Dimitris K
@dimitrovsky.bsky.social
plangineer in training based in CT
#cturbanists
#cturbanists
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Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
Gov. Lamont signs much-debated CT affordable housing bill after vetoing previous version
The bill is Connecticut's most significant housing legislation in decades.
www.ctinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
📣 Major update for Via NHV riders 📣
Starting Monday, December 1, the Via NHV microtransit service is expanding its service area across New Haven, now including East Rock, Prospect Hill, Wooster Square, Long Wharf, Mill River, and Dwight creating a larger continuous zone.
Starting Monday, December 1, the Via NHV microtransit service is expanding its service area across New Haven, now including East Rock, Prospect Hill, Wooster Square, Long Wharf, Mill River, and Dwight creating a larger continuous zone.
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
📣 Major update for Via NHV riders 📣
Starting Monday, December 1, the Via NHV microtransit service is expanding its service area across New Haven, now including East Rock, Prospect Hill, Wooster Square, Long Wharf, Mill River, and Dwight creating a larger continuous zone.
Starting Monday, December 1, the Via NHV microtransit service is expanding its service area across New Haven, now including East Rock, Prospect Hill, Wooster Square, Long Wharf, Mill River, and Dwight creating a larger continuous zone.
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Why are people still asking if it's possible to be car-free in Connecticut? Plenty of us are. The proof is in that.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Why are people still asking if it's possible to be car-free in Connecticut? Plenty of us are. The proof is in that.
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Just a totally thriving region with only 566 homes available for sale under $600k
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just a totally thriving region with only 566 homes available for sale under $600k
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
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Pretty good stand-in for what’s gone wrong with public policy.
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pretty good stand-in for what’s gone wrong with public policy.
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Ugh, Hartford Union Station announcements, stop saying "Track 1." There's only one track. You sound pitiful, like an airport with one flight to Canada that leans into the "international" in its name.
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ugh, Hartford Union Station announcements, stop saying "Track 1." There's only one track. You sound pitiful, like an airport with one flight to Canada that leans into the "international" in its name.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
bore test to determine the grounds ability to transfer heat for the new geothermal system being developed that will provide energy for Union Station
and Union Square, a major redevelopment in NHV for the 8 vacant site across Union Station.
and Union Square, a major redevelopment in NHV for the 8 vacant site across Union Station.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
bore test to determine the grounds ability to transfer heat for the new geothermal system being developed that will provide energy for Union Station
and Union Square, a major redevelopment in NHV for the 8 vacant site across Union Station.
and Union Square, a major redevelopment in NHV for the 8 vacant site across Union Station.
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Bitterly cold and rainy World Day of Remembrance in New Britain. Heartbreaking stories from families who our transportation system has failed, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bitterly cold and rainy World Day of Remembrance in New Britain. Heartbreaking stories from families who our transportation system has failed, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
NHV punching above its own weight yet once again
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NHV punching above its own weight yet once again
another reason why CT is goated
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
another reason why CT is goated
The number one way to be kind on the train or bus? Don’t 👏 blast 👏 music 👏 or 👏 take 👏 calls 👏 on 👏speaker 👏
Kinda WILD that it didn’t even make the list❗️😤
ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/11/03/k...
Kinda WILD that it didn’t even make the list❗️😤
ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/11/03/k...
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The number one way to be kind on the train or bus? Don’t 👏 blast 👏 music 👏 or 👏 take 👏 calls 👏 on 👏speaker 👏
Kinda WILD that it didn’t even make the list❗️😤
ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/11/03/k...
Kinda WILD that it didn’t even make the list❗️😤
ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/11/03/k...
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Fairfield County, the land of by-right mansion construction but HOW DARE YOU EVEN SUGGEST AS FEW AS TWO FAMILIES LIVE IN A HOME THIS SIZE THAT MUST BE ILLEGAL AT ALL COSTS
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Fairfield County, the land of by-right mansion construction but HOW DARE YOU EVEN SUGGEST AS FEW AS TWO FAMILIES LIVE IN A HOME THIS SIZE THAT MUST BE ILLEGAL AT ALL COSTS
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Incredible how every NIMBY in Connecticut is also an expert in wetlands!
Also incredible how it works. Their homes with steams in the backyard? They’re stewards of the wetlands. Apartments? No matter where, they’ll destroy it.
Also incredible how it works. Their homes with steams in the backyard? They’re stewards of the wetlands. Apartments? No matter where, they’ll destroy it.
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Incredible how every NIMBY in Connecticut is also an expert in wetlands!
Also incredible how it works. Their homes with steams in the backyard? They’re stewards of the wetlands. Apartments? No matter where, they’ll destroy it.
Also incredible how it works. Their homes with steams in the backyard? They’re stewards of the wetlands. Apartments? No matter where, they’ll destroy it.
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New coffee shop in downtown Bridgeport with NO new parking
Parking reform—it gets the job done
Parking reform—it gets the job done
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New coffee shop in downtown Bridgeport with NO new parking
Parking reform—it gets the job done
Parking reform—it gets the job done
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Connecticut downtowns are covered with car parking:
29% of Bridgeport
30% of Danbury
33% of Hartford
39%(!) of Fairfield
44%(!!) of North Haven
52%(!!!) of Darien's Norton Heights
We have the stats for every CT municipal center in our interactive map! 👇
parkingreform.org/ct-parking-l...
29% of Bridgeport
30% of Danbury
33% of Hartford
39%(!) of Fairfield
44%(!!) of North Haven
52%(!!!) of Darien's Norton Heights
We have the stats for every CT municipal center in our interactive map! 👇
parkingreform.org/ct-parking-l...
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Connecticut downtowns are covered with car parking:
29% of Bridgeport
30% of Danbury
33% of Hartford
39%(!) of Fairfield
44%(!!) of North Haven
52%(!!!) of Darien's Norton Heights
We have the stats for every CT municipal center in our interactive map! 👇
parkingreform.org/ct-parking-l...
29% of Bridgeport
30% of Danbury
33% of Hartford
39%(!) of Fairfield
44%(!!) of North Haven
52%(!!!) of Darien's Norton Heights
We have the stats for every CT municipal center in our interactive map! 👇
parkingreform.org/ct-parking-l...
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Have you ever used the Silas Deane Highway in Rocky Hill or Wethersfield???
Do you think it sucks and could be a much better, safer road with a dynamic walkable community along it?
Take this survey! Click the survey tab and tell the study team what you think
engagecdmsmith.com/silas-deane-...
Do you think it sucks and could be a much better, safer road with a dynamic walkable community along it?
Take this survey! Click the survey tab and tell the study team what you think
engagecdmsmith.com/silas-deane-...
Silas Deane Highway (Route 99) SS4A Corridor Study
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engagecdmsmith.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Have you ever used the Silas Deane Highway in Rocky Hill or Wethersfield???
Do you think it sucks and could be a much better, safer road with a dynamic walkable community along it?
Take this survey! Click the survey tab and tell the study team what you think
engagecdmsmith.com/silas-deane-...
Do you think it sucks and could be a much better, safer road with a dynamic walkable community along it?
Take this survey! Click the survey tab and tell the study team what you think
engagecdmsmith.com/silas-deane-...
CT local electeds when they discover the value of bus shelters
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
CT local electeds when they discover the value of bus shelters
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Elevators are important for urban logistics, since cities don’t have big single-story spaces. Here are two freight elevators in the Astor Pl. Wegman’s (built by Wanamaker’s?). Common in European/Asian warehouses, rarer in the U.S. due to our extreme costs. admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Elevators are important for urban logistics, since cities don’t have big single-story spaces. Here are two freight elevators in the Astor Pl. Wegman’s (built by Wanamaker’s?). Common in European/Asian warehouses, rarer in the U.S. due to our extreme costs. admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/u...
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took a lot of essential services to the suburbs. Try finding a pediatrician within city limits, or buying clothes and shoes and school supplies for a child anywhere except the one Wal Mart on the south side of town (unless you rely on the limited selection of a handful of dollar stores).
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
took a lot of essential services to the suburbs. Try finding a pediatrician within city limits, or buying clothes and shoes and school supplies for a child anywhere except the one Wal Mart on the south side of town (unless you rely on the limited selection of a handful of dollar stores).
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It's tiring to see New York so often held up as a model of urban planning that can be meaningful for most American cities, or whose problems are harbingers of what's to come for other cities. New York is extremely unusual among American cities! Talk to me about Rochester and El Paso and Pontiac.
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's tiring to see New York so often held up as a model of urban planning that can be meaningful for most American cities, or whose problems are harbingers of what's to come for other cities. New York is extremely unusual among American cities! Talk to me about Rochester and El Paso and Pontiac.
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This is so real. I handle cases in Hartford, where I live and where my office is, and in Bridgeport, 60 miles away, mostly without a car, because I can get from home to the train station in ten minutes and get to clients' houses all over both cities on my folding bike.
i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is so real. I handle cases in Hartford, where I live and where my office is, and in Bridgeport, 60 miles away, mostly without a car, because I can get from home to the train station in ten minutes and get to clients' houses all over both cities on my folding bike.
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I've been on two calls today with fire safety professionals where the topic was the safety of single-stair buildings. On both calls, somebody was driving while on the call – one a firefighter, the other a fire protection engineer.
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I've been on two calls today with fire safety professionals where the topic was the safety of single-stair buildings. On both calls, somebody was driving while on the call – one a firefighter, the other a fire protection engineer.
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In both states the only way anyone is getting any meaningful property tax relief is if we consolidate some of this disaster nightmare. And it's the one thing everyone will absolutely not do
October 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In both states the only way anyone is getting any meaningful property tax relief is if we consolidate some of this disaster nightmare. And it's the one thing everyone will absolutely not do