzard. Now, as […]

Photo Courtesy of International Business Times By: Georgia Lobb I was surprised to find my roommate home early from her internship in NYC when I got home last night, so I asked her why she got off early. “The train times are still funky cause of all this Nemo stuff!” She said. “They let me […]

The controversy over the University of Connecticut’s proposals to quench its thirst shows that water isn’t just the Southwestern states’ problem anymore. The Northeast has often been seen as a water-rich part of the country and, in fact, the amount of rainfall in Connecticut has actually increased slightly in the last century. But weather patterns […]

So here’s what’s happening. Connecticut Transit buses will start shutting down service at 4 p.m. By 6 p.m. they’ll be completely suspended until further notice. (CT Transit buses cover New Haven, Hartford, New Britain, Stamford, Waterbury, Meriden, Bristol, and Wallingford.) Metro-North is totally changing its afternoon schedule. See details here: http://mta.info/supplemental/mnr/mnr_weather_info.html. You should really pay […]