Category: Transportation
22
Sep
Access Autumn Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Transportation
Okay, Now We Can Say Goodbye to Summer
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What better way to welcome Autumn than by taking a stroll around the Ancient Burying Ground? Occasionally I come upon historic photos of Main Street...
01
Sep
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in August 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There were at least two incidents in August, just in Connecticut, in which a motor vehicle was used as explicitly as a weapon. A teenage...
23
Aug
Beyond Hartford Commentary Connecticut Freedom Trail Covid-19 Cultural Interest Food Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads No Drama Weather Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Review Shopping South Central Connecticut Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice Weird
Weird Travel
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s not that I was eager to see New Haven, specifically. I needed any change to my scenery, only had one day off, and for...
15
Aug
Access Activism Commentary Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Myth Busting Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Tired of Prayers and Promises
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If I end up mowed down by some reckless driver on a road that the City of Hartford has neglected to fix, don't waste time...
07
Aug
What’s this? What’s this?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s a sharrow. A sharrow is: (a) a shared lane marking (b) a portmanteau of “shared” and “arrow” (c) a portmanteau of “shitty” and “arrow”...
02
Aug
Activism Commentary Cultural Interest Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Municipal Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in July 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Preventing crashes is preferable to dumping all our energy into punishment, but let’s pause to think about the justice aspect of traffic injuries and fatalities....
01
Aug
Access Construction Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Long Reads Parks Progress Transportation
A Thing of Beauty
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Sixteen years. That is how long I have been hearing about a plan to redesign the massive failure scarring the Frog Hollow neighborhood. At one...
29
Jul
Cultural Interest Design Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Myth Busting Quality of Life Transportation
Why We Need To Stop Making Excuses and Install Barrier-Protected Bike Lanes Already
by Kerri Ana Provost
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26
Jul
Access Activism Community Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Fun Get Outside Hartford Local News Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip Summer Transportation
Reclaiming the Streets
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Trinity Street in Bushnell Park has been opened for people-centered use, at least through August 2020. This has meant the addition of two rows of ...
21
Jul
A Good Walk Spoiled
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The meadow up here at Keney Park is nice though.