Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Connecticut

Parking Craters Aren’t Just Ugly, They’re a Cancer on Your City’s Downtown

By Payton Chung | Apr 10, 2014 | 12 Comments

Streetsblog’s Parking Madness competition has highlighted the blight that results when large surface parking lots take over a city’s downtown. Even though Rochester, winner of 2014’s Golden Crater, certainly gains bragging rights, all of the competitors have something to worry about: Cumulatively, the past 50 years of building parking have had a debilitating effect on America’s downtowns. […]

Greener Housing and Transportation Coming to Central Connecticut

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2014 | No Comments

Central Connecticut and its biggest cities, New Haven and Hartford, have never been known for strong transit, at least not compared with the parts of the state closer to New York. Amtrak service between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, Massachusetts, has always operated sporadically and never been regular enough for commuting. But that is about to change. The […]

Guerrilla Crosswalk Turns Into Total Overhaul of New Haven Intersection

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 27, 2013 | 3 Comments

Some New Haven residents were fed up with a dangerous intersection near Yale University, where repeated requests for a crosswalk had gone ignored. So one night last May, they painted a zebra-striped crosswalk on Whitney Avenue near Audubon Street. But public officials worried pedestrians wouldn’t be visible to motorists cresting a rise right before the […]

Connecticut Borrowing for Road Expansion Like There’s No Tomorrow

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 30, 2013 | 6 Comments

Looks like Connecticut still has’t extricated itself from the “growth ponzi scheme” — you know, gambling on a few road widenings while the bulk of its existing assets slide into disrepair. According to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Connecticut recently approved a $537 million spending package for transportation. And while the spending plan includes some good […]

When Livability Projects Meet Eisenhower-Era Design Standards [Updated]

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

Tearing down highways, as New Haven, Connecticut is planning to do to a short section of Route 34, is a rare (though increasingly sought after) outcome in American transportation policy. Some highway removals are unintended consequences of neglect or disaster, like the collapse of New York’s Miller Highway and the damage caused to San Francisco’s […]

Advocates Defend New Haven’s “Downtown Crossing” Highway Removal Plan

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2012 | 6 Comments

Earlier this week we ran a story about why local livable streets advocates with the New Haven Urban Design League are disappointed with the city’s decision to replace a section of grade-separated highway with a plan that remains, on balance, car-centric. We soon heard from teardown proponents who remain supportive of the project. While acknowledging its shortcomings, […]

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