The tractor trailer travel ban is being implemented in coordination with neighboring states that are also anticipating severe conditions. Continue Reading →
Lamont Announces Tractor Trailer Ban due to Severe Winter Storm
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Greenwich Bicycle Task Force Suggests Areas for Funding in FY23 Budget
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Community representatives on Greenwich Bicycle Task Force recommended measures to enhance bicycle access and safety. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Transportation, bicycle, bike safety, Bob DeAngelo, Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, Ernst Schirmer, First Selectman's Bicycle Task Force
TALKING TRANSPORTATION: Night Trains
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“The Night Owl” service resumed last year from Boston to Washington, minus the NYC sleeper’s pick-up and drop-off. There was only one sleeping car and it wasn’t cheap: $284 for a roomette, $376 for a bedroom, one way. Alas, the Amtrak timetable now says that train has been cancelled for the moment due to COVID, but it may come back. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Transportation, Jim Cameron, Night Trains, Talking Transportation
Governor Launches CTpass, Offering Organizations Group Rates to Access Public Transportation
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The program was first proposed by Governor Lamont in early 2021 as part of his ongoing efforts to support the workforce development and job growth needs of the state Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Transportation, CT Dept of Transportation, CTpass, Ned Lamont
Greenwich Schools Closed Friday, Town Hall to Open at 10:00am Due to Snow Storm
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Four to six inches of snow are expected to create hazardous road conditions for the Friday morning commute. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Transportation, Weather, Greenwich Schools, National Weather Service, State Buildings, Town Hall, Winter Weather Advisory
TALKING TRANSPORTATION: Meet Traffic Reporter Tom Kaminski
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For 34 years Tom Kaminski has been a traffic reporter for WCBS 880 radio, heading a team of producers, spotters and tipsters covering traffic and transit from his vantage point 1500 feet above the city in the station’s Bell 206 helicopter. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Transportation, Weather, Jim Cameron, Talking Transportation, WCBS
Up to the Minute Greenwich Property Transfers, Dec 2-3, 2021
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15 East Elm Street from RSES LLC to 15 East Elm LLC on Dec 3, 2021 for $3,500,000 Continue Reading →
Filed under: Real Estate, Transportation
Greenwich Schools Appoints Transportation Manager, Effective Immediately
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Reynoso replaces Vicki Gregg. He has held multiple positions at STA including bus driver, dispatcher, and bus safety instructor. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Transportation, Student Transportation of America
Piccininno: Transportation Columnist Gets It Wrong on I95 Noise Barriers
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“People don’t choose to live by noise, most of the time it is an economic necessity.” – Greg Piccininno, president of stop95nois Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Transportation, Greg Piccininno, Jim Cameron, noise barriers, Talking Transportation
TALKING TRANSPORTATION: Solution to highway noise is not to create a walled canyon paid for by others
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By Jim Cameron
Building and maintaining our highways is expensive. But here’s a quiz question: on interstates 95 and 84, what costs a half-million dollars a mile to construct? The answer: sound barriers. Why are we spending that kind of money to surround our interstate highways simply to protect the peace and quiet of their immediate neighbors? Living that close to a highway built in the 1950s comes with the twin costs of increased noise and air pollution along with the benefits of proximity to the highways. Continue Reading →