For the People

We're in the thick of back to school season and Labor Day is approaching, so we're connecting with our partners at the CT Dept. of Transportation to review some important safety reminders, and let you in on their upcoming Drive Sober Campaign. We'll also cover a number of other projects our state DOT is heading up. 

Then we'll bring in a couple of representatives from Bridges Healthcare, a regional mental health authority for Milford, Orange, West Haven, Stratford and greater New Haven. We'll discuss how Bridges is supporting Suicide Prevention Awareness Month activities and invite you to walk or wheel your way to their upcoming 35th Annual Folks on Spokes & Step Forward event.

And due to a scheduling issue, we're closing with a replay of an early summer chat featuring the Curator of Education at Beardsley Zoo to help you discover all the incredible things happening at Connecticut's only zoo. There's a lot more than one day trip worth of excitement happening, and we want you to know all about it so you can dive into all the fun at the zoo, too!

Today we'll be bringing you a For the People Special Report focusing on eBikes with a lot of critical information aimed at parents and those providing eBikes for younger riders, as well as riders who want to be as safe as possible when operating alongside other motor vehicles on Connecticut's roadways. We'll open talking with a Newtown Police officer who will talk about current laws related to eBikes and some potent observations of what he is seeing on local roadways.

Then our Special Report on eBikes continues with two representatives from UConn Health Waterbury Hospital - one who has been a first responder for decades, along with a nurse who manages of the hospital's Emergency Dept. We'll pick up the conversation detailing their experiences and perspectives as they see eBike, moped, and scooter collisions rapidly escalating across the region they serve.

Then, in our final segment, we'll reconnect with community partners at McCall Behavioral Health Network. We'll talk about how that regional provider was recently accepted into the World Trade Center Health Program, becoming a provider of coordinated behavioral health and primary care services for eligible 9/11 responders and survivors in Connecticut.