In a press release, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced it is awarding funding to nine transit districts and municipalities to develop and pilot an on-demand microtransit service.

Microtransit service is an accessible, on-demand mode of transportation that uses a smartphone app or phone number to request and schedule a ride within designated service areas.

The Program was authorized by Public Act 22-40, and the following municipalities and transit service providers were…

Following the horrific murder of a Visiting Nurse in Willimantic only days earlier, Rep. Klarides-Ditria joined her legislative colleagues, healthcare providers and concerned stakeholders for a press conference calling attention to the dangers Visiting Nurses and other healthcare workers face when treating patients outside the clinical or hospital setting.

While many pointed to specific dangers related to specific treatment settings and tried to frame the narrative as a public health problem, Rep.…