The new head of the state Department of Transportation is making the case for infrastructure work, while also trying to assure lawmakers he's more than a rail guy.  Joseph Giulietti ,the former president of Metro North was on Governor Lamont's Transportation transition committee.  They looked at the highways, seaports, airports, freight rail and passenger rail to come up with possible solutions to integrate the state into a transportation network and best poise Connecticut to better connect travelers and goods. 

When it comes to rail, Giulietti says the Danbury line is unique, noting that when he was MNR President he was called before the legislature's Transportation Committee and asked by it was not electrified and how it could be done.  There's also been discussion about how to connected it further west, to meet the Harlem line.

Giulietti used to operate trains out of Danbury, as a conductor and locomotive engineer.  But he also says he knows what it's like to get in the traffic jam between exits 3 and 7, the tie ups in City Center and the related road problems.

Giulietti says he wants to look at the best investments to prioritize improvements.