AASHTO Journal - Garrett Eucalitto to Chair Public Transportation Council

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently named Garrett Eucalitto (above), commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, to a two-year term as chair of the Council on Public Transportation.

[Above photo by AASHTO]

Eucalitto – who is the immediate past president of AASHTO – has served as CTDOT’s commissioner since January 2023 and previously served as the agency’s deputy commissioner for three years.

Prior to joining CTDOT, he served as the transportation program director for the National Governors Association, as well as undersecretary for the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management and as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a master’s degree from Boston University.

Improving and expanding transit has been a focus of Eucalitto’s tenure at CTDOT. At AASHTO’s 2025 Spring Meeting in Hartford, CT, his agency organized a special tour of the CTfastrak bus rapid transit or BRT system; a system of 10 bus routes operated by the agency that provides direct service to and from the towns and cities of Waterbury, Cheshire, Southington, Bristol, Plainville, New Britain, Newington, West Hartford, Hartford, and Manchester.

CTDOT has also started construction on major upgrades to four train stations on the Metro-North Waterbury Branch Line, located in Derby-Shelton, Ansonia, Beacon Falls, and Seymour – construction that is anticipated to be completed by spring 2028.

The agency said the upgrades will transform those stations with new 350-foot platforms designed to accommodate full train boarding, along with covered canopies and enclosed windscreens to improve comfort in all weather, along with real-time arrival information, ticket vending, improved lighting, and clear wayfinding.