Kudos to the Connecticut Department of Transportation for their amazing work last week cleaning up from the fiery truck crash in Norwalk which closed I-95 causing countless hours of delays.
Jim Cameron | Columnist
Jim Cameron is founder of the Commuter Action Group and advocates for Connecticut rail riders. He writes this weekly column called "Talking Transportation" for CT Mirror and other publications in the state. Read past Talking Transportation columns by clicking the "More by Jim Cameron" link below. Contact Jim at TalkingTransportationCT@gmail.com.
Is CT doing enough to keep unsafe trucks off our highways?
As the CT State Police investigates the Norwalk crash, we should be asking ‘is the state doing enough to keep unsafe trucks off our highways?’
Transit-oriented development done right
Just plopping housing, affordable or luxury, near a train station doesn’t mean people will want to live there if the only amenity is a short walk to transportation.
You are the traffic
Connecticut is not doing enough to reduce traffic and improve highway safety.
Micro-transit for CT, crow for my lunch
Door-to-door micro-transit services and redevelopment around New Haven’s Union Station are among CT’s recent transportation stories.
Too old to drive?
None of us are getting any younger, but when is it time to hang up our keys for our sake and that of others?
The ‘GW’ — a bridge we love to hate
It’s the bridge we love to hate. Congested and expensive, the George Washington Bridge is best to be avoided. But often you can’t.
Should CT tax electric cars?
EVs are harder on our roads than gasoline-fueled cars, but pay no gas taxes that fund our highways.
License plate readers — additional eyes on CT’s roads
Aside from radar, red lights and speed cameras, some of the best tech being employed by cops these days is license plate readers
New York’s subways are not safe
CT commuters are probably safe on Metro-North, but when they get to Grand Central Station they’re understandably reluctant to take the subway to their office.
Spring brings hopeful transportation news to Connecticut
I say it’s Spring! And with this hopeful season comes good news on the Connecticut’s transportation front.
The global cost of the Red Sea attacks
The Yemen-based Sunni Islamist Houthis’ attacks on shipping on its way to and from the Suez Canal are affecting your life and pocketbook.
More lanes bring more traffic, folks, not less
Expanding Connecticut’s highways isn’t the solution to traffic congestion.
Why so few CT kids on the school bus?
Why the private car parade each day when the town spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on school buses?
A CT transportation summit, or PR fest?
It was billed as a “Transportation Summit.” But the gathering last week in Stamford was more of a PR event than anything else.