Public reaction to the Avelo Airlines decision to fly deportation flights for the U.S. government is misplaced. If you’re upset with ICE’s deportations, isn’t your anger better directed at them?
Talking Transportation
Talking Transportation is a weekly opinion column written by Jim Cameron, a longtime CT Viewpoints contributor and rail advocate based in southwestern Connecticut.
The night boat from Hartford to Manhattan
Long before the railroad stitched Hartford to New York City, the Connecticut River served as the city’s lifeline to the outside world.
More border scrutiny for everyone — even citizens
Did you know that CBP can ask to see your cellphone… and ask you to unlock it for inspection?
CT’s Real ID deadline is looming
Quick. Look at your Connecticut driver’s license! If you don’t see a gold star in the upper right corner, you’ll soon be unable to use that as ID to fly.
‘The high cost of free parking’
Building more parking, like widening highways, just encourages more use of cars, adding to the problem.
Metro-North’s first woman president approaches the end of the line
She pointed to the railroad’s record high on-time performance and improved customer service ratings.
New locomotives for CT, batteries included
Electric locomotives will soon be part of Connecticut’s transportation system –if everything goes to plan.
CT’s snow plows do their dance
State and local road plow crews choreograph their work long before the first flake flies.
CT transportation: the good, the bad and the impractical
There are some good legislative developments in CT transportation, and some that should be left on the side of the road.
How about privatized rail service?
As President Trump upends the way things are done in D.C., I have a suggestion: why not privatize Amtrak?
Too much transit news, some of it good
This week I want to remind you of some good transportation news that got lost in the flood of developments in Washington.
Will CT’s undocumented immigrants fear mass transit?
Many immigrants rely on our buses and trains. But given their fears of deportation, I would predict a decline in ridership on mass transit as ICE raids continue.
Thank you, ‘Amtrak Joe’
Thanks, .Joe Biden, the president who has done the most for transportation in our country since Dwight Eisenhower built our interstate highways.
Congestion pricing comments inspire reader blowback
Last week’s column about New York City’s congestion pricing experiment seems to have struck a nerve.
How about congestion pricing in CT?
If thistolling plan proves successful in Manhattan, let’s try it on our interstates. We all know that I-95 is at saturation.



