After our Crash Analysis of the intersection at Willow St and Nicoll St, The City of New Haven Engineering Department has proposed a new design that will make the intersection safer for all. The new design features multiple traffic calming elements including curb extensions, a raised intersection, and raised medians. It's great to see The City of New Haven following Strong Towns principles.

A strong city or town needs to make sure that its land use is productive: that is, that the activity taking place on that city's land is creating enough wealth to support the infrastructure and services needed for that place to continue to exist and thrive. That's why it's useful to consider the value per acre our cities and towns are providing. Modern American auto-oriented development generates less value than traditional development. We made a map to visualize this for Connecticut. Click here to view it.