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Stories about traveling into, out of, or around Connecticut via Metro North and other trains, Tweed and Bradley airports, state highways and more.
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CT needs federal transportation money, but spending it could be the challenge

Avatar photo by Erica E. Phillips August 25, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:59 am

The Department of Transportation expects to lose key employees soon, and CT has had persistent problems funding its transportation needs. 

Posted inTransportation

Tweed-Florida flights planned; Decision delayed on $5M airport renovation

by Thomas Breen | New Haven Independent August 21, 2021 @ 8:00 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:58 am

Tweed New Haven Airport unveiled plans to add parking and renovate existing buildings into separate spaces for departures and arrivals.

Posted inTransportation

Congress is poised to make a major investment in rail. Is it enough for CT?

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas August 4, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 3, 2022 @ 4:07 pm

The coalition behind the bipartisan infrastructure bill is fragile, and the money it promises rail is both historic and inadequate.

Posted inTransportation

Photos: Scenes around Hartford’s Union Station

Avatar photo by Yehyun Kim July 23, 2021 @ 2:41 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:57 am

On a pleasant summer day, people and vehicles are on the move around Hartford’s Union Station.

Posted inMoney

Though larger mileage tax is coming, truckers get a small break on diesel fuel levy

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf July 2, 2021 @ 10:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:58 am

Connecticut’s diesel fuel tax has fallen to its lowest level since 2010.

Posted inTransportation

Lamont’s transit reboot: Faster trains next year — and 2035

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas June 21, 2021 @ 7:05 pmAugust 3, 2022 @ 4:07 pm

Connecticut is promising billions in improvements to the New Haven Line, the busiest and pokiest commuter rail corridor in America.

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It looks like CT’s Transportation Climate Initiative bill is dead. Now what?

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel June 9, 2021 @ 12:15 pmAugust 23, 2022 @ 2:42 pm

The legislature’s failure to pass TCI could test the state’s leadership role in battling climate change.

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Legislature passes highway usage tax on large commercial trucks

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf June 8, 2021 @ 9:14 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:05 pm

The legislature approved a new usage tax on large commercial trucks to bolster Connecticut’s rebuild of its transportation network.

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Infrastructure overhaul should focus more on safety, advocates say

by Jenni Bergal | Stateline May 31, 2021 @ 4:59 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:59 am

Despite the pandemic, traffic fatalities are up 5% in 2020.

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Is it a plan to fight climate change, or a gas tax? The TCI is facing fierce pushback

Avatar photo by Jan Ellen Spiegel May 17, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 23, 2022 @ 2:42 pm

Connecticut is one of 14 jurisdictions signed on to the Transportation and Climate Initiative.

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Tweed New Haven airport announces $70 million expansion

by Paul Bass & Thomas Breen | New Haven Independent May 6, 2021 @ 4:56 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:54 am

The $70 million privately funded expansion will include a new four-gate, 74,000 square-foot terminal and daily service from a new airline.

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Opposed by GOP, Lamont campaigns for climate initiative

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas March 30, 2021 @ 7:23 pmAugust 3, 2022 @ 1:40 pm

In promoting the Transportation and Climate Initiative, Lamont is working to succeed where he failed two years ago on tolls.

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Lamont’s budget keeps transportation program afloat through 2026 with new truck fee

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf February 10, 2021 @ 7:05 pmAugust 3, 2022 @ 1:40 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont’s new budget would keep Connecticut’s transportation program solvent through 2026 with a new fee on trucks.

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It has been slow to arrive, but high speed rail could be coming

Avatar photo by Tom Condon February 2, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:46 am

A high-speed rail concept has been germinating, one that would go inland through Connecticut instead of along the shoreline.

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Funding to fix CT’s roads and bridges is drying up, and officials don’t have a solution

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Kasturi Pananjady January 15, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 1, 2022 @ 1:19 pm

Connecticut’s transportation building program is on a financial diet after a five-year ramp-up after lawmakers rejected tolls.

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