Amtrak changed the boilerplate language on its tickets to prevent passengers from suing the company in court.
Transportation
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’s wealth inequality remains a looming obstacle to tolling cars
While many issues killed Gov. Ned Lamont’s plan to toll passenger cars, fears about the impact it would have on the poor weighed heavily on some lawmakers.
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Top Democrats unite behind Lamont on truck tolls
Senate Democrats unequivocally backed the governor for the first time on transportation funding.
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Lamont, legislators to reopen transportation talks today
Legislative leaders are going to the Executive Residence today to talk to Gov. Ned Lamont about the prospects of passing a transportation financing bill in special session.
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CT Transit fix for New Haven: $15.5M, for starters
How much might it cost to fix New Haven’s broken public bus system? One study says roughly $15.5 million in capital improvements and another $7.7 million in annual operating funds would go a long way towards crafting a more frequent, reliable, and rational local transportation system.
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Wooden: Spending reserves would weaken investor confidence in CT
Spending state budget reserves to bolster transportation could undermine Connecticut’s readiness for the next recession, weaken investor confidence and increase borrowing costs, the treasurer warned.
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Some lawmakers want to raid the rainy day fund. Not so fast, analysts say.
Nonpartisan analysts reminded lawmakers Wednesday that the next recession could be right around the corner.
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Lamont’s dedication to reserves stems from debts heaped on Malloy
Gov. Ned Lamont is looking to the past as he weighs a GOP plan to raid the rainy day fund to jumpstart the state’s cash-starved transportation program.
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House Democrats counter with trucks-only tolls
House Democrats recycled a campaign proposal made and abandoned by Gov. Ned Lamont: Trucks-only tolls.
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Senate GOP’s no-tolls alternative relies on rainy day fund
The Senate GOP alternative to tolls is creative, but requires depleting two-thirds of the state’s budget reserves.
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Lamont rebuffed on tolls by Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats effectively took highway tolls off the table Wednesday.
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Connecticut’s businessman-governor tries to make a sale
Gov. Ned Lamont celebrated getting support from major employers for CT2030. What he really needs is a half dozen state senators.
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With GOP on sidelines, Senate Dems cool to CT2030
Gov. Ned Lamont’s CT2030 plan has no champion in the Senate, but he’ll pitch them on Wednesday.
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Legislature will revisit missteps of port authority
State lawmakers will revisit the past fiscal and ethical woes of the Connecticut Port Authority next month in an effort to ensure they aren’t repeated.
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Lamont’s CT2030 has VIP support — and political challenges
The governor needs to overcome a reluctance among lawmakers to embrace an unpopular governor and his insistence that limited highway tolling is necessary in Connecticut.