Category: Transportation
05
Jan
Updates on Hartford Transportation Initiatives at City Council’s Planning and Economic Development Committee: Whizzing Through the City at 110 MPH
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Tonight’s transportation update meeting was geared for transportation insiders, or at least for those who have been closely following these issues for the last thirty...
30
Dec
Hartford 2010: Resolutions for the New Year
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s way easier to delegate than to take on every last responsibility, so rather than work on gaining muscle mass or weaning myself off chocolate,...
21
Dec
Snow Rules Reminder
by Kerri Ana Provost
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During my late afternoon adventures on Sunday, I noticed that sections of sidewalk were not cleared. The Department of Public Works has posted: It is...
04
Dec
Car-Free in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
14 Comments
I have consistently heard that people need cars in Hartford. The lack of grocery stores in downtown is one reason cited for this claim. The...
21
Nov
Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development Must Be More Aggressive
by Kerri Ana Provost
10 Comments
Toni Gold, resident and one of the panelists at this morning’s forum on transportation, commented that the POCD must be less timid and more aggressive...
17
Nov
Rats on the Road
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Erratic drivers sure put a sparkle in my morning. On some days, I have been taking a route to work that utilizes one of the...
10
Nov
One City, One Plan, Six Venues
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Public participation is encouraged at these meetings of Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development. The POCD site states that “Every ten years, the Hartford Planning...
03
Nov
Another Perspective
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Very little of Hartford can be seen by driving through it on the interstate. There are buildings, cars, billboards, but no context. Driving means finding...
22
Oct
Crash-laden Fun on Sunday
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Growing up, I spent a lot of time watching motorcross races. My brother and father raced, and I later drove one or the other to...
19
Oct
Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Beyond Hartford Clay Arsenal Community Downtown Food Frog Hollow Fun Hartford Myth Busting Parks Parkville Quality of Life Regionalism South End South Green Transportation West End
Words vs. Pictures
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After a few days away, I returned to find obnoxious (but fairly routine) comments littering the Topix forum that one is routed to from the...