sorry to the architects but the new yale science hill parking garage is way more ugly than just a standard garage IMO or even the old garage which was buried behind a vegetated slope. at least grow vines on the side or something, it’s just a solid wall of wood for an entire block

a neighbor put out a box of free morning glory seedlings on the sidewalk back in the spring, found a nice surprise this morning in my garden

biked down to milford and back today and checked out the construction wrapping up at fowler field. they are relocating the road along the marina into the parking lots and unused grass to make the marina side pedestrian only. really cool!

farmington canal trail @ shelton/starr raised intersection is now fully paved. traffic speeds are already so much safer here. whole project set to wrap up next week

intersection of whalley and blake, which used to be a skewed and massive expanse of roadway, teed up to 90 as part of our routine isolated sidewalk repair program. blake st is getting paved this summer so this will also reduce the amount of asphalt needed.

progress on whitney ave: i dont think i’ve posted many updates at all, but we’re about halfway through phase 1 (canner st to cliff st). road diet lane config is implemented in the north, along with curb & bumpouts, future cycletrack base, future raised crosswalk corners, and some new signal arms

new traffic signals going up on whitney ave. existing signal is an unknown age (likely 1960s) so this will be a huge improvement in conjunction with the rest of the road diet project

an idea for a new tv show called “The Pit” that documents a college marching band front ensemble hour by hour on a performance day. there would be slightly fewer medical emergencies

I’m surprised it took this many years to get the comment, but it’s finally been said. It’s over folks. Pedestrianizing a half block of low-traffic street for the summer only in the densest part of downtown lined with businesses is a war on cars.

ultimate friday evening panic mode: mayor sending out a reverse 911 text that my construction project is complete when it is most certainly not

asphalt paving is in full swing for the farmington canal trail raised crossings. crews are currently in hamden working south into new haven, and one crossing here has been opened. after paving, just needs line striping and signs

busy day of multiple construction activities happening at the intersection of state st & water st. here is a new drilled shaft foundation being poured for a future traffic signal. goes about 15’ deep

at the meeting in hamden tonight for the proposed road diet on whitney ave. CTDOT giving a very informational presentation regarding the issues with 4 lane roads and the safety benefits from a road diet. appears to be many supporters in the audience wearing green

Good on Fairfield for continuing with the program, despite Sen. Hwang’s desire to defend speeding in school zones. He claims there hasn’t been enough outreach - speed limit signs, public hearings, DOT review, a month warning period, and the law aren’t enough? www.nhregister.com/fairfield/ar...

me when i’m waiting for the bus:

the rest of the state st cycletrack is set to be paved this week from grand ave south. it won’t be open for use as it still needs raised crosswalks to cross intersections, but creative people may find a way :) also we are now onto water st, probably the most often redone intersection in the city

@nacto.bsky.social “NACTO After Dark” pavement marking demonstration right outside the venue was such an energetic and wholesome event — I hope it becomes a regular staple of future conferences! Big kudos to the City for making this happen. youtube.com/shorts/1hI_Z...

cute date idea: get very lost in the minneapolis skyway system for approximately 27 minutes while trying to find a specific coffee shop

here in minneapolis a couple days early for the NACTO conference! the light rail directly from the airport *would have* been cool, but it’s a bustitution after one stop this weekend for track work. hiawatha ave paralleling the LRT made for a pretty direct route, but no signal priority :/

cant believe they named a street in chicago after the 85th governor of connecticut

happy bike month the new canal trail @ shelton ave crossing and raised intersection is going to be so rad when it’s done

just bought a large quantity of eggs from the supermarket, i think for maximum efficiency i will carry them home all in one basket,

normal monday: 5k butter run

juuuuust in case you missed it: went for my first canal ride of the season today and my ~favorite~ chicane gates in cheshire are still up… youtu.be/aKoPhwhxwzo?...

a not so typical day in the life of an engineer: biking around town to get photos of trails for our upcoming greenways 2030 plan

my sources tell me these markings at elm and orange mean the intersection is finally getting pedestrian signals! no more having to look up at the vehicular signals

chapel st in downtown new haven has been milled in advance of repaving and conversion from 2 lanes one-way to two-way operation

construction is well underway now! pictured here is division st, which is about halfway done. old double bollards have been removed, new single removable bollard installed, and sidewalk ramps have been replaced with full height curb and sidewalk

this is certainly one of the basketball games of all time

pretty jealous of the artemis crew, who are currently the furthest humans from the united states

eye surgeon: did you drive here me, proudly: no eye surgeon: ok we’re gonna put some drops that will blur your vision and then you’re good to go me, who thought it would be fun to bike to my appointment downtown: uh oh

i dont have whatever streaming service shows march madness so i was just staring at the espn gamecast, but watching these plays unfold was still unbelievable

As someone who uses the traffic modeling program Synchro, quoting projected queue lengths as the gospel and then using them to fight good transportation design is completely unserious. Synchro is good for getting a general idea of traffic ops and testing phasing but it can’t model human behavior

we get simulated phishing emails at work to test our security and i was told i have flagged the most in the department my secret is that i simply flag any email that annoys me as phishing

huge news: hamden and CTDOT are planning to finally implement a road diet on whitney ave from the new haven town line to the route 15 interchange this summer. anyone familiar with the road knows this is a game changer: www.hamden.com/1018/Whitney...

survey marks on the ground means the farmington canal trail crossings project is imminent. 12 crosswalks in new haven and hamden will all be reconstructed as raised crosswalks, including bumpouts, automatic RRFBs, and replacing the hazardous double bollard setup with a single center bollard

the relatively new downtown milford parking garage as part of the transit oriented mixed use development. when this was initially being planned, a p&z official complained that the city being given a 97 year lease over it was not enough and it should be in perpetuity

The “some pushback” that made it to the headline? One (1) resident and one (1) commissioner www.wtnh.com/news/connect...

new traffic signal mast arms being delivered to state st today!

just heard from a firefighter that this same property had yet *another* fire this afternoon

how does new haven, the greatest small city in america, and birthplace of the modern bicycle, still have minimum parking requirements www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/03/11/w...

if you have to build a parking garage, this is the way to do it

visiting the snowbird parents down in florida. they were very excited to show me the city’s new statue of the planner who designed it. the city was actually built nearly exactly to the plan!

nothing like listening to live ATC while taxiing for takeoff to make sure the pilot knows what they’re doing

this is what whalley ave should look like

If anything, local news is consistent. Take any road project that is making things better for multimodal travel, and find the angriest car driver possible to get a complaint quote. (Apparently, 25 min + 25 min = 30 min) www.wfsb.com/2026/03/05/n...

you would think based on the comments section (FB included) that the people of new haven despise speed humps. but they are our #1 requested infrastructure by far. more proof that the comments section is not reflective of the general population www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/03/03/m...

sorry everyone, i posted an opinion that was only liberal and not full leftist and was swiftly taught a lesson by a crowd of bluesky anons. i will do better next time

58 Avon, which had a fire back in 2023, burned again yesterday morning, adding yet another entry to Xu's properties. What is going on with this guy? www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/01/31/s...