nothin You Mean You Don’t Have Great Bus Service? | New Haven Independent

You Mean You Don’t Have Great Bus Service?

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Malloy in New Haven THursday.

It was news to him. But he said he’d take a look.

That was the reaction of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to calls from the Harp administration’s new transit chief for the state to turbo-charge its lumbering CT Transit bus service.

After an unrelated New Haven news conference Thursday on school safety, Malloy was asked to respond to two ideas recently put forward by the new city transit chief, Doug Hausladen, who officially starts his new job on Feb. 1.

When Hausladen was officialy named to the post on Monday, he made a pitch to the state to put GPS devices on all buses, then create an app for riders to keep track of where they are — the way Yale does with its shuttle.

I’d have no reason not to support it,” said the governor.

He said GPS technology is already being incorporated in the planning for $567 million New Britain-Hartford Busway.

Hausladen also bemoaned the sketchy bus service in New Haven, which gradually slows down to nearly non-existent beginning part-way through evening rush hour into the night. He called for more evening bus runs. Workers who leave the job after 5:30 or 6, or people who dine out or go to night-time events in the city, have sparse service to rely on.

I am not familiar with New Haven bus routes,” Malloy responded when asked about that request. Don’t know enough detail. As a mayor [in Stamford] I appreciate how important buses are. I’ll certainly have the commissioner look into it.”

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