Ridesharing
Government
Agencies -- Federal
Government
Agencies -- State
South
Central & Central Connecticut Council of Governments & Regional
Planning Organizations
Airports
Public
Transit (Bus & Rail)
Private
Transportation Services
Bicycle
Commuting
Traffic
Information
Other
Ridesharing
NuRide
http://www.nuride.com
NuRide offers an incentive-based ride-share network. Includes news,
partners, membership agreement and participating organizations.
MetroPool
http://www.metropool.com
MetroPool serves commuters who travel into Fairfield County, Connecticut
and Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, and Ulster Counties
in New York.
The
Rideshare Company
http://www.rideshare.com
The Rideshare Company is a full-service, comprehensive rideshare brokerage
serving Greater Hartford and Eastern Connecticut.
Telecommute
Connecticut!
http://www.telecommutect.com/
Telecommute Connecticut! is a state-wide initiative
providing free assistance to employers in the development and implementation
of telecommuting as a worksite alternative. Telecommute
Connecticut! promotes the viability of telecommuting as
a flexible work option which reduces the number of employee work trips
and therefore decreases traffic congestion, energy consumption and air
pollution.
DeduCT-A-Ride
Tax-free "Commuter Choice" benefits
http://www.rideworks.com/deduct.htm
DEDUCT-A-RIDE is a program sponsored by the Connecticut
Department of Transportation. It offers guidance to companies in the
state that wish to help their employees take advantage of new tax laws
that provide special deductions for commuters.
Easy
Street Van Program
http://www.easystreet.org/
Connecticut has a colorful new commuter van service. It's called Easy
Street®, and is available now in your area. Easy Street® is
a convenient, economical way to get to work. Easy Street® offers
two options for commuters looking for alternative transportation to
work: You can reserve a seat on one of the regularly scheduled routes,
or you volunteer as a driver and create a route of your own.
TransitChek
http://www.transitcenter.com/
The TransitChek® Program is the newest way to save on taxes for
companies and their employees. All over the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut
tri-state area more and more companies are using TransitCenter's TransitChek
Program to help employees get to work for less money and save on company
taxes as well. Under federal tax law, companies can exclude from their
employees' income up to $100 a month, $1200 a year, to pay for commuting
to work by transit and vanpools.
Wage
Works
http://www.wageworks.com/commute
WageWorks is a leading provider of pre-tax commuter benefits administration
with products and services appropriate for employers or any size., Employees
enjoy home delivery of their transit passes from our comprehensive online
catalog of thousands of transit media from the top 330 metro areas in
all 50 states. Employers enjoy quick setup and payroll tax savings,
and can choose from products and services that offer more or less administration
assistance depending upon their needs.
Government Agencies -- Federal
U.S.
Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/
U.S.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/
Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA)
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
Federal
Transit Administration (FTA)
http://www.fta.dot.gov/
Government Agencies -- State
CT Rides
http://www.ctrides.com
The Connecticut Department of Transportation's Public Transportation
Information Portal: Your Ride's Here
City
of New Haven
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/
Connecticut
Department of Transportation
http://www.ct.gov/dot/site/default.asp
Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
http://dep.state.ct.us/
Connecticut
Dept. of Economic and Community Development
http://www.ct.gov/ecd
Building
better communities through sound economic development... that's what
Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development is all
about.
Connecticut
Department of Motor Vehicles
http://dmvct.org/
State
of Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov
Transportation
Strategy Board
http://www.opm.state.ct.us/igp/TSB/tsbinfo.htm
This fifteen member Board was established by the Governor and Legislative
Leadership to develop and implement a Transportation Strategy for the
State of Connecticut.
South Central & Central Connecticut Council of Governments &
Regional Planning Organizations
South
Central Connecticut Regional Council of Governments
http://www.scrcog.org/
The South Central Connecticut Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG)
brings together local governments to coordinate land use and transportation
planning. The Council provides a forum to foster communication, coordination
and collaboration in identifying and addressing regional issues. SCRCOG
responsibilities include maintaining a regional plan of development,
reviewing land use changes that affect member municipalities, and developing
and updating a regional transportation plan. SCRCOG also provides a
meeting point for various collaborative actions by our member cities
and towns.
Council
of Governments of the Central Naugatuck Valley
http://www.cogcnv.org
This regional planning organization represents thirteen municipalities
of the central Naugatuck Valley Region: Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire,
Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury,
Wolcott and Woodbury.
Connecticut
River Estuary Regional Planning Agency
http://www.crerpa.org/
CRERPA was established almost 30 years ago to serve the nine towns of
the Connecticut River Estuary Region acting as a forum for addressing
issues of regional concern and to prepare a Regional Plan of Development.
The Agency has two delegates, a Selectmen's Representative and a Planning
Commission Representative, from the towns of Chester, Clinton, Deep
River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook.
Housatonic
Valley Council of Elected Officials (Brookfield)
http://www.hvceo.org/
Tri-State
Transportation Campaign
http://www.tstc.org/
An alliance of public interest, transit advocacy, planning and environmental
organizations working to reform transportation policies in the New York/New
Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region. They seek to reverse deepening
automobile dependence and sprawl development by revitalizing and extending
public transit and rail freight systems, reining in highway expansion
and providing for foot and bicycle travel in transportation plans and
projects.
Airports
Bradley
International Airport
http://www.bradleyairport.com/
Tweed-New
Haven Airport
http://www.flytweed.com/
Tweed (HVN) is one of four commercial service airports serving Connecticut,
accommodating both scheduled airlines, and general aviation activity,
including a growing volume of corporate aircraft operations. Service
includes US Air Express daily arrivals & departures.
Kennedy
International Airport
http://www.panynj.gov/
La
Guardia Airport
http://www.panynj.gov/
Newark
Airport
http://www.panynj.gov/
Public Transit -- Bus & Rail
Shore
Line East commuter rail service
http://www.shorelineeast.com
Shore Line East trains operate weekdays between New Haven & New London,
CT.
Acela - Amtrak High Speed Rail
http://www.acela.com/
Amtrak
http://www.amtrak.com
Northeast corridor information with links to Amtrak's main web site.
Connecticut
Transit
http://www.cttransit.com/
CTTransit is the provider of public transit fixed route bus service
in the Hartford, New Haven and Stamford (CT) metro areas.
Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA) -- New York City subways
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/subway/
Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA) - New York City buses
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/bus/
Metro-North
Railroad (New Haven Line)
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm
New Haven Line and Waterbury, Danbury & New Caanan branch schedule
information
New
Haven – Hartford – Springfield Commuter Rail Implementation
Plan
http://www.nhhsrail.com
The New Haven – Hartford – Springfield Commuter Rail Implementation
Plan was initiated to develop rail and transportation plans that support
the vision of the communities along the corridor.
Private Transportation Services
Connecticut
Limousine
http://www.ctlimo.com/
Prime Time
- Connecticut Airport Shuttle
http://www.2theairport.com/
Bicycle Commuting
Coming
Soon!
Traffic Information
Connecticut
Department of Transportation's I-95 New Haven Corridor Improvement Program
http://www.i95newhaven.com/
Metro
Commute
http://www.metrocommute.com/
MetroCommute develops and delivers comprehensive advanced travel information
systems (ATIS) to organizations, commuters, visitors, and residents.
Other
Association
for Commuter Transportation (ACT)
http://www.actweb.org/
The Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) supports its Members
in their efforts to enhance mobility, improve air quality, and conserve
energy through Transportation Demand Management (TDM) activities. ACT
serves as an information resource, provides advocacy on transportation
issues involving commute alternatives, and offers networking and professional
development opportunities to its members.
Connecticut
Rail Commuter Council
http://www.trainweb.org/ct
The Ct Rail Commuter Council serves riders on Metro North's New Haven
Line and Shore Line East Railroads and advocates commuter rail service
in Connecticut. Formed by the CT State Legislature, the council members
are all commuters. The council acts as a consumer liason between train
riders and the CT Dept of Transportation, Metro North and Shore Line
East Railroads and advises the legislature regarding commuter issues.
Data
Haven
http://ctdatahaven.org
DataHaven provides meaningful data for the Greater New Haven area.
Greater
New Haven Convention and Visitors Bureau
http://www.newhavencvb.org
Connecticut's South Central Regional Tourism District offers visitors
an array of exciting arts and culture, museums, restaurants, shopping,
meeting facilities and much more.
I95
Branford to Rhode Island Feasibility Study
http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/cwp/view.asp?a=2180&q=295536
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is undertaking
this study to evaluate the transportation deficiencies and define the
long term transportation improvements needed along the I-95 corridor
from Interchange 54 in Branford to the Rhode Island border.
Operation Lifesaver
http://www.ct.gov/dot/
Operation Lifesaver is a nationwide, non-profit public information program
dedicated to eliminating collisions, injuries and fatalities at highway-rail
grade crossings and on railroad rights-of-way.
Regional
Growth Connection
http://www.rgc-2-work.org
South Central Connecticut's transportation resource for people who are
no longer receiving public assistance and are starting out in the workforce,
and people who work in low income employment, who require transportation
assistance to their place of employment.
Regional Workforce Development Board
http://www.rwdb.org
The Regional Workforce Development Board is a business-led
policy and oversight organization responsible for creating a
comprehensive, community-wide response to the challenges of building
a highly skilled workforce. Through the coordination and administration
of a variety of employment and training initiatives, they have prepared
thousands of individuals for jobs and have assisted numerous employers
with training and employee transition.
TransAct
http://www.transact.org/
TransAct is an Internet service for disseminating information about
transportation, the environment and communities.
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