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Apparently someone at the Courant would like to see the state’s freeways re-tolled. This editorial appeared over the weekend: State Rep. Tony Guerrera, D- Rocky Hill, is the latest among Connecticut lawmakers to propose restoring tolls to finance the repair and maintenance of the state’s aging highway infrastructure. We agree with Mr. Guerrera that a new revenue [...] 
A bit of New England-ism, courtesy of failblog:
Seen in the Courant: Welcome to Connecticut. That’ll be $3, please. Leaving? OK, just pay another $3. That’s the future for motorists on highways crossing into Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York if state Rep. Tony Guerrera, D-Rocky Hill, wins his campaign to restore tolls in the state. Guerrera wants Connecticut to install high-tech tolls at seven key [...] 
Seen at Autopia: The Dutch government wants to abolish ownership and sales taxes on automobiles and instead levy a fee on every kilometer driven. The Transport Ministry says the move will cut congestion in half and curb carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent. Motorists driving a typical sedan would pay 3 Euro cents per kilometer, or about [...] 
I’ve been a little bit grumpy for the past few days, after getting word that my local office is moving in a few months, and my commute will go from being a leisurely drive on back roads to a grind on nasty freeway traffic. However, at least I shouldn’t have to face the sort of nastiness [...] 
So, those of you in Connecticut with Long Island Sound, Greenways, or similar “special” license plates – remember how the surcharge for the prettier tags were supposed to be used for Sound preservation, greenways (un)development, etc.? That might not be happening. From the Stamford Advocate: Sixteen years after motorists began paying premiums for special "Preserve the [...] 
It’s been far too long since I made a roadgeek post here. Thanks to the Wall Street Journal, I can remedy that omission. Thanks to Samoa, for the first time in a few decades, we’re going to see a country change which side of the road people drive on: Samoa is about to become what’s [...] 
Two articles from different sources, reporting on different parts of the country Seen in the Boston Herald: Pike officials, under fire for approving a hefty toll hike scheduled to take effect July 1, faced more heat yesterday after the Herald reported that there was a 23 percent increase in speeding tickets on the Pike during the first [...] 
For those of you who are so inclined, it seems that the New York Times has a fascinating, if sad, interactive map online, showing the foreclosure rates by census tract in its primary market for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Given prior public debate about setting up photo radar on Avon Mountain and on I-95, as well as West Hartford’s ‘warnings only’ photo radar… well, given the tightness of the budget and congestion on Connecticut highways, it’s not surprising that some photo traffic enforcement measure would have some traction in the Connecticut legislature this session. [...] |
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