Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
NO WORD ON HOW SERIOUS THE
INJURIES ARE.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY
THERE ARE FEW TRAINS STOPPING
AT NEW HAVEN'S STATE STREET
STATION... YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
THERE'S A PUSH TO MAKE SOME
CHANGES... TO MAKE REGULAR
RIDERS HAPPY. NEWS EIGHT'S
ERIN LOGAN IS LIVE IN NEWS
EIGHT CONTROL... TO TELL US
WHAT'S BEING DONE. ERIN?
THERE'S A PETITION CIRCULATING
AND A FEW ALDERMAN ARE IN
DISCUSSIONS. THE GOAL IS TO
GET MORE STOPS AT STATE
STREET. RIDERS SAY IT'S NOT
JUST ABOUT THEM, IT'S ABOUT
VISITORS MISSING OUT ON ALL
NEW HAVEN HAS TO OFFER.
THE TRAIN JUST KEEPS ON
GOING.. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE FOR A GOOD PART OF THE
DAY AT THE STATE STREET STOP.
ERIN GUSTAFSOM11:03 THEY'D
LIKE LATER TRAINS IN THE
EVENINGS.AND MORE OPTIONS IN
THE MORNING. IF COLIN MANNEX
MISSES THE 834 TRAIN FROM
GRAND CENTRAL, HE HAS TO WAIT
90 MINUTES FOR THE NEXT
ONE..AND THEN THE OPTIONS ARE
MIMIMAL. COLIN MANNEXCOMMUTING
FROM NYC TO NEW HAVEN08:05
THERE'S A BIG GAP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHERE
THEY'RE NOT RUNNING TO THIS
STATION. HE WAS THRILLED TO
MEET ERIN GUSTAFSON, THE BLOCK
WATCH CAPTAIN FROM NEW HAVEN'S
WOOSTER SQUARE. SHE LET HIM
KNOW ABOUT A PETITION SHE
STARTED AFTER PEOPLE IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD VOICED
FRUSTRATIONS OVER FEW STOPS AT
STATE STREET. 08:10 I THINK
IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S A NO
BRAINER. ERIN GUSTAFSON
WORCESTER SQUARE BLOCK WATCH
CAPTAIN10:16 BY A WEEK, WE HAD
160 SIGNATURES, NOW 250.
WE'RE HOPING TO GO BEYOND THE
CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO THOSE NOW
ON THE SHORELINE WHO COMMUTE
TO NEW HAVEN. IT'S OVER A HALF
MILE BETWEEN UNION STATTION
AND STATE STREET. IN THE COLD,
AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A
RUSH....THAT WALK IS DREADED.
DOUG HAUSLADEN IS ONE OF A FEW
ALDERMAN HOPING TO MAKE
CHANGES. HE SAYS THE MONEY
HAS BEEN SPENT TO BUILD THE
STATION, LET'S USE IT MORE.
DOUG HAUSLADENWARD 7 ALDERMAN
10:14 METRONORTH HAS BEEN
TALKING WITH ECONOMIC
DEVELOOMENT HERE IN NEW HAVEN
AND I'VE BEEN INTERFACING WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
THEY'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY RESPONSE. ERIN LOGAN
NEW HAVEN15:14 NO TRAINS STOPS
WHATSOEVER ON THE WEEKEND.
HAUSLADEN SAY THAT'S THE
BIGGEST COMPLAINT. WHAT'S
BOTHERSOME TO HIM IS THAT NEW
HAVEN HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST
AMOUNT OF FREE PUBLIC ART IN
THE COUNTRY BEHIND WASHINGTON,
DC. NOT TO MENTION ALL THE
WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS,
SHOPPING, AND THEATER.
HAUSLADEN14:36 WE'RE THE
CULTURAL CAPITAL AND THE
CULINARY CAPITAL OF
CONNECTICUT AND WE'D LIKE TO
HAVE PEOPLE COME HERE AND
EXPERIENCE THAT.
HAUSLADEN SAYS THE STATE HAS
BEEN RESPONSIVE, BUT THE MORE
PEOPLE TO SIGN THE PETITION,
THE BETTER. IF YOU WANT MORE
STOPS AT STATE STREET, HE'S
ASKING YOU TO SIGN
IMMEDIATLEY. WE HAVE THAT
INFORMATION ON OUT WEBSITE,
WTNH.COM