Is New Haven #publictransit fair and useful to all equally?

Staff find public transport lacking | Yale Daily News: "Of the 10 Yale Dining employees interviewed, only two use the public transit system. All said walking or owning a car was a far more reliable option than the transportation that the city provides. A Durfee’s employee who asked to remain anonymous said the CT Transit bus system does not fill her needs because there are not many options when her shift ends late at night. She added that the Yale Shuttle does not serve her neighborhood.

“So how am I supposed to get home after that? I don’t even know if I’m going to have money for a cab.”

Any deficiency of public transit is a tremendous hazard for New Haven residents, according to the 2012 Data Haven WellBeing Survey administered by the New Haven public information nonprofit DataHaven. The survey said that 27 percent of Greater New Haven households are “zero car” households with “no reliable vehicle” and that, because of this, they are denied access to approximately half the jobs in the Greater New Haven area."

Piscataquis Village -- Project to build a #carfree city

Piscataquis Village Project: "Development of the Village would be guided by a set of building covenants specifically composed to create a space, as it is built out, in the traditional city pattern of Europe and early North America, in which foot or bicycle was the primary method of transportation.

Motor vehicles would be parked at the perimeter of the development in a green belt of at least 375 acres, which other than the parking area, would be a permanently protected zone for agriculture and outdoor recreation."

Still more to be done for public transportation

MetroWest Daily News : "Orsino said people are turning to public transit in the state and across the nation to avoid paying high prices for gas, parking, insurance and other costs of owning a car.
"People are very aware of public transit and want to use it," she said. "Plus, with an aging population, having public transit options is important. Seniors are much more active than in the past."
Young adults are also more aware and inclined to use public transit, she said.
While the MBTA’s commuter rail system brings people from Boston to suburbs and cities, "what about up and down main street?" Orsino said."



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