Sen. Andrew Maynard, proponent of a bill to put tolls on Route 11, said he felt like he was trapped on the bus from the movie “Speed” after discussion of his bill was hijacked by a debate on the New Britain-to-Hartford busway project.

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Tags: busway, tolls, Route 11, Andrew Maynard, Joseph Markley, transportation, keanu reeves, dennis hopper, speed, dh

(Updated 4:11 p.m.) Opponents of the 9.4-mile New Britain-to-Hartford busway rallied at the Legislative Office Building Wednesday morning where they were booed by dozens of construction workers who support the nearly $570 million project.

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Tags: busway, hartford-to-new britain busway, I-84 corridor, traffic, construction, jobs, Joseph Markley, Whit Betts, republican, democracy, connecticut, congestion, michael nicastro, central connecticut chambers of commerce, transportion, dh

(Updated 8:19 a.m. Wednesday) The Senate and House are expected to take up a bill Wednesday to cap the gasoline gross receipts tax and more than a week after saying they would sunset the cap, Democratic lawmakers reversed themselves and decided to make the cap permanent.

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Tags: gas tax, gross receipts tax, John McKinney, Donald Williams, dh

A bill launching a red light camera pilot project made it out of the Transportation Committee Wednesday, despite some opposition.

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The debate leading up to the public hearing on red light cameras has been focused on public safety and revenue, but most of Monday’s testimony was focused on the effectiveness of the cameras.

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Tags: public safety, red light cameras, revenue, New Haven, municipalities

It was more than three years ago that CTNewsJunkie.com started paying a diverse group of columnists to contribute their opinions to the site. The addition of commentary to an already steady stream of hard news from the Capitol helped the site grow its community of readers, and eventually led to the next logical leap last week when an editorial board was formed.

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Tags: ctnewsjunkie editorial board, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Heath W. Fahle, Melissa Ozols, Sarah Darer Littman, Susan Bigelow, Terry Cowgill

Lawmakers and local officials claim their desire to allow municipalities to install red light cameras at intersections is all about safety. A banner they hung behind them at a Capitol press conference Thursday gave a different message.

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Tags: red light cameras, traffic, Tony Guerrera, Martin Looney, Justin Elicker

Knowing that a Republican senator from Meriden has been collecting signatures calling for the state to cap its gross receipts tax on gasoline, a Democratic senator is warning drivers it doesn’t mean they will see relief at the pump.

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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal held a press conference Monday to raise awareness of a bi-partisan Senate bill to fund transportation infrastructure, which he said could be blocked by the House of Representatives.

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Tags: transportation infrastructure, Blumenthal, Pedro Segarra, Congress

A legislative panel weighed implementing tolls and increasing the sales tax as a way to fund future investments in the state’s transportation infrastructure Friday at a forum sponsored by the CT Fund for the Environment.

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Tags: transportation infrastructure, tolerance, sales tax, panel, tolls, Hugh McQuaid