Editing New Haven, Connecticut (section)

=== Bus ===
[[File:CT bus342face.JPG|thumb|A [[Connecticut Transit New Haven|New Haven Division]] bus in [[Downtown New Haven]], near the Green]]
The [[Connecticut Transit New Haven|New Haven Division]] of [[Connecticut Transit]] (CT Transit), the state's bus system, is the second largest division in the state with 24 routes. All routes originate from the [[New Haven Green]], making it the central transfer hub of the city. Service is provided to 19 different municipalities throughout [[Greater New Haven]]. Bus routes were formerly identified by letters, but as of October 8, 2017, all service was renamed using 200-series numbers, in accordance with a renumbering of CTtransit's statewide services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cttransit.com/news/important-information-regarding-route-renumbering-and-renaming-cttransits-new-haven-area-bus |title=Important information regarding the route renumbering and renaming for CTtransit's New Haven-area bus routes |date=August 30, 2017 |website=CTtransit |access-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322204718/https://www.cttransit.com/news/important-information-regarding-route-renumbering-and-renaming-cttransits-new-haven-area-bus |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

CT Transit's Union Station Shuttle provides free service from Union Station to the New Haven Green and several New Haven parking garages. [[Peter Pan Bus Lines|Peter Pan]] and [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] bus lines have scheduled stops at Union Station, and connections downtown can be made via the Union Station Shuttle. A private company operates the New Haven/Hartford Express which provides commuter bus service to Hartford. The Yale University Shuttle provides free transportation around New Haven for Yale students, faculty, and staff.

The New Haven Division buses follow routes that had originally been covered by [[tram|trolley]] service. [[Horsecar|Horse-drawn streetcars]] began operating in New Haven in the 1860s, and by the mid-1890s all the lines had become electric. In the 1920s and 1930s, some of the trolley lines began to be replaced by bus lines, with the last trolley route converted to bus in 1948. The City of New Haven is in the very early stages of considering the restoration of streetcar (light-rail) service, which has been absent since the postwar period.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Melissa |url=http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2007/12/a_streetcar_com.php |title=A Streetcar Comeback? |publisher=New Haven Independent |access-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628042117/http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2007/12/a_streetcar_com.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Appel |first=Allan |url=http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/03/street_cars_new.php |title=Where To Catch The Streetcar |publisher=New Haven Independent |access-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628142330/http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/03/street_cars_new.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/upload/2008/03/New%20Haven%20Streetcar%20a%20Catalyst.pdf |title=TransSystems: New Haven Electric StreetCar A Catalyst for Development |website=New Haven Independent |access-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627204551/http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/upload/2008/03/New%20Haven%20Streetcar%20a%20Catalyst.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scrcog.org/toc_files/New%20Haven%20Streetcar%20Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929201156/http://www.scrcog.org/toc_files/New%20Haven%20Streetcar%20Report.pdf |url-status=dead |title=TranSystems/Stone Consulting & Design, "New Haven Streetcar Assessment", April 2008. |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>