Road Safety

Connecticut and New York officials are marking National Work Zone Awareness Week by reminding drivers to slow down and move over for construction crews, or face consequences.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a new project to overhaul some of Long Island’s busiest intersections. The $7 million roadway revamp aims to improve pedestrian and motorist safety.

State and city officials were in New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday, advocating for stricter penalties for people who engage in reckless road behavior.

Connecticut is seeing promising results from its increased efforts to crack down on speeding and reckless driving.

Connecticut’s first High-Risk Rural Roads campaign in 2024 led to over 7,600 traffic stops and 4,300 speeding citations.

An uptick in fatalities on Connecticut’s roadways seems to be continuing in the new year. There’s been a death on the roads almost every day in January.

According to the University of Connecticut’s Crash Data Repository, there were 313 fatalities as of Dec. 18 this year, five more than there were in 2023.

Connecticut officials say wrong-way driving detectors installed at 123 highway ramps across the state could help reduce highway fatalities this Thanksgiving week.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has been awarded a $125 million federal grant to improve the state's transportation infrastructure, including roadways, bridges and transit systems.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for advice on making Connecticut's roads safer, specifically regarding potential changes to the driver education system and strategies for attracting more federal funding for pedestrian safety.