BRIDGEPORT — In their last debate before next Tuesday’s elections, 4th District Democratic Congressman Jim Himes and his Republican challenger, Steve Obsitnik, repeated the same messages they have throughout the campaign, and — as in past debates — struggled to define their differences. “I agree with Mr. Obsitnik on this point,” was a phrase uttered […]
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When the trains stopped: The Odyssey from New Haven to New York City
Stamford was the only destination for New Haven Line commuters from Manhattan last Thursday. (All photos by Dru Nadler) Tens of thousands of Connecticut commuters breathed collective sighs of relief late Thursday when Gov. Dannel Malloy announced they could take the train all the way from New Haven to New York and back again last […]
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Flood!
The street outside Union Station was completely flooded during a rainstorm earlier this year. (Photo by Melissa Bailey/New Haven Independent) New Haven Union Station is apparently a low-lying area that is very prone to flooding. Metro-North is aware of this and they’ve secured a lot of their equipment…still, should be interesting to see what happens […]
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Can you get to NYC yet? Sort of…
Transportation is still choked, and will be throughout the tri-state area, for some time to come. But for those who commute from Stamford to New York or back, some good news awaits: Metro-North will resume service between Stamford and Manhattan on the New Haven Line starting Thursday morning at 4:43 a.m. That’ll be a big […]
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Malloy waives fares on limited Metro-North access to NYC
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had some good news for Stamford-New York commuters on Wednesday: Metro-North will resume service between Stamford and Manhattan on the New Haven Line starting Thursday at 4:43 a.m. About half of New Haven line commuters shuttle between the cities on a daily basis. Service will be […]
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Transpo Updates: Hurricane Sandy, Day 2
Boat washed ashore onto the tracks at thie Metro-North station on the Hudson Line. (photo from MTA) This image from the Hoboken PATH train station in New Jersey reverberated across the Twitterverse last night. Governor Dannel Malloy has lifted the state’s travel ban. But it looks like it could be a while before any of […]
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Along the shore: Assessing damages, and mopping up
While towns across the shoreline are dealing with significant damage that may take weeks to repair fully, emergency officials agreed across-the-board that things could have been far worse. Before the noon high tide Tuesday, shoreline areas in East Haven and Branford that were hit hardest by Tropical Storm Irene got a daylight look at damage […]
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Transpo Updates: Hurricane Sandy
State officials are making themselves very clear: People shouldn’t drive today. If you must drive at the moment, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has a helpful box on its web site showing traffic accidents. Find it here: http://ct.gov/dot/site/default.asp. There are already a TON of accidents reported, and DOT already appears to be clearing debris off […]
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Preparing for the Frankenstorm, Snoreastercane…whatever you want to call it
Tracks at a Metro-North station were flooded after Tropical Storm Irene last year. Now that the apocalypse is nearly upon us, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has decided to suspend bus, rail, and subway service beginning today at 7 p.m. That means anyone in New York planning to travel back to Connecticut should get on the […]
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Long Island Sound could be in trouble during storm
As Connecticut braces for the possibility of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall here early next week, environmental officials worry that the state’s already overtaxed sewage treatment systems could find themselves in deep trouble. During last year’s October snowstorms and Tropical Storm Irene, hundreds of millions of gallons of partially-treated or raw sewage ended up in Long Island […]
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When buying tickets is much harder than it should be
By Megan Forbes The ticket vending machine at the Fairfield Metro-North train station takes forever to use. I actually leave early for my train because I know that something is probably going to go wrong when I purchase my round-trip, off-peak ticket to Grand Central. Sometimes my debit card doesn’t read in the scanner, or […]
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Wouldn’t it be nice if….Part II
Last week, I made a short wish list of all the cool things other transit systems do to keep commuters informed about when the next train gets to the station. Today we’re talking ticket-buying, with the help of Fairfield County News Desk intern Megan Forbes. My TrainTicket: The UK recently launched this ticket-purchasing system. Commuters […]
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About buying tickets — or proving you did
OK, so you’ve made it to the train station with two minutes to spare. That’s enough time, right? Not if you haven’t bought your ticket. First, you’ve got to bee-line over to those ticket vending machines. (I can’t tell you how many times my train has left the station as I’m punching in “one way…New […]
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Wouldn’t it be nice if….
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had these? We’ve been focusing this week on how rail agencies are trying to keep commuters better informed about their schedules and trains. The Mirror’s Fairfield County news intern Megan Forbes did a little research on how this is done around the country and around the world… and found […]
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Himes, Obsitnik struggle to demonstrate their political differences
Updated Friday, Oct. 19, 2:19 p.m. Norwalk — Conversation was fast-paced and lively Thursday in the second debate between the candidates for Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District seat -– but Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Republican challenger Steve Obsitnik struggled to articulate their differences. Unlike at last week’s debate, which focused on foreign policy, panelists […]
