The New Haven State Street Station is ideally located in downtown New Haven to serve the neighborhoods of Wooster Square and Downtown, which have seen significant increases in population in recent years. With the completion of the 360 State project, there are now also 500 public parking spaces available in a vibrant urban center directly across from the station, making it all the more accessible to commuters.
With residential capacity higher than ever surrounding the station, and a growing demand for more public transportation options, it is time to bring Metro-North full service to New Haven State Street Station.
From the organizer:
The addition of trains to State Street has been a wishful conversation in the neighborhoods I think really since it opened in 2002. Very recently a neighbor approached me in my capacity as Wooster Sq Watch captain to say that he had received a response from Metro-North that indicated that they would be willing to consider increased schedules if there were enough public support. This news encouraged me to see how many others would be interested. In subsequent conversations at the Downtown Wooster Sq Community Management meeting on November 20 and informally bringing it up among Wooster Sq neighbors, I heard overwhelming support for the idea. In just the 25 minutes since I created the petition and circulated it to the neighborhood watch list and on Twitter, I had 21 signatures and counting. I would love to have nhv.org increase public awareness of the petition and I thank you again for writing!
From NHV.Org:I have thought that a pedestrian overpass at the State St. Train Station to help people navigate crossing the 4 lanes of State Street would be useful some day. I also think that the inclusion for use of the station with the Metro North NYC lines would give the station more use. It's a neat looking station.
Now that's great. In addition Nhv.Org would like to make the following suggestion. We've all heard the train conductor give those familiar words "First two cars move forward; last two cars move back" (or is it the other way around when the train reaches the platform?). Well, what if the first two cars when it reached New Haven Station detached from the main train, and those two cars were dispersed at State Street? What would the timetable changes look like?
- What would the timetable changes look like?
- How much money would it cost?
- Does connecting and disconnecting trains frequently cause safety concerns?
- Will it cost more to ride in the first two trains going to State Street?
- Will it interfere with Shoreline East lines?
- Will it actually improve peoples' lives?
