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.
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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If Connecticut state workers are overpaid, why so many open jobs?
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?
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Metro-North’s hypocrisy unmasked
For Metro-North to encourage commuters to come back to their trains and then allow them an unsafe ride is hypocrisy.
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Why they de-electrified the Danbury branch
In 1959, the last electric locomotive pulled a train on the Danbury branch in Connecticut. Commuters and planners have regretted it since.
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Self-serve gasoline in Jersey? Fugeddaboutit
Here in Connecticut we have to pump our own gas, but not in New Jersey, where another effort at self-serve has died.
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CT’s gas tax holiday is costly election year pandering
While the savings may be tiny for each driver, the loss of tax revenue for the state’s Special Transportation Fund will be significant.
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Ride sharing in Connecticut is back!
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?
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Ukraine, Metro-North and the gasoline tax
Oleksander Pertsovskyi must be rescued and brought to the U.S. His first job should be as consultant to Metro-North.
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Saving money on gasoline in Connecticut
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.
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Fares up, but not enough: Why commuter rail is unsustainable
Metro-North is losing taxpayers’ money with every trip… lots of it!
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Racial justice and the railroads
There is one crucial intersection between railroads and civil rights:Â Â the formation in 1925 of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters by A. Phillip Randolph
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Transportation tidbits
This week, updates on a few interesting developments in Connecticut transportation:
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The long haul trucker (and writer)
Why do most motorists hate truck drivers? Is it because their big rigs are so intimidating?Â
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Commuting in a wheelchair
You think you have a bad commute? Try doing Maclean Sarr’s hour and a half trip each way… in a wheelchair.
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In Connecticut, a tale of two railroads
Is it the worst of times for Metro North or, as the politicians say, the best?