Transportation

MTA Board members voted Wednesday to pause the controversial plan to charge drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, weeks after Governor Kathy Hochul pulled her support.

Members of Connecticut’s legislative transportation committee entered a heated debate recently over whether undocumented immigrants in the state should have special marking on their driver’s licenses that could be used to indicate their immigration status.

Connecticut has resisted the lure of matching federal funds, leaving hundreds of millions unspent in its transportation fund since 2021.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is giving $500 to $1,500 vouchers to people in Connecticut for the purchase of electric bikes to encourage eco-friendly travel.

The Gold Star Memorial Bridge that spans the Thames River to connect Groton and New London is getting $158 million from the federal government for repairs.

Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons expressed interest in a ferry service to New York City, which state officials have talked about for decades.

Waterbury police have largely stopped using police vans to transport prisoners in response to a man becoming paralyzed in a New Haven police van incident last month.

Middletown Area Transit and 9-Town Transit will become one unified service, doubling the number of buses available to riders in the area to 40.

According to AAA, Connecticut's gas price average rose 21-cents over the past week to an all-time high of $4.89. The highest prices for gas were in Fairfield County at $4.96 per gallon.

The state Department of Revenue Services is expected within the next two weeks to announce a major increase in the state’s diesel tax, effective July 1 and driven by wholesale fuel prices that have more than doubled over the past year.