Five days after a spill estimated at thousands of gallons of a black, oily substance was seen in the water at Stamford Harbor, officials are still scratching their heads at what it could be and where it may have come from. “The material doesn’t seem to be anything that we can easily trace to a […]
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Making commuters “insiders”
Have you ever missed your train because you didn’t know what platform it would be arriving on? I have – and it’s infuriating. It’s happened to me more than once in New Haven, where the train to Grand Central usually leaves from track 14 – but not always. At Penn Station – one of the […]
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When’s my next train? Some ways to find out…
Yesterday, I promised you some tools you can use to find out when your next train will leave the station. Here’s my list: CooCoo – Metro-North tells me CooCoo developers are the only ones that get real-time information about trains straight from the MTA. So it’ll tell you when your train will actually be arriving, […]
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From bullhorns to apps
You’re running late this morning and only have 30 seconds to catch your train. You nervously check your watch as you quickstep down the pedestrian tunnel and arrive out of breath and sweaty at the Metro North platform. You expect your train to pull up any second, but wind up standing there for another 10 […]
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Introducing Rant & Rail
I’m fed up with driving. I’m fed up with congestion, with traffic lights, with jaywalkers, with gas prices.
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Stamford officials, commuters will have some input in state overhaul of parking
Two weeks ago, Gov. Dannel Malloy and Transportation Commissioner Jim Redeker promised to create an “advisory panel” to help the state decide which developer should receive $35 million in public money to replace a parking garage at the Stamford train station. Thursday, they announced the five members of the panel, and some names are sure […]
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Obsitnik: a moderate first-timer who sometimes bucks fellow Republicans
Stamford — As she filed out of Steve Obsitnik’s speech last week at the Edgehill Health Center, Susan Miller wondered aloud, “He’s a Republican, right?” Maybe that’s not the tag line Obsitnik had in mind in his bid for the 4th Congressional District seat against Democratic incumbent Jim Himes — but it may work, at […]
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From bullhorns to apps
Freedom. It’s what Americans love about their cars. You can hop into and out of your car whenever you want; there’s no schedule to follow, no driver to wait for. And that’s a major hurdle for the increasing numbers of drivers who are switching to public transit. The first challenge: How do I figure out […]
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Severe weather’s effects on infrastructure worry public transit agencies
As public transit ridership hits all-time highs, agencies are worried about the effects of erratic weather patterns and the increasing number of extreme weather events on an aging transit infrastructure. The nasty system of storms that ripped through Connecticut two weeks ago is a perfect example. Metro-North trains on the New Haven Line began sliding […]
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Responding to commuters, Malloy and DOT create ‘advisory panel’ for garage
Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce in his hometown of Stamford yesterday, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced that the state Department of Transportation would form an “advisory panel” to counsel the agency on plans to replace an aging parking garage at the city’s train station, the state’s busiest. “The goal of this project is to provide the […]
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As government funding dwindles, so may public disclosure
As Connecticut struggles to maintain and upgrade its aging infrastructure, residents may be faced with a choice: * To pay less for expensive public works projects, and know very little about who’s building them or what they will look like; * Or, to know more about how they’re being built and who’s building them, but […]
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Rant & Rail
I’m fed up with driving. I’m fed up with congestion, with traffic lights, with jaywalkers, with gas prices. So on this page, I’ll be chronicling my experiences using anything but a car to get from here to there. I’ll try to get myself to the train or bus station; then I’ll try to read the […]
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Introducing Rant & Rail
I’m fed up with driving. I’m fed up with congestion, with traffic lights, with jaywalkers, with gas prices. So on this page, I’ll be chronicling my experiences using anything but a car to get from here to there. I’ll try to get myself to the train or bus station; then I’ll try to read […]
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DOT’s $35 million secret — (shhhh… it’s a parking garage)
Stamford is soon to get a $35 million overhaul of parking at its train station, but city officials and residents have virtually no idea of what’s coming — and they’re unlikely to get it anytime soon. “The process is a confidential one,” said James Redeker, commissioner of the state Department of Transportation (DOT), which owns […]
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Stamford commuters tell DOT head: Let us in on plans for new parking garage
Stamford — Dogged by criticism of the secrecy of his plans to spend $35 million replacing a dilapidated parking garage at the Stamford train station, state Transportation Commissioner James Redeker told the more than 50 people attending a public hearing Thursday night, “We want to hear from you.” What he heard was an overwhelming message […]
