This summer marks ten years since billionaire inventor Elon Musk first unveiled the idea for passenger pods riding inside giant tubes in a near vacuum.
Jim Cameron | Columnist
Jim Cameron is founder of the Commuter Action Group and advocates for Connecticut rail riders. The views he expresses in his "Talking Transportation" column are his alone and not those of the Connecticut Mirror. Contact Jim at TalkTransport@ctmirror.org.
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Congestion pricing on the horizon –and other news
Even though it’s summer, there’s plenty of news to share on the transportation front.
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Remembering Metro-North’s summer meltdown of 2011
As summer arrives I’m reminded of one of Metro-North’s greatest “fails” of all time.
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Is a mileage-based usage fee in CT’s highway future?
Of course, nobody likes a tax they have to pay. But a Vehicle Miles Tax would fairly fund our highways based on use: the more miles you drive, the more you pay.
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Work on the Bridgeport ferry — a good career if you’re ‘Able’
Crew on the Bridgeport – Port Jefferson Ferry live there on shift, working three days on, three days off.
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CT’s way to run a railroad: Higher fares, less service
Post-COVID train ridership has not returned as fast as CDOT or Metro-North had hoped or predicted, leading to service cuts in CT.
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The New Haven commuter revolt of 1955
Over 65 years ago, many commuters led a revolt against the conditions they faced commuting via the New Haven Railroad.
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A long, awkward, crowded summer ahead for New Canaan commuters
It’s going to be a rough summer for commuters from New Canaan as they cope with Metro-North’s shutdown of all trains on the New Canaan branch.
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How to kill a train line
We just added shiny new M8 cars to Shore Line East and increased train frequency on the Waterbury branch… and now they want to cut service?
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Connecticut’s drunk driving problem
In 2020 our state ranked third in the nation in drunk driving deaths. And our lawmakers are not setting a very good example.
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Bed bugs, Twitter and CT’s revolving door
It’s been an interesting week for the transportation scene in Connecticut, with good news and bad. See if you can figure out which is which.
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The cruise ship in the sky
The Brabazon, built in 1949, had sleeping berths, a sit-down restaurant and a separate movie theater, all to serve just 60 passengers.
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When it’s hot and the railroad draw bridge is working not.
To keep the rails cool in hot weather they used to paint the bridge tops white and even sprayed water on the tracks. Sometimes that wouldn’t be enough.
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Remember the dangers CT highway workers face
Visit the headquarters of the Connecticut Department of Transportation in Newington and inside the front lobby you’ll see a strange memorial: orange safety cones draped in black.
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Long Island: So close to CT, yet so far away
With so much to do on Long Island, one wonders why it’s so hard to get there from Connecticut.