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Center for Transportation Excellence
1030 15th Street NW
Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 349-1037
Fax: (202) 318-1429
info@cfte.org
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Connecticut
Capital: Hartford
Population: 3,425,074
Major Metropolitan Areas: Hartford, Bridgeport/Stamford, New Haven
Federal Transportation Spending: $588,908,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process

State Election Site: http://www.sots.state.ct.us/

County & City Information
Contact your municipal elections office for more information: http://www.munic.state.ct.us/townlist.htm

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Connecticut.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/ct.html

Specific Ballot Measure Information

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2003	Statewide	Legislative Recommendation	11/4/2003
Description
The Connectucut Transportation Strategy Board issued its final report detailing a $4.9 billion plan over the next decade to increase cargo transport, expand public transit networks, and reduce congestion on Interstates 95 and 84.

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Connecticut Association of Community Transportation ( no website )
New England Maglev Alliance ( no website )
Tri-State Transportation Campaign ( http://www.tstc.org/ )
Rideworks ( http://www.rideworks.com/ )
Connecticut Fund for the Environment--Transportation Info ( http://www.cfenv.org/txt_transportation/transportaition.htm )
All Aboard! ( no website )
Connecticut Coastal Corridor Transportation Investment
Transportation Choices Coalition for Connecticut

Rail Passenger Group

Shore Line East Riders Association ( http://www.trainweb.org/slera/ )

State DOT

http://www.dot.state.ct.us/

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Bridgeport GBTA ( http://www.gbtabus.com/ )
Hartford CT Transit ( http://www.cttransit.com/ )
Meridian CT ( http://www.cityofmeriden.com/services/transit/ )
Housatonic Area Regional Transit District ( http://www.hartct.org/ )
Valley Transit District ( http://electronicvalley.org/vtd/ )

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
Hartford Courant ( http://www.ctnow.com/ ) New Haven Register ( http://www.nhregister.com/ ) Bridgeport Connecticut Post ( http://www.connpost.com/ ) Waterbury Connecticut Republican American Newspaper ( http://www.rep-am.com/ ) Stamford Advocate ( http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ )
Radio	Television
W220CE//WAMC-90.3 NPR - Southington ( http://www.wamc.org/ ) WTIC Hartford News/Talk ( http://www.wtic.com/ ) WRTC College- Hartford ( http://www.wrtcfm.com/ )	WFSB-CBS ( http://www.wfsb.com/ ) WTNH-ABC ( http://www.wtnh.com/ ) WVIT-NBC ( http://www.nbc30.com/ )

Other Resources

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=connecticut

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ct.cfm