2020 was not a banner year for air travel, courtesy of the coronavirus. USA Today, however, is looking ahead to the day when “we'll all be ready to pack our suitcases again and head out on our next adventures.” And Bradley International Airport is in the running to be the nation’s top small airport.
Read MoreAs we all long for a time when we can once again traverse the state, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued its Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut (EV Roadmap). It is described as a comprehensive strategy for achieving widespread deployment of electric vehicles in the state.
Read MoreIn the midst of a global pandemic that has hit the health and economy of Fairfield County particularly hard, the region’s leading business advocacy organization has announced it will be closing permanently at the end of this month after 50 years of operations.
Read MoreBradley Airport drew about 7 million passengers in 2019, ahead of the 6.7 million in 2018 by more than 2%. This week, new retail and restaurants were announced, as improvements in ground transportation, connections to distant points across the region, and even new bathrooms and an elevator are on the drawing board.
Read MoreNew in-car technologies such as adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist can potentially keep you safer when driving, but according to a new AAA Foundation study, such systems can make you a complacent driver.
Read MoreBoston’s Logan International is far and away New England’s largest and busiest airport, by every measure. The battle for number two appears to be skewing even more strongly towards Connecticut’s BDL.
Read MoreIf you thought that replacing the Takata airbag in your vehicle, under a warning and recall issued by the National Highway Safety Administration nearly five years ago, made your vehicle safe for travel, apparently you were mistaken.
Read MoreConnecticut does not have county government, unlike virtually every other state in the nation. The closest we come to regionalism – a word that has traditionally drawn ire in the Land of Steady Habits – are regional councils of government, designated in state statute but not county governments.
Read MoreThere’s a new strategy in town. Multiple towns, in fact. The Metro Hartford Metropolitan Region has revealed a strategy aimed at achieving inclusive economic growth and strengthening the region’s position in the global economy. The forward-looking strategy covers approximately one million people in 38 municipalities.
Read MoreThe advertising campaign’s message is concise and clear: if you’re doing business in New Haven or Fairfield County, your airport of choice ought to be Bradley International in Windsor Locks, north of Hartford. That may change if Gov. Lamont’s plan for Sikorsky Tweed come to fruition.
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