Connecticut Department of Transportation

Traffic-related deaths in Connecticut are up almost 16 percent since last year and the state Department of Transportation is urging people to be cautious on the roads during the holiday season. There are likely several reasons for an increase in driving-related deaths, including an increase in speeding during the COVID-19 pandemic and aggressive driving amid stress from the pandemic, according…

Connecticut will receive nearly $6 billion in federal funds to improve its infrastructure. What projects will they decide to fund?

The state has plans for several road and highway projects from an expected $6 billion from the federal infrastructure bill.

People in Connecticut will be able to ride CTtransit buses for free on weekends this summer. The Connecticut Department of Transportation will use up to $3 million of federal stimulus money to fund the free, statewide bus service on weekends for all riders from Memorial Day through Labor Day, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. “To help support our economic…

An overturned car caused lane closures on Interstate 84 in West Hartford, according to the CT Department of Transportation. The accident happened on I-84 westbound between exits 40 and 39A. The left and center lanes of traffic were closed Sunday night. The accident was reported at 9:42 p.m. It is unknown if there are any injuries at this time. No…

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will begin a construction project today that will not only replace all of the exit signs along Routes 9, 17, and 82, but will also change the exit numbers along those roads. Beginning today, crews will start the process of replacing signs and sign supports along Route 9 from I-95 in Old Saybrook to I-84…

The Connecticut Department of Transportation will begin a construction project on Monday that will not only replace all of the exit signs along Routes 9, 17, and 82, but will also change the exit numbers along those roads.

Vehicle crashes involving wrong way drivers are some of the deadliest on our roads. NBC Connecticut Investigates has reported a series of stories about techniques to detect and prevent these kinds of crashes. One of the tools the state has been testing out is a wrong-way driver deterrence system. The pilot project is located on the I-84 off ramp at…

The four-year Interstate 91 Charter Oak Bridge Project, which aims to ease traffic problems and improve safety in the Hartford, East Hartford and Wethersfield areas, has not yet been completed. However, a particular portion of the project is being finished a year ahead of schedule, according to engineers with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Some drivers will notice a difference…

CT Transit will resume collecting fares and front door boarding on Oct. 5 after safety barriers between the driver and fare boxes were installed on all buses. The Department of Transportation said 80 to 85% of CT Transit buses have newly installed partitions separating the driver from passengers. The other 15 to 20% of buses have temporary partitions that act…

State traffic data shows the number of cars on the road is slowly returning closer to 2019’s numbers.

The CT Department of Transportation announced that the two ferries that provide service across the Connecticut River will resume operations on June 20. One of the ferries travels between Rocky Hill and Glastonbury and the other travels between Chester and Hadlyme. The ferries were supposed to start operations on April 1 but that date was pushed back because of the…

Noticing an alarming trend of increased speeds on Connecticut roadways, the lieutenant governor was among those urging motorists to obey speed limits at an event Friday. “I am here to ask Connecticut resident to slow down,” said Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz. In a news conference held in New Britain, the Department of Transportation, Connecticut State Police, AAA and Bysiewicz addressed…

Police say they’ve seen fewer drivers on the road but more people speeding, leading to dangerous conditions for state troopers and construction workers

The Connecticut State Police and the state Department of Transportation are reemphasizing that they don’t want you to speed on Connecticut’s highways. The number of drivers clocked going over 80 miles per hour was up 94% this April from the previous to years depite a 52% drop in traffic, according to Connecticut State Police Colonel Stavros Mellekas. “With the wide…

Rush hour in Connecticut looks very different than it did a few weeks ago. Newly available statistics show a significant decrease in traffic levels throughout the state during the COVID-19 outbreak. The declines in traffic volume began shortly after March 13. NBC Connecticut analyzed traffic data from the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s continuous count stations around the state. One of…

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has received a grant to build a new Hartford-Line train station in Windsor Locks. Governor Ned Lamont announced the $17.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration on Saturday. The new station will be about a mile north of the existing Hartford Line station. It’s also part of a larger transit-oriented development project in historic…

The Department of Motor Vehicles has canceled all road skills tests for license applicants for the day today because or poor road conditions. Officials at the DMV said road skills testing that was scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. Tuesday has now been canceled for the entire day and all customers who had an appointment today have received an email…

Making it easier and faster to travel to and from New York City is a big selling point for two newly proposed multi-billion-dollar plans to overhaul Connecticut’s transportation system.

State Senate Republicans have unveiled a transportation plan as an alternative to Gov. Ned Lamont’s CT 2030 initiative.