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Jim Cameron | Columnist

Jim Cameron is founder of the Commuter Action Group and advocates for Connecticut rail riders. He writes a weekly column called "Talking Transportation" for CT Mirror and other publications in the state. Read past Talking Transportation columns here. Contact Jim at CommuterActionGroup@gmail.com.

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One million U.S. deaths and Connecticut’s spotty recovery continues

by Jim Cameron | Columnist May 15, 2022May 15, 2022

How are we all recovering from this pandemic? Joining transportation experts last week on a panel discussion, I heard mixed results.

Posted inTalking Transportation

Why is there still no free Wi-Fi on Metro-North?

by Jim Cameron | Columnist May 8, 2022May 9, 2022

Commuter railroads across the U.S. offer Wifi, including Boston’s MBTA. Not Metro-North, but that may change.

Posted inTalking Transportation

The CT legislative session’s good, bad, ugly… and ‘fuelish’

by Jim Cameron | Columnist May 1, 2022May 1, 2022

As legislators congratulate themselves for cleaning up our state’s air, they encourage further driving, worsening our air pollution, while discouraging use of mass transit.

Posted inTalking Transportation

If Connecticut state workers are overpaid, why so many open jobs?

by Jim Cameron | Columnist April 24, 2022April 24, 2022

If the salaries and benefits of these so-called cushy state jobs are so great why can’t CDOT fill the 700 job openings it anticipates in the next few months?

Posted inTalking Transportation

Metro-North’s hypocrisy unmasked

by Jim Cameron | Columnist April 16, 2022April 17, 2022

For Metro-North to encourage commuters to come back to their trains and then allow them an unsafe ride is hypocrisy.

Posted inTalking Transportation

Why they de-electrified the Danbury branch

by Jim Cameron | Columnist April 10, 2022April 21, 2022

In 1959, the last electric locomotive pulled a train on the Danbury branch in Connecticut. Commuters and planners have regretted it since.

Posted inTalking Transportation

Self-serve gasoline in Jersey? Fugeddaboutit

by Jim Cameron | Columnist April 3, 2022April 2, 2022

Here in Connecticut we have to pump our own gas, but not in New Jersey, where another effort at self-serve has died.

Posted inTalking Transportation

CT’s gas tax holiday is costly election year pandering

by Jim Cameron | Columnist March 27, 2022March 29, 2022

While the savings may be tiny for each driver, the loss of tax revenue for the state’s Special Transportation Fund will be significant.

Posted inCT Viewpoints

Ride sharing in Connecticut is back!

by Jim Cameron | Columnist March 21, 2022March 26, 2022

How’d you like to save thousands of dollars in commuting costs by car?  And at the same time cut the number of vehicles on our highways?

Posted inCT Viewpoints, Talking Transportation

Ukraine, Metro-North and the gasoline tax

by Jim Cameron | Columnist March 14, 2022March 26, 2022

Oleksander Pertsovskyi must be rescued and brought to the U.S. His first job should be as consultant to Metro-North.

Posted inCT Viewpoints

Saving money on gasoline in Connecticut

by Jim Cameron | Columnist March 7, 2022March 26, 2022

The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has thrown the world energy markets into turmoil, raising the price of gasoline in Connecticut to more than $4 per gallon.

Posted inCT Viewpoints

Fares up, but not enough: Why commuter rail is unsustainable

by Jim Cameron | Columnist February 28, 2022March 26, 2022

Metro-North is losing taxpayers’ money with every trip… lots of it!

Posted inCT Viewpoints

Racial justice and the railroads

by Jim Cameron | Columnist February 21, 2022March 26, 2022

There is one crucial intersection between railroads and civil rights:  the formation in 1925 of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters by A. Phillip Randolph

Posted inCT Viewpoints

Transportation tidbits

by Jim Cameron | Columnist February 14, 2022March 26, 2022

This week, updates on a few interesting developments in Connecticut transportation:

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The long haul trucker (and writer)

by Jim Cameron | Columnist February 7, 2022March 26, 2022

Why do most motorists hate truck drivers?  Is it because their big rigs are so intimidating? 

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