by and | Jun 21, 2023 12:39 pm | Comments (19)
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City climate czar Steve Winter: e-bikes are a "big step to fill gaps in our transit system"
Eco-minded New Haveners looking to get out of their cars and onto two battery-assisted wheels will soon be able to apply for up to $1,500 in state-subsidized vouchers to help cover the costs of purchasing a new electric bicycle.
by | Jun 18, 2023 9:59 am | Comments (4)
A 36-year-old man lost his life in the latest crash on New Haven’s “Death Boulevard.”
by | Jun 16, 2023 11:29 am | Comments (20)
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State Rep. Roland Lemar on the legislature floor the day the camera bill passed.
Roland Lemar earned the right to take a victory lap this week. As long as he remains sober and below the speed limit.
Continue reading ‘How Lemar Prevailed In 12-Year Controversial Camera Quest’
by | Jun 15, 2023 11:57 am | Comments (4)
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NHPS COO Thomas Lamb: "Busing prices have increased."
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A one-year, $30.7 million school bus contract that is set to start in less than a month took another wheel-spin forward — even as local legislators criticized school board members for putting them in an unfairly tight spot.
by and | Jun 14, 2023 10:00 am | Comments (11)
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Driver Noel: It'll help.
Surveillance video will capture not just what rowdy bus riders do, but what they say, starting next month.
by | Jun 13, 2023 9:04 am | Comments (1)
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Martin Chamberlin, Amanda Levi, and Sai work to fix Sai's bike's busted brakes.
Crouched over a broken bike trading wrenches and conversation, two Bradley Street Bicycle Co-Op volunteers helped a library-visiting Hill teenager fix his two-wheeler — and taught him how to make his own repairs the next time his brakes and wheels are busted.
Continue reading ‘Busted Bike Brakes Made Better At The Library’
by | Jun 12, 2023 1:34 pm | Comments (0)
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First Student school bus contract on tap for a one-year extension.
The Board of Education signed off on a $30 million temporary fix to make sure that public school students have busing this summer and next school year.
by | Jun 8, 2023 1:53 pm | Comments (17)
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Micromobile mayoral candidate Liam Brennan, who led the pack with an 88 score on his "safe streets" report card.
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If the latest round of mayoral competition is any guide, New Haven has come quite a distance from the days when the mayor’s aides talked him into ditching a Lincoln Navigator SUV for a Prius and photo-op bike rides.
Continue reading ‘Biking Brennan Breaks From Micromobile Pack’
by | Jun 8, 2023 12:46 pm | Comments (6)
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City Chief Structural Engineer Zach Shapiro: Bridge under repair, should be open soon.
A damaged “end wedge” has shut down the Grand Avenue Bridge to car travel for nearly a week — with repairs in the works, and city officials hoping the recently renovated Quinnipiac River crossing should open back up to vehicles later on Thursday.
Update: The bridge is now back open to car traffic, as pictured below at around 6 p.m. Thursday.
by | Jun 8, 2023 10:32 am | Comments (1)
A 41-year-old New Havener named Jose Rodriguez lost his life in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night.
by | Jun 6, 2023 3:44 pm | Comments (17)
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Micro-transit pilot plans, with proposed service area in brown.
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Transit director Aysola: "Always a challenge to move people away from driving their cars."
(Updated) Imagine a city-run Uber equivalent that provides on-demand electric van rides for the same amount it costs to ride the bus.
But only within certain neighborhoods of New Haven. And only if the seven-seat vans are full of passengers looking for a more climate-friendly alternative to single-occupant cars.
by | Jun 2, 2023 9:13 am | Comments (5)
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Nector Santos at the head of the Clinton Ave bike-club-graduation pack.
If you genuinely want to grow bicycle culture in New Haven, start with the kids. And, specifically, all the kids, by making cycling a regular part of the physical education curriculum in the public schools. And just to be sure, carry it over into after-school cycling clubs as well.
by | Jun 1, 2023 11:44 am | Comments (6)
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The scene Thursday morning on Boulevard near Edgewood.
Andrew Tudesco: "People are hurt because of me."
A van driver issued an appeal for people to avoid phone distractions behind the wheel after he caused a three-vehicle crash that sent a mom and her baby to the hospital.
by | May 31, 2023 1:14 pm | Comments (19)
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Neighbors gather at Nicoll-Eagle to process the block's most recent car collision.
A car-dented fence at the corner of Nicoll and Willow.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall: the cars that race down Willow Street and crash into neighbors’ fences.
Continue reading ‘Goatville Seeks Slowdown Help After Fatal Crash’
by | May 26, 2023 2:05 pm | Comments (8)
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At Friday's presser: Alder Herrera, Mayor Elicker, public works union President David Lawlor, public works Superintendent of Streets Steve Mustakos, acting public works Director Bombero, City Engineer Zinn.
Another season of grinding up and repairing roads kicked off on Friday, as the mayor and top public works officials gathered on Edwards Street to celebrate $3 million worth of milling and paving to come.
Continue reading ‘Roads Torn Up, So They Can Be Smoothed Out Again’
by | May 25, 2023 12:39 pm | Comments (6)
A 42-year-old New Havener named Jazy White lost his life in a three-car collision on deadly Ella T. Grasso Boulevard.
by | May 24, 2023 11:51 am | Comments (12)
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John Brehon in the repair section of Devil's Gear.
The storefront at 845 Chapel St. offers a glimpse into New Haven’s past and future.
by | May 23, 2023 3:36 pm | Comments (30)
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Church near Elm: One-way, but not for long?
The downtown one-way streets covered by this latest traffic study (in yellow).
A City Hall-adjacent stretch of Church Street could see cars driving both north and south — intentionally, and legally — in the not-too-distant future, as the Elicker administration prepares to act on one decade-old two-way-street conversion plan at the same time that it undertakes yet another study targeting rapid-fire downtown one-way streets.
by | May 19, 2023 3:32 pm | Comments (32)
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Doug Hausladen: “At the end of the day, without any houses for people to go to, nothing is changing.”
With more and more people arriving at Union Station not to catch a train but in search of shelter, the transit hub’s management is working on ways to redirect people to the right resources — while questioning how much change they can create in the face of a fundamental housing shortage.
Continue reading ‘Parking Chief: Homelessness At Union Station Is A Housing Problem’
by | May 19, 2023 3:30 pm | Comments (38)
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Abdussabur and Fernandez shake hands before the ambulance heads out.
Shafiq Abdussabur pulled up to Union Station to make his latest campaign pitch — and found himself calling an ambulance for a man seeking shelter inside the train stop rather than crusading for votes.
by | May 17, 2023 3:20 pm | Comments (13)
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Building out four new speed tables on Sargent Dr.
Sargent Drive speeders will have a bit bumpier of a time flooring it across Long Wharf, thanks to four new city-built speed tables designed to deter drag racing.
Continue reading ‘Drag Racers Beware! 4 Speed Tables Built On Sargent’
by | May 11, 2023 9:08 am | Comments (13)
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Will NHPS pick up or drop off new First Student bus contract?
New NHPS Director of Transportation LaShell Rountree.
The city’s school district has a new transportation director — but may soon be without a school bus provider, as the Board of Education failed to agree on what should happen next after First Student’s current contract ends on June 30.
by | Apr 26, 2023 8:53 am | Comments (3)
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At the 2019 ride.
Fifteen years later, it’s fair to say that “Rock to Rock” is a New Haven institution, along with the movements that birthed it.
by | Apr 20, 2023 3:23 pm | Comments (5)
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The not-yet-opened canal trail, viewed from Whitney south of Audubon.
Concrete has been poured and hard-hatted construction workers are busy on site, but the final downtown stretch of New Haven’s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail won’t be done until the fall — thanks to a mandatory break to accommodate summer camps in an adjacent park.
Continue reading ‘Canal Construction Finish Pushed To The Fall’
by | Apr 17, 2023 1:32 pm | Comments (6)
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Ray Shaw: No parking meters needed during Chapel construction closure.
Closed eastbound lanes on Chapel at Church.
Ray Shaw hustled out of the rain and back towards his city transit department van after turning off the parking meters on an eastbound block of Chapel Street that will be closed to car-and-foot traffic for the next 16 months to make way for the construction of 166 new downtown apartments.
Continue reading ‘Construction Boom Shutters Chapel Lanes, Sidewalk For 16 Months’
