In the “Technology Innovation: Citizens” category, the Northeast award winner at this year’s Government Technology Special Districts program was the Norwalk Transit District. The program that earned the recognition is the Wheels2U Micro-Transit Service, launched late last year, and may be replicated elsewhere in Connecticut
Read MoreAs Connecticut imposes a 10 cents tax on single-use plastic bags beginning August 1, most of the attention has been on food stores, but the new tax applies more broadly. Stop at your local pharmacy to pick up a prescription along with a few additional items, and that same tax will greet you at the checkout counter.
Read MoreOcean color has become a vital metric in climate science in recent years, since it is difficult, if not impossible, to measure surface temperature across the world’s vast oceans. Instead, equations relate color to temperature, transforming satellite images into de facto heat maps.
Read MoreThere’s good news and plenty of other news in an ambitious study of the arts community in Greater Hartford, initiated by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the Connecticut Office of the Arts last year and released in final form this spring.
Read More‘Best Practices in Land Use and Economic Development’ by municipalities in Connecticut will soon be able to earn recognition through a new industry certification program aimed at highlighting outstanding practices, coordinated by the Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS).
Read MoreNationwide, there appears to have been a nearly 5% reduction in overdose deaths nationwide in 2018, according to provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. Connecticut’s drop was less than the national average
Read MoreThree of Connecticut’s metropolitan areas are among the top 50 most educated in the nation, according to a new analysis. The Bridgeport/Norwalk/Stamford, Hartford/East Hartford/West Hartford and New Haven/Milford “metropolitan statistical areas” ranked 11th, 24th and 41st respectively. And in one metric, one metro region ranked first in the nation.
Read MoreThere are more than 3,400 bridges and culverts on municipally maintained roads, according to the state DOT. Construction and maintenance is the responsibility of the cities and towns who own them. Currently, 1,765 are listed on the state’s eligible bridge list – for the removal, replacement, reconstruction or rehabilitation of local bridges.
Read MoreTry stopping at any red light at any intersection in Connecticut, glancing at the license plates of the cars around you, and not noticing any vehicle license that begin with two letters, the first of which is an ”A”, followed by five numbers. It is harder to do than you’d think. Here’s why.
Read MoreTourism and transportation go hand in hand. In the first five months of this year, a total of 19 states approved $1.8 billion in transportation funding for roads and bridges. The fact that transportation spending, focused on capital improvements as well as operations and maintenance, is a high priority on the state and national levels bodes well for investors.
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