Where We Live: Transportation and Jobs
A Boondoggle Operation?
Nearly 30 million trips are made every day using public transit, mostly in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas. And the main destination of these millions of commuters is, not surprisingly, work. So a new Brookings report surveyed public transit in 100 cities in the U.S. including Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford, to see just how effective public transit is in getting people to their jobs every day.
Today, we’ll use this study as the jumping off point for a conversation about two big projects coming down the road or the rail -- the New Britain to Hartford busway, and the Springfield to New Haven high speed rail line.
Tom Condon, place editor of the Hartford Courant, joins us. And we’ll check in with Serri Graslie who has been reporting on towns on the rail line to see how they’re getting ready for new trains. And we'll hear about the so-called "Boondoggle" busway from a skeptical Kevin Rennie.
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Great show this morning! I LOVE public transportation. When I worked in Hartford, the bus ride was often the highlight of my day -- gear up for work in the morning, unwind on the way home, all the while passing the gridlock from the HOV lane. I took the bus because I'm "cheap & lazy"; i.e., a monthly bus pass was cheaper than a monthly parking permit, never mind the cost and nuisance factor of driving into downtown.
Couple of comments -- there IS an express bus from Enfield, although the bus fare was cheaper and the parking better if you used the Windsor Locks commuter lot instead of Enfield. Sen. John Kissel of Enfield tried to open up the HOV lanes at rush hour to ease traffic, so we can see where HIS views of public transit lie.
There are few people who use PT at the Aetna because Aetna might be the last bastion of free parking downtown, so where's the incentive?
As to the busway -- I'm waiting for a Bloomfield/Windsor busway....which has also been talked about by CRCOG.
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