TSB Recommended Projects

1. TSB Recommended Projects STATUS REPORT May 19, 2010

2. Air • Operating • Tweed Operating Grant (1) • TSB Recommended $600,000 per year • Legislature Increased. • Currently Funded • Hartford-Bradley Shuttle Service (5) • No Action • Capital • Bradley Park Road (2) • No Action

3. Air • Capital • Route 75 (4) • No Action • Tweed Runway Safety Areas (3) • In Process

4. Bus Transit • Operating • Continue Section 16 Project Funding (1) • Incorporated in DOT Operating Budget • Increase Transit District Operating Funding (2) • No Action • Capital • Matching Funds for Small Capitol Projects(3) • Funding incorporated in budget • Rescinded as a result of the state’s fiscal crisis

5. Bus Transit • Capital • Bus Connection to MBTA (5) • No Action • Windham Bus Facility (6) • Pending • Torrington Bus Facility (7) • Pending • Smart Fare Boxes (8) • No Action

6. Highways • Planning • Toll Study (1) • Completed • Capital • Rest Stop Capacity (2) • Additional truck capacity included in the DOT Service Plaza Redevelopment Project • I-95 Widening East of New Haven (3) • Environmental Document for first segment pending • CVISN Build Out (4) • On-Going

7. Highways • Capital • Route 11 (5) • Funding Issues • I-84 Widening West of Waterbury (6) • Environmental Review Underway • Funding Issues • Route 6 (7) • No Action • I-84/Route 8 Interchange (8) • Planning Study Underway • Due to finish in the fall • Long Term Funding Issues

8. Planning • Planning • Rail Freight Study (1) • Funded, but funding was rescinded as a result of the state’s financial crisis • I-95 Master Plan (2) • No Action • Operating • RPA/MPO Funding (3) • No Action

9. Ports • Dredging Needs Study (1) • Funded, but funding was rescinded as a result of the state’s financial crisis • New Haven Harbor Rail Connection (2) • In Process • Rail Connection Reestablished • Spur Track Funding Pending

10. Rail • Operating • Shore Line East (SLE) Service Enhancement (1) • In Process • Service to New London • Continue Section 16 Projects (2) • Incorporated in Operating Budget • Commuter Bus Connections (6) • Incorporated in Operating Budget • Capital • Branch Line Improvements (3) • Planning Studies

11. Rail • Capital • Stamford Station (4) • $35 million authorized • Additional Funding Required • Interim Parking Issues • Legislative Actions • New Haven-Springfield Line Acquisition (5) • No Action • Platform Lengthening (9) • No Action

12. Rail • Capital • Shore Line East Rolling Stock (10) • 24 M8 Cars Funded • New Haven Line Rolling Stock (11) • M8 Cars Funded • New Haven-Springfield Rolling Stock (12) • No action • May be addressed as part of High Speed Rail Project

13. Rail • Capital • M10 Car Development (13) • DOT Discussing with MTA • New Haven Line Bike Access (14) • Funded • Waterbury Transit Center (15) • Environmental Evaluation Under Review • Greenwich Interlocking (16) • No Action

14. Rail • Planning • Branch Line Improvements (3) • Planning Studies Completed • Environmental Evaluations Required • Statewide Rail Operations Plan (7) • Underway • Penn Station Access (8) • MTA Evaluation On-going

15. Transportation Demand Management • State Employee Transit Benefit (1) • No Action • Expand Tax Benefit Statewide (2) • No Action • TDM Evaluation (3) • Funded, but funding was rescinded as a result of the state’s financial crisis

16. Transportation System Management • Email System Improvements • On-going • 511 Transportation Information System • Development On-going • Develop Evaluation Tools • Funded, but funding was rescinded as a result of the state’s financial crisis

17. Other Recommendations • Town Aid Road • Increased supplemental payments by $ 2 million a year • Base grant funding remains unchanged • Transit Oriented Development Incentives • $ 5 million in General Obligation bond funds authorized • Not released due to the state’s fiscal crisis