If your car only averages 25 mpg, driving ten miles roundtrip will cost you more than you may think you’re saving.
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.
Talk of pedestrian deaths touches a nerve
Last week’s column on the increase in pedestrian deaths brought us a lot of comments. Here are a few for you to consider.
Rising numbers of pedestrian deaths and injuries need everyone’s attention
She was just walking her dog. Seconds later she became the latest statistic in a growing list of pedestrians killed or maimed this year in Connecticut by motor vehicles.
Yet another I-95 study, fixing nothing
The latest example of wasting money: a $7 million, three-year traffic study of I-95, the fifth such study in 20 years.
Connecticut and monorails: A history of going nowhere
Monorails are not in Connecticut’s future and are not the answer to our woes.
Attacks are a threat to CT mass transit workers — and the entire system
An incident in late December is just one of many in Connecticut, New York City and nationwide in what is an increasing incidence of violence aimed at our mass transit workers.
Derailments here and in Ohio are cause for concern
Americans have been thinking about the safety of our railroads a lot in recent days, and with good reason.
There’s something about Bridgeport
Bridgeport officials may be building a dock, but they don’t have a ferry to operate there.
Looney times at the Connecticut legislature
A number of bills this session would affect our state’s transportation laws — including one on unhelmeted motorcycle fatalities.
Building great (and really expensive) facilities
As a friend put it in social media, the new Grand Central Madison “proves we CAN build great things (in the U.S.).” Yeah… a decade late and 400% over budget.
Connecticut’s transportation obfuscation
Since April the Council has asked for data on on-time performance by station, when Shore Line East service would be fully restored, and more. Bupkis.
Competition for Amtrak? Maybe
AmeriStarRail LLC claims to have $5.5 billion ready to spend on a fleet of high-speed trains built by the same company Amtrak is using for the new Acela train sets.
Learning from the Europeans how to do rail right
Imagine Washington to New York air shuttles being legislated out of existence. Imagine Amtrak offering cheaper, but still high-speed, options.
Metro-North, bring back the quiet cars!
Canceled during the pandemic, the railroad has been dragging its heels in returning this important passenger amenity.
The man who shaped New York’s transportation landscape
Today’s transportation planners need to understand the achievements — and failures — of Robert Moses.
