Josh Elliott

Alt-Transiteers Map Attack On “Anarchy”

Rob Rocke, Nadine Horton lead infrastructure session.

Rob Rocke, Nadine Horton lead infrastructure session.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - 

More people biking in protected lanes, paying tolls, surviving crosswalks — and running, for office.

Advocates promoted that vision for safer streets and, with the running suggestion, how to realize it, at a strategy session Monday night.

The occasion was the latest edition of Transportation on Tap, a semi-regular conversation series organized by the local alternative transportation advocacy group GoNewHavenGo.

The series, started in 2015, connects transportation experts with community members every few months to talk about how to achieve improved pedestrian, cyclist and public transit infrastructure and access throughout the city.

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Sanderistas Win 1

Thomas Breen photo

Thomas Breen photo

November 8, 2016 - Bernie Sanders was no longer in the running in the presidential election Tuesday, but some local activists inspired by his campaign regrouped to win a state representative seat.

The Sanderistas coalesced behind the campaign of first-time candidate Joshua Elliott, a Democrat who Tuesday won the vacant 88th state General Assembly District seat.

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On The Doors: LEAP Lesson, Biz Jitters

Thomas Breen photo

Thomas Breen photo

November 7, 2016 - When candidates in the only competitive local race knocked on doors this weekend, they heard about more than just local worries.

New Haven has no truly competitive local races in Tuesday’s general election. (Technically the Republicans do have a candidate on the ballot in the 93rd General Assembly District and someone on the ballot for Congress, but there have been scant signs of a real campaign.)

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