Connecticut began a fare-free bus program for riders on April 1 — along with the state’s gas tax holiday. Here’s what the numbers show.
Tom Condon
Tom writes about urban and regional issues for CT Mirror, including planning, transportation, land use, development and historic preservation. These were among his areas of interest in a 45-year career as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer for The Hartford Courant. Tom has won dozens of journalism and civic awards, and was elected to the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2016. He is a native of New London, a graduate of The University of Notre Dame and the University of Connecticut School of Law, and is a Vietnam veteran.
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CT has spent over 20 years trying to improve police conduct. Is it working?
The state is trying to address police officers’ conduct by requiring body cams and tracking excessive use of force and racial disparities in policing.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Deer Lake likely to be preserved as sale to nonprofit nears closing
Pathfinders, Inc., signed an agreement to buy the property from the Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council for $4.75 million.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Deal near to preserve Deer Lake in Killingworth as open space
The Boy Scouts’ Connecticut Yankee Council is finalizing a deal to sell the property to nonprofit Pathfinders, Inc., which would preserve it.
Posted inTransportation
CT Transit bus ridership is recovering, in part because of free fares
CT Transit bus ridership is recovering to pre-pandemic levels, and free fares are believed to be a key reason why. But challenges persist.
Posted inTransportation
More aboard! State rail ridership is coming back as pandemic wanes
Despite the continuing pandemic, riders are returning to Metro-North trains. The state is trying to get them a faster ride.
Posted inEconomic Development
Deer Lake: Another round in the battle between conservation and sprawl
Attempts to preserve a Killingworth Boy Scout reservation offer a window into the state’s hit-or-miss pattern of open space conservation.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
With trash plant closing, CT rethinks waste policy
With the Hartford trash-to-energy plant closing, the state is moving to reduce the waste stream with new technologies.
Posted inCities & Towns
Is CT embracing more regionalism? And 19 other questions for Lyle Wray
The retiring head of the Capitol Region Council of Governments talks about the potential of regionalism with CT Mirror’s Tom Condon.
Posted inGovernment
CT welcomes Afghan evacuees with open arms — and driver’s licenses
More than 700 Afghans have come to CT since September, more than double the original target, thanks to partnerships and public support.
Posted inJustice
CT film icon Fredric March tarred by tenuous tie to the Ku Klux Klan
March’s name was removed from two theaters because he belonged to a Ku Klux Klan honor society in 1919. But that’s hardly the whole story.
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After a poor start, CT’s anti-racial profiling effort is making progress
CT’s efforts to address racial profiling by police have improved, and new legislation could soon change how police approach traffic stops.
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Best of 2021: It has been slow to arrive, but high speed rail could be coming
A high-speed rail concept has been germinating, one that would go inland through Connecticut instead of along the shoreline.
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Best of 2021: There’s a new plan for realigning Hartford’s highways. Is the third time the charm?
The plan would remove the I-84/I-91 interchange downtown and cap I-91 with a new road, expanding river access.
Posted inCities & Towns
Relics of CT history with a new twist: ‘County Equivalents’
Connecticut’s planning regions, or councils of government, could soon become “county equivalents” for data-collection purposes.