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The Wheelhouse: Don't Call It The Busway

Ryan King
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WNPR
Spectators visit the New Britain CTfastrak station at the busway's opening ceremony on Friday.

After years of debate, controversy, and construction, commuters can finally take CTfastrak (aka, the busway). It's less than a week old, but how's it going so far? This hour, our weekly news roundtable The Wheelhouse discusses the long road to opening day for this bus rapid transit system.

Also, Governor Dannel Malloy is making the rounds on national television shows after he signed the first executive order banning state-funded travel to Indiana after recently passed "religious freedom" legislation. The self-described "porcupine" governor is showing his quills to the country.

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GUESTS:

  • Colin McEnroe - Host of The Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR
  • Tom Condon - Deputy editorial page editor for the Hartford Courant
  • Susan Bigelow - Political columnist for CT News Junkie

John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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