🧵 Drivers have killed 50 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year. The most recent preventable death happened on Route 10 in Hamden around 9:54 PM on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. realhartford.org/pedestrian-mur…

Thanks for highlighting this critical issue! I'm currently working with Connecticut Department of Transportation & @MetroCOG on a road safety audit of East Main St. More voices advocating for urban pedestrian safety are crucial. Let's create a safer, more equitable infrastructure.

This story is pure Connecticut dysfunction…you get: -Joe Ganim w/bad policy ideas (apartments are out-of-scale in our state’s largest city??) -an insane situation because of our completely arbitrary zoning processes We need clear rules, ministerial approval…and less Joe Ganim

A tragic element of our housing crisis, the prevalence of fires in substandard unsafe single family home. Close to 100% of residential fire deaths in CT occur in single family homes. We need to upgrade our housing stock This week two more: a 7 year old girl and a 66 year old man

Connecticut has some of the oldest housing stock in the country, and it’s not because everyone is living in gorgeous, impeccably remodeled 1700s colonial homes. It’s a sign of our frozen housing market. We need reform and more homes—and these new homes will be safer.

Won't someone consider the plight of poor Greenwich? greenwichfreepress.com/news/governmen… via Greenwich Free Press

Every state should be pursuing policies like a large (refundable) child tax credit and CT’s baby bonds. Every kid deserves a healthy, fulfilling life in a place where they know they belong. It’s why I advocate for more housing, and it’s why we need other policies like this.

Ah Connecticut…want to build a luxury mansion with your own airport? Sounds great! Want to build a duplex w/limited parking? WHAT ARE YOU, INSANE?! THAT WILL DESTROY OUR STATE!

Lmao these lower Fairfield County towns are unbelievable

It’s wild to me that the GHMS is planning to spend billions shifting highways around Hartford; Bridgeport was also devastated by Rt 8 and I-95 but there’s *zero* discussion about fixing it. We should be thinking bigger in Fairfield County: make removing Rt 8 a priority!

Housing opponents love to vilify reform by calling it “one size fits all,” but of course it’s the exact opposite. Despite some work in their center, towns like Wilton have 90% of their land zoned exclusively for single family homes on 2 acre lots. Literally one size fits all!

Connecticut policy makers when it comes to rail trails

“What anti-housing folk really mean when they say that they want ‘local control’ is that they will do little or nothing regarding housing, if left up to them. Anything to stop change.” This is absolutely excellent—and from a New Canaan resident!

'Local control' is the status quo - that's what got us into this mess. Opinion: When they say 'local control,' they mean they will do nothing about housing ncadvertiser.com/opinion/articl… via @ncadvertiser

"I've lived in this town my entire life, and I want to keep living here," he said of Easton. "But given the fact that it's just so difficult with housing prices, with rent, with utility bills..” Chris is so close to getting it…but then doesn’t mention any proposals for housing.

Yes teens should drive safely, but maybe we should develop a transportation system where we don’t hand Sherman tanks to kids whose brains and decision-making aren’t close to developed yet?

I understand people in CT who don’t want change, but there are so many ways to build homes, welcome more neighbors, and keep Connecticut beautiful all at once. I love my neighborhood, and backyard cottages, duplexes, and townhomes wouldn’t ruin this—it would make it even better.

Connecticut looking glorious today