Develop a similar program to encourage municipal planning promoting transit-oriented development. Update state planning and design guidelines to encourage local implementation of bike-friendly and traffic calming street designs. Establish a funding program for New Haven Line towns and cities to begin local transit jitneys connecting neighborhoods and train stations. These recommendations would begin a series of small changes that will add up over time to a more flexible, accommodating transportation system and streetscape, without making a big dent in ConnDOT s core programs. The state should implement a moratorium on highway expansion projects in land the State Conservation and Development Plan classifies as a Preservation Area Highways disperse development.
Mass transit concentrates it.
New and expanded roads frequently act as can-openers for development of open space.