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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Federal Transportation Funding
You asked if the percent of federal transportation funds coming to Connecticut has decreased in recent years and what is anticipated with the impending reauthorization of funds.
Connecticut’s share of the total federal transportation-funding program has been slowly declining, primarily due to the mature nature of the State’s system compared to growth observed in other states’; systems, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) observed that Connecticut’s share of the total federal program has been slowly declining, primarily due to the mature nature of the State’s system compared to growth observed in other states’; systems.
www.cga.ct.gov /2004/rpt/2004-R-0748.htm   (775 words)

  
 Connecticut Department of Transportation/Connecticut Transit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is in charge of 6,554 km (4,096 miles) of road across the state of Connecticut.
In total, the state of Connecticut has over 20,600 miles of streets and highways, broken down as follows: 544 miles of limited access highways, including the interstate system; 868 miles of major arterial roads, 4,950 miles of minor arterial and collector roads and 14,238 miles of local roads.
In Connecticut, Metro-North is run under a joint operating agreement between ConnDOT and the MTA, which requires all operating subsidies to be paid by the State of Connecticut.
www.transport-link.com /region/cdot.htm   (488 words)

  
 Department of Transportation
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is one of the leading transportation agencies in the nation and we are aggressively recruiting new hires to join our team.
Commissioner Ralph J. Carpenter of the Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that the DOT is initiating a new snow and ice removal program this winter season.
Wilton, ConnecticutConnecticut Department of Transportation officials have announced that the existing travel lanes will be shifted on Route 33, Ridgefield Road, west of Route 7, beginning on or about Monday, December 18, 2006.
www.ct.gov /dot/site   (604 words)

  
 Economic Development Considerations in Transportation Intro
The committee found transportation investments can have an influence on the state's economic prosperity but this effect is not factored in the Department of Transportation's current planning processes or investment decisions.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is responsible for all aspects of planning, development, maintenance, and improvement of the state transportation system.
It is estimated that 79 percent of freight in Connecticut is moved by trucks, while 2 percent is moved by rail and about 19 percent by water.
www.cga.ct.gov /pri/archives/2000edreportintro.htm   (1410 words)

  
 Transportation -- Capitol Region Council of Governments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The transportation planning program is undertaken at the direction of the Transportation Committee, with representatives from each town in the Capitol Region.
Stephen Cassano is the RPO representative to the I-91 corridor TIA and Karen Olson, a principal transportation planner at CRCOG, is the alternate.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is conducting a study of the feasibility of implementing a commuter rail service from New Haven to Springfield serving Hartford and other towns along the way.
www.crcog.org /transportation.htm   (4051 words)

  
 Department of Transportation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation.
The largest is the United States Department of Transportation, which oversees interstate travel.
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTandPF)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Department_of_Transportation   (190 words)

  
 1999 Road to Ruin Report: Connecticut Road Projects
Connecticut’s Manchester Journal Inquirer has editorialized, "Why not improve and widen the road that now exists and beef up law enforcement?" The Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Citizens for a Sensible Six, Sierra Club, Town of Coventry and others presented to the Corps a preliminary design for an upgrade alternative of the existing Route 6.
For four decades, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has been aggressively pushing for the completion of Super 7, a 19.2-mile long expressway.
Connecticut’s greatest traffic volume and congestion is on highways running east-west.
www.taxpayer.net /TCS/RoadRuin/ct.htm   (695 words)

  
 A Case Study: Connecticut Department of Transportation - An Innovative Procurement and Implementation Process
This report was prepared by staff of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Planning and Policy Analysis Division for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Operations and the U.S. DOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO).
Celeste Cashman from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services for their cooperation and for the time they spent supporting this case study.
The second contract was for the purchase and system integration of the video and data transport system, which supports the transmission of video and data from the CCTV cameras, pan-tilt-zoom controllers, VMS, and microwave vehicle detectors and includes the video switch, the video demultiplexers, and the SONET.
www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov /JPODOCS/REPTS_TE/14044.html   (4253 words)

  
 Transportation Planning
The VCOG is the Transportation Planning Agency for the Valley Planning Region, responsible for directing the transportation planning activities contained in its Unified Planning Work Program, and contracting with federal, state, and local agencies to receive and disperse planning funds to carry out planning activities contained in its work program.
The transportation planning process in the Bridgeport-Stamford Urbanized Area is carried out through cooperative relationships between area municipalities, regional planning organizations, regional transit operators, state transportation agency (Connecticut Department of Transportation), state air agency (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection), and federal transportation agencies (Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration).
The Regional Transportation Plan for the four Valley towns of Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, and Shelton is designed to meet future mobility needs and is consistent with the Regional Plan of Development, as well as municipal conservation and development plans.
www.valleycog.org /transportation.html   (558 words)

  
 Joe Lieberman, Senator from Connecticut
Information on mass transit services can be found at the Connecticut Department of Transportation Bureau of Public Transportation.
He believes that reducing congestion on Connecticut's roadways is critical to protecting the safety of Connecticut's commuters, the economic security of the state, and the quality of our environment.
In some cases, if the roadway in question is maintained by the State of Connecticut, it may be proper to contact the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) with your concerns or questions.
lieberman.senate.gov /services/center/transportation.cfm   (326 words)

  
 Vanpools and Other Alternatives
The Connecticut Department of Transportation participates in the funding and implementation of three private non-profit ridesharing agencies.
Bike to Work Capitol Region is supported by an association of agencies:Ý the Capitol Region Council of Governments, the Connecticut Bicycle Coalition, the Connecticut Departments of Transportation, Public Health, and Environmental Protection, All Aboard!, the Connecticut Chapter of the American Lung Association, and the Sierra Club--CT Chapter.
All Department of Transportation and State disclaimers and permissions apply.
www.ctrides.com /explore/ridesharing.htm   (383 words)

  
 CONNECTICUT-Rollover Simulator
The goal of the campaign was to increase seat belt and child safety seat use in Connecticut to 85 percent by the year 2000.
As part of the ongoing campaign, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, Division of Highway Safety searched for additional methods of meeting the campaign goal and reducing crash-related fatalities and injuries throughout the state.
The second Rollover Simulator was presented by the Department of Transportation to the Connecticut Chiefs of Police Association, to be shared by all organized police departments statewide.
www.nhtsa.dot.gov /people/outreach/safedige/winter1999/n5-123.html   (475 words)

  
 Wilton, Connecticut - Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Connecticut Department of Transportation officials have announced that the existing travel lanes will be shifted on Route 33, Ridgefield Road, west of Route 7, beginning on or about Monday, December 18, 2006.
Connecticut Department of Transportation officials have announced that there will be a nighttime lane closure on Route 7 between School Road and Old Danbury Road, on the night of December 12, 2006, from 9:30pm to 6:00am.
The Department of Public Works has completed the installation of a sanitary sewer line on Route 33 between Old Ridgefield Road and Belden Hill Road.
www.wiltonct.org   (536 words)

  
 Operations Statistics for the Biennium - Connecticut Department Of Transportation - Bureau of Public Transportation - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Every day, 120,000 Connecticut commuters use services provided by the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Bureau of Public Transportation.
The core mission and most important product of the Bureau of Public Transportation is the day-to-day delivery of bus, rail, paratransit and other services to residents and workers in the state of Connecticut.
We are committed to the continuous improvement of the overall efficiency and attractiveness of Connecticut's various public transit services while providing a significant stimulus to the state's economic development.
www.conndot.ct.gov /pttrans/index.html   (175 words)

  
 Connecticut Department of Transportation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
Operation of Connecticut Transit, a provider of bus transit in much of the state.
This article related to water transport is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Connecticut_Department_of_Transportation   (228 words)

  
 About Us - Connecticut Division - FHWA
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are the application of advanced and emerging technologies in such fields as information processing, communications, control, and electronics to support and enhance surface transportation needs.
The goal of the Connecticut Division is to effectively deploy and integrate these technologies in a manner that is consistent with the national ITS architecture and standards.
In Connecticut, we work closely with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), the Governor's Highway Safety Office, and city and town governments to improve the safety of the motoring public, pedestrians, and highway workers.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /ctdiv/aboutus.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Interstate 291 (Connecticut)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
One year later, Neil Goldschmidt, then secretary of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), deferred action on the northeast quadrant of I-291 based on a draft report of a Federal analysis that found potentially adverse commercial impacts on the towns of Windsor and Vernon, and on the city of Hartford.
THE HARTFORD BELTWAY THAT WASN'T: When it was first proposed by the Connecticut Highway Department, I-291 was to play an integral role in directing traffic between I-84 and I-91, and in preventing this traffic from entering downtown Hartford.
Nevertheless, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) let out the first construction contracts on the southwest quadrant of I-291 when design work was completed.
www.nycroads.com /roads/I-291_CT   (1741 words)

  
 Job Links Connecticut Transportation Services --> Links
The Department of Labor is committed to protecting and promoting the interests of Connecticut workers.
It is the mission of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to provide a safe, efficient and cost-effective transportation system that meets the mobility needs of its users.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation's Shore Line East commuter rail service provides fast and easy commuter transportation between New London and New Haven and beyond Monday through Friday.
www.joblinksct.com /links.htm   (413 words)

  
 BDL: Connecticut Department of Transportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The Connecticut State Department of Transportation (DOT) is the entity responsible for Bradley's operations as a transportation facility and as a business.
The DOT's Bureau of Aviation and Ports, the division governing the State's air and water-based transportation infrastructure, is headquartered at the DOT building in Newington, CT. The Bureau does, however, maintain personnel and offices at the Airport.
Korta Commissioner of the Department of Transportation on April 1, 2004.
www.bradleyairport.com /management/dot.php   (276 words)

  
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The Media Outlet, in any visual broadcast utilizing footage obtained pursuant to this Agreement, shall acknowledge by a graphic image in such broadcast that the source of the footage is courtesy of the Connecticut State Police and the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation.
The Media Outlet shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that any other Media Outlet utilizing such footage acknowledge that the source of the footage is courtesy of the Connecticut State Police and the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation.
This Agreement, its terms and conditions and claims arising therefrom shall be governed by Connecticut law and court decisions without giving effect to Connecticut’s principles of conflicts of laws.
www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov /travelinfo/resources/datashare/app2ct.doc   (1344 words)

  
 EPA PROPOSES TO FINE CONNECTICUT DOT OVER $450,000
BOSTON - In the largest environmental action ever taken against the state, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to assess $453,185 in penalties against the Connecticut Department of Transportation for violations at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks and two other facilities in Wethersfield and Rocky Hill.
The main portion of the penalty -- $400,560 -- concerns the Department of Transportation's handling, storage and documenting of hazardous waste in violation of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or "RCRA" at Bradley Airport, where the department regularly generates wastes such as solvents, fuel and paint as a result of general maintenance activities.
Due to the facilities' oil storage capacity and proximity to natural resources, the department is required under the federal Clean Water Act to maintain documents that lay out a plan of action should a spill occur.
www.epa.gov /docs/Region1/pr/1997/pr_102497a.html   (465 words)

  
 Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies: Department of Transportation
Seven years along Connecticut highways, 1927-1934; the story of the operation of the Bureau of Roadside Development of the Connecticut Highway Department.
Managing travel in Connecticut : 100 years of progress ; Connecticut Department of Transportation 100 year history.
Connecticut Heritage Foundation (supporting the Connecticut State Library and Museum of Connecticut History)
www.cslib.org /agencies/Transportation.htm   (208 words)

  
 Connecticut Road Builders Association - Connecticut Construction Industries Association
It represents its members’ interests on national issues at meetings with Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation, and on local issues with the State Legislature and Governor’s office.
It works on contract administration issues with the United States Department of Transportation as the Connecticut Chapter of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, the national trade association for the transportation construction industry.
Also, it works directly with the Connecticut Department of Transportation on all areas of interest to its members.
www.ctconstruction.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3289   (181 words)

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