55 planned new apartments on Whalley, now boosted by state $.
A long-delayed, church-led affordable housing development on Whalley Avenue took a big step towards breaking ground — alongside a suite of traffic calming measures on the perilously car-heavy corridor near Stop & Shop — thanks to a $7 million infusion from the state.
A New Haven native and Yale New Haven Hospital secretary is running unopposed to become the next alder for Ward 12 — with a focus on finding some way to calm traffic on the neighborhood’s car-crazy stretch of Rt. 80.
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Oct 16, 2023 9:58 am
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A "smart" MK5 meter and a "dumb" MK3 meter on display, as described by city traffic deputy Bijan Notghi.
Drivers may soon uncover new routes to pay for parking in New Haven — as the city looks into buying 1,400 new meters and 50 new kiosks with capacity to accept card taps and Apple Pay rather than just inserted credit cards and coins.
Chris Murphy asks Raisa about her family as she shows him a photo of her daughter.
As 85-year-old Raisa pulled up a photograph of her daughter on her iPhone, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy took a break from walking across Fair Haven Heights to ask her a question.
A new batch of $47 million in state money headed to New Haven will improve the lot of train riders as well as pedestrians and cyclists on car-crazy Whalley Avenue, among others in town.
Greg Menotti, charging up his "impulse buy" Tesla ...
... at the Hotel Marcel supercharger station on Long Wharf.
Greg Menotti had a good month making money trading Tesla stock — so, as an “impulse buy,” he dropped $30,000 purchasing a name-brand electric car of his own.
Drivers blasting music too loudly from pricey speakers can officially face $1,000 fines — and the confiscation of their audio equipment — now that the Board of Alders has unanimously passed an amendment to the city’s noise ordinance.
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Aug 18, 2023 7:28 am
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Bikes for sale — not for sharing — at New Haven's current micro mobility hot spot: Devil's Gear.
More New Haveners may get the chance to ditch their cars, miss the bus, or pass on Uber — as the city’s parking authority looks to pedal a new path towards micromobility.
Board of Education member Darnell Goldson raised those questions Monday during a press conference focused on just how little information the school board has received to date about the early summer cybercrime.
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Movimiento Cultural: "Sing it with us! Hello Avelo! Hello Avelo!"
“¡Yo soy Boricua, pa’ que tu lo sepas!”
These shouts of celebration and of Puerto Rican pride rang out over Tweed’s tarmac as a host of city and state officials and airport boosters celebrated new direct flights from the East Shore to San Juan, Puerto Rico, starting in November.
Every single school day, New Haven’s 314 school buses spew out pollution fouling our air, increase the risk of asthma and even cancer to students and drivers, and exacerbate global warming.
Ronnie heading to a homeless shelter, with COMPASS's help.
The city’s non-cop crisis response crew pulled up to Union Station Monday night to assist a 78-year-old man into a van headed towards a newly opened homeless shelter in the Hill.
At the same time, at least six others watched from a nearby stretch of sidewalk where they prepared to spend the night — all while state and local leadership sought to crack down against a growing number of individuals without housing seeking refuge at the transit hub.
The Board of Alders “reluctantly” approved a one-year, $30.7 million school bus contract between the Board of Education and First Student that would have been nearly $1 million cheaper had the school board not turned down an initial multi-year deal with the bus company.
A 2022 New Haven Climate Movement “Stop Climate Freefall” rally.
Young climate activists are calling again for the Board of Education to set aside funds for free bus passes for students to help New Haven’s public school district reduce air pollution and make it easier for students to get to and from school.
... to be made faster, cleaner, more efficient, thanks to Bus Rapid Transit program, as described by state transit chief Garrett Eucalitto Thursday.
City, state and federal officials took a victory lap Thursday at a politician-packed press conference celebrating a new $25 million grant that will speed up and electrify bus travel on Dixwell, Grand, Whalley, Congress and Columbus Avenues.
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City climate czar Steve Winter: e-bikes are a "big step to fill gaps in our transit system"
Eco-minded New Haveners looking to get out of their cars and onto two battery-assisted wheels will soon be able to apply for up to $1,500 in state-subsidized vouchers to help cover the costs of purchasing a new electric bicycle.
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Jun 15, 2023 11:57 am
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NHPS COO Thomas Lamb: "Busing prices have increased."
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A one-year, $30.7 million school bus contract that is set to start in less than a month took another wheel-spin forward — even as local legislators criticized school board members for putting them in an unfairly tight spot.
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Martin Chamberlin, Amanda Levi, and Sai work to fix Sai's bike's busted brakes.
Crouched over a broken bike trading wrenches and conversation, two Bradley Street Bicycle Co-Op volunteers helped a library-visiting Hill teenager fix his two-wheeler — and taught him how to make his own repairs the next time his brakes and wheels are busted.
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First Student school bus contract on tap for a one-year extension.
The Board of Education signed off on a $30 million temporary fix to make sure that public school students have busing this summer and next school year.
Micromobile mayoral candidate Liam Brennan, who led the pack with an 88 score on his "safe streets" report card.
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If the latest round of mayoral competition is any guide, New Haven has come quite a distance from the days when the mayor’s aides talked him into ditching a Lincoln Navigator SUV for a Prius and photo-op bike rides.
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City Chief Structural Engineer Zach Shapiro: Bridge under repair, should be open soon.
A damaged “end wedge” has shut down the Grand Avenue Bridge to car travel for nearly a week — with repairs in the works, and city officials hoping the recently renovated Quinnipiac River crossing should open back up to vehicles later on Thursday.
Update: The bridge is now back open to car traffic, as pictured below at around 6 p.m. Thursday.
