Tweed Moves To Provide More Parking, & More Sleep

“ While the current shuttle is available only to people who also park at the station, the system will be expanded in the coming weeks to also allow for Tweed travelers who take a train to Union Station to also use the free shuttle.”

• Good news for Union Station train riders and drivers who park there, but the shuttle should also include CT Transit bus riders and besides Union Station, should include the State St Shoreline East train riders. This would take lots of private vehicles off our highways and streets, reduce street and parking congestion and would make the neighborhoods surrounding the airport quieter and the air cleaner from the reduced traffic.

A great plan to add parking spaces and the free shuttle is good for travelers with luggage.

I thought it would be an actual bus.. (basically something similar to the "Union Station Shuttle.") ..but yeah, I do think that there should be more stops for the shuttle than just to Union Station.

State Street Station should definitely be included, and perhaps also the NHV-Green just so that the shuttle would be able to make a complete loop around Downtown before heading back to the airport.

I would think between the parking at the airport and the train station it would be rather helpful towards there being a lot less traffic on the highways and roads, but then again I could be wrong...

91 and 95 are two major interstates that drivers often use to get from one place to another either by going to New Haven or elsewhere to where they would have to likely pass through New Haven.

But hopefully for the city in general it would be a big step forward towards reducing congestion for the better..

Making the shuttle available to people who are not parking at the airport makes sense. But I suspect it will have a very modest impact on traffic in the neighborhood, particularly with regard to passengers traveling with bags or young children.

Having the shuttle stop at State Street would make it more convenient for me and others who live in or near downtown. But it would also increase the trip length by about 50%. It would add a couple of minutes on each leg of the trip, plus a couple minutes at State Street dropping off and picking up passengers.

The original flights were limited to 7 am to 10 pm. Tweed pretends to concede what was already in force when they defied the rules. The decibel level was also in place. Has that also been eliminated? At least tell the truth, media, that these entities are circumventing and flaunting the rules with impunity because the powers that be say it is OK.

Notice most of them have brown shoes on?

This was a public hearing at which the public presented their issues and their data, but the report in the NHI reads more like a press release for Tweed. Compare this to the Register's coverage which focused on the issues raised by the actual residents.
It's fall down laughing time when a $10 a day parking charge is touted as a plus.
I recently paid $75 for valet parking near Bradley, that included a shuttle to and from the airport, for 2 weeks for $75. That's a little over $5 a day and at a superior facility.
Avelo is desperate to fill its seats and is offering cheapo fares, but as the NHI's 2 recent travelers to Nashville revealed, there is a charge for every conceivable "extra".
The fact is most of us don't want the increased noise, pollution and degradation of a wetland area.

[Paul: Thanks for the comment. Sadly we did not cover the event you're referencing. I wish we had! The Register story covered a different, community event. Our story was about a press announcement.]

Elicker and Scanlon continue to gaslight New Haven taxpayers. The original agreement was no flights between 10pm and 7am. We are so grateful that you negotiated to make it better for you constituents by giving us less quiet time, unreal. We are not stupid, just stop it.

@Patricia Kane, "there is a charge for every conceivable "extra". All low fare have the same charges, it allows flyers to pick their own ticket price. Even the major airlines charge for baggage, aisle seats, exit rows, etc.
"The fact is most of us don't want the increased noise, pollution and degradation of a wetland area." The fact is you and the few do not constitute "most of us" but the flying public does.
The vast majority have voted for Tweed with their wallets.

To expand on Three-Fifths observation, they are also all guys. In my experience, the vast majority of transportation policy-makers are men, and most are white. (I staffed the legislature’s Transportation Committee for 10 years.) Some of my best friends are white men. But we don’t constitute the universe of travelers.

Steve, Patricia is right that most of us don’t want increased noise, pollution, or degraded wetlands. Patricia, Steve is right that most of us enjoy having cheaper transportation options. There was no referendum on the Tweed deal. Had there been one, I have no idea how it would have gone.

@Kevin McCarthy, The RR station is a well known site and I don't know the number of spaces it offers, but a good step forward. The streets leading to Tweed, Fort Hale rd, Hall street and others should be marked with signs, "for local residents street parking only" and "cars will be towed and fined". Residents on those streets should have stickers showing they live on these streets.

Kevin McCarthy
Jun 30, 2022 8:47 pm

To expand on Three-Fifths observation, they are also all guys.

I was trying to figure out why Mayor Justin Elicker always wears Brown Shoes.A Professor friend of mine who teach at NYU told me when you see politicians in brown shoes.They idolize President Ronald Reagan who wore brown shoes and brown suits.

Steve, Union or State Street?

There is a procedure for creating neighborhood parking zones. An aldermanic committee will vote on creating one on Mill River Street on July 7. The affected Tweed neighbors may want to contact their alder.

Kevin McCarthy "There was no referendum on the Tweed deal. Had there been one, I have no idea how it would have gone." Judging by the passenger numbers, it would have been a landslide in favor of Tweed. It's hard for a few to realize but so far Avelo has been a solid success. Airline business web sites have all raved about the instant success Avelo has been at Tweed. If there's one thing that stays the same, it's change. Tweed has found it's niche.