For Immediate
Release
March 22, 2012
Contact: Meaghan MacDonald
(860) 246-1553, ext. 116
Where
Are We Going?
Transportation: Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow
April
17th, Noon at Connecticut’s Old State House
Hartford,
CT – Is traffic strangling Connecticut’s economy? Transportation experts warn
that the state economy can’t grow without better highways and bridges, major
investments in mass transit, reinvigorating our ports and making improvements
to Bradley International Airport.
Earlier generations knew this, as transportation technology transformed
the Constitution State from a network of colonial towns into an industrial powerhouse.
Come
to the Old State House on Tuesday, April 17 at noon as historian and
transportation engineer Richard DeLuca talks about the fascinating history of
turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads and trolleys in Connecticut. His book,
Post Roads and Iron Horses, is the
first to look in detail at the development of a transportation network that
helped define Connecticut and shape New England.
Afterwards,
join the conversation as the Connecticut Network’s Diane Smith moderates a
panel discussing Connecticut’s transportation needs today and in the future.
Richard DeLuca will be joined by Commissioner James P. Redeker, who is
reinventing the Department of Transportation as it sheds its image as mainly a
highway department, and Jim Cameron, Chairman of the Connecticut Metro-North
Rail Commuter Council and long time advocate for rail commuters.
Registrations are not required but
encouraged. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/OSH2012Lecture or call 860-522-6766
to make your reservation today!
Ahead at the Old State House: On June 12th at Noon, join Diane Smith as she sits down for an intimate one-on-one conversation with former Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker.
Ahead at the Old State House: On June 12th at Noon, join Diane Smith as she sits down for an intimate one-on-one conversation with former Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker.
Throughout 2012, the Old State House will have a variety
of lunchtime lectures and other special events and programming. Visit the
calendar on www.ctoldstatehouse.org
for more information.
Located
in Hartford just minutes from the Connecticut Science Center, Wadsworth
Athenaeum and the riverfront, Connecticut’s Old State House invites visitors of
all ages to discover that their voices matter, and that words, ideas,
persuasion and debate really can change minds – and, quite possibly, the
world. The building served as the Constitution
State Connecticut ’s
Old State House on Facebook, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CTOldStateHouse
or visit us online at www.ctoldstatehouse.org.
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