New bus route could help people find and fill open jobs NBC Connecticut [Video]

There are currently about 90,000 jobs open in Connecticut in fields like manufacturing, healthcare, education and more. There is also, though, a long list of reasons why many people who need a job aren’t applying for those jobs, including affordable childcare and transportation.

There’s a new bus route that may help solve that transportation problem in some local communities.

NBC Connecticut’s Mike Hydeck spoke with Joe Feest, the economic development director in Meriden.

Mike Hydeck: You’re one of the places where that bus route goes. It goes from Meriden through Berlin to New Britain. How was that particular location chosen?

Joe Feest: So Mike, when we talk about how it’s chosen, the main factor is our TOD district in our downtown. So what happened is we already have a transportation hub right in the center, next to our beautiful green that we redid a couple years ago, with several hundred apartments right …