[MikefromCT]

Originally Posted by JayCT

The key word there is “reduce” and it has. It was NEVER going to solve the traffic congestion problem on I-84 but the naysayers conveniently ignore or forget that and claim it’s a failure which it is not. Not at all. Jay

Come on, Jay. If I may ask, do you have to use 84 to get to work? Because I do, and I can tell you it has done absolutely nothing to alleviate congestion the least little bit. On the contrary, it's gotten worse now that companies are demanding people return to the office. I understand how important it is to bolster and perpetuate a constant positive image of this state, and anyone who disagrees is simply being negative, but the reality is that I-84 is more clogged than the septic tank at Chris Christie's house. I know this because I have to rely on it. The traffic is usually so horrendous that I take back roads instead because I refuse to put up with the constant gridlock. It is awful, and Fasttrack has done zilch to combat this. I can name other things this state has gotten right, like legalizing cannabis and the activating of The Hartford Line, but Fasttrack is decidedly not one of them. I realize that might be the all-affirming answer some people want to hear, but again, as someone who has personally witnessed firsthand how awful 84 remains, these are the facts.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by bushewick

the hartford renaissance continues



https://www.wfsb.com/2023/12/06/new-...rds-north-end/


if you were to tell me 3 years ago that hartford and its surrounding areas would see this much development, i would of laughed at you

I was just coming to post this

Factory redevelopment in Hartford's North End to transform community by creating new housing

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Great article on 13 new projects in the Capital City that will be a big change for the better. Go Hartford! Jay

https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2...pment-tracker/

I miss Hartford and will look forward to spending a weekend there next year - Ill find some excuse at Trinity to come back for homecoming weekend or something.

I was there for some dark days in 2012-2016.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by MikefromCT

Presumably, you have not seen the traffic congestion at major town intersections. If you have, you might re-consider your position. They are over-developing numerous areas that are already crowded. If multifamily housing really brought in more tax revenue, West Hartford's mill rate would go down, and that's never gonna happen. And I don't care that sounds classist. Everyone else feels the same way, they're just not voicing their opinion.

If you keep with this line of thinking one day CT could one day be as unaffordable as MA.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod

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Let me just say that I support the Fast Track. But I'm not sure if that's totally true. the whole point of building it was to get people out of their cars and reduce traffic on 84 west.

I thought it was more so to serve the students at Uconn in Downtown Hartford and the ones at CCSU. I was at Trinity when it was built and remember the hulabaloo. I rode the Fatrak twice and found it to be clean and excellent. But this was in 2016.

[Johnho771]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

If you keep with this line of thinking one day CT could one day be as unaffordable as MA.

CT might already be more unaffordable then MA. There was a poster in one of these CT forums talking about how they knew Hartford area CEOs who lived in the Boston area. Pretty sure ESPN's Teddy Bruschi lives in MA too. Talk about tough commutes. When big money guys are getting priced out you know there is an affordability problem.

[MikefromCT]

Originally Posted by Johnho771

CT might already be more unaffordable then MA. There was a poster in one of these CT forums talking about how they knew Hartford area CEOs who lived in the Boston area. Pretty sure ESPN's Teddy Bruschi lives in MA too. Talk about tough commutes. When big money guys are getting priced out you know there is an affordability problem.

If CEO's and other high-profile, well-to-do individuals are living in metro Boston but work in Hartford, it's because the find the former more stimulating and offering greater and better amenities and points of interest than the latter. It has nothing to do with cost. Anyone who thinks metro Boston is less expensive than Hartford is clueless and living in a dream world.

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

If you keep with this line of thinking one day CT could one day be as unaffordable as MA.

Outside of Fairfield County, that's never gonna happen. And it's not worth clogging suburban towns with cookie cutter boxes to offset this, and it won't.

[bushewick]

Originally Posted by MikefromCT

If CEO's and other high-profile, well-to-do individuals are living in metro Boston but work in Hartford, it's because the find the former more stimulating and offering greater and better amenities and points of interest than the latter. It has nothing to do with cost. Anyone who thinks metro Boston is less expensive than Hartford is clueless and living in a dream world.

And yet, boston and its suburbs are far denser and busier then metro hartford. Woudn't you like to see metro hartford thrive in the same way?

[Johnho771]

Originally Posted by MikefromCT

If CEO's and other high-profile, well-to-do individuals are living in metro Boston but work in Hartford, it's because the find the former more stimulating and offering greater and better amenities and points of interest than the latter. It has nothing to do with cost. Anyone who thinks metro Boston is less expensive than Hartford is clueless and living in a dream world.



Outside of Fairfield County, that's never gonna happen. And it's not worth clogging suburban towns with cookie cutter boxes to offset this, and it won't.

Up for debate. Time is money for these guys. I'm sure they would prefer to be closer to Hartford as not wise to be commuting 3 to 4 hours round trip everyday.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by MikefromCT

Come on, Jay. If I may ask, do you have to use 84 to get to work? Because I do, and I can tell you it has done absolutely nothing to alleviate congestion the least little bit. On the contrary, it's gotten worse now that companies are demanding people return to the office. I understand how important it is to bolster and perpetuate a constant positive image of this state, and anyone who disagrees is simply being negative, but the reality is that I-84 is more clogged than the septic tank at Chris Christie's house. I know this because I have to rely on it. The traffic is usually so horrendous that I take back roads instead because I refuse to put up with the constant gridlock. It is awful, and Fasttrack has done zilch to combat this. I can name other things this state has gotten right, like legalizing cannabis and the activating of The Hartford Line, but Fasttrack is decidedly not one of them. I realize that might be the all-affirming answer some people want to hear, but again, as someone who has personally witnessed firsthand how awful 84 remains, these are the facts.

I don’t have to commute on I-84 to know the traffic conditions on it and I strongly disagree with you.

By your statement you are saying that not one car has been removed from I-84 because of CTfastrak. Then I ask you how would those that use CTfastrak today get to Hartford without it?

And what about those that live in all the new apartments that have been built along the CTfastrak route? How would they get into and out of Hartford?

I can tell you: many, if not most, would use I-84. So to say CTfastrak “has done zilch” to reduce traffic congestion is inaccurate at best.