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pinktwillshirt t1_itqiu0h wrote

Look at the bigger picture - the state has had too much of a population influx explosion since covid and the current infrastructure is unable to handle it. It was already bad before covid.

I don't anticipate the traffic problems in 95 or the merrit go away at all, unless something generationally transformational is carried out

Like:

  1. Build a new highway or transit system
  2. Pay people to leave the state
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Nyrfan2017 t1_itqjgvs wrote

  1. People learn to merge on highways not causing traffic to stop .
  2. When lanes are merging people stop moving to the merge lane to pass a car just to slow traffic up more
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GoOnNoMeatNoPudding t1_itrfz34 wrote

The problem is congestion. Not people failing to merge properly.

You’d be accurate if traffic was ONLY at a standstill during on ramps, but traffic stretches for miles because of accidents and congestion lmao

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johnsonutah t1_itr33fm wrote

Population has not exploded post covid. You perceive it to have exploded because traffic eased up during covid since everyone stayed home, and now it is back. Traffic has always been horrible in CT, especially Fairfield County.

The answer to the problem is solution #1 that you mentioned. We need generational infrastructure built, probably both a highway expansion and a vastly improved train system.

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Warpedme t1_itslagd wrote

Housing stocks are literally at an all time low in CT because so many people moved here during COVID.

That changes nothing about you being 100% correct about CT needing a complete overhaul on highways, parkways and massive investment into public transit and making cities and towns more walkable/bikeable.

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johnsonutah t1_itsrtjr wrote

Population in CT did not grow significantly last year or the year prior or the year prior. It’s been flat.

CT needs everything you just described + housing built in our cities and continued investment in them. Cities are where density is designed for, and they are economic powerhouses for a state. Problem is ct cities by and large suck and lack housing.

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