Talking Transportation: The Drone Delivery Debate
Amazon wants FAA approval for up to 1,000 daily drone flights over North Haven and surrounding communities. Residents are pushing back.
Jim Cameron's Latest Articles
Talking Transportation: The Final Boarding Call
Jim Cameron revisits the airlines of a bygone era, from Mohawk ('Mad Men,' anyone?) and Braniff to Hooters Air, when flying was “fun and cheap.”
Talking Transportation: Your Next Car Will Be a Luxury
This week, Jim Cameron takes a look at fuel-efficiency rollbacks, a fatal highway work-zone crash, tariff-driven transit costs and Brightline’s bankruptcy filing.
Talking Transportation: A Rumble Mumble Grumble
As one Connecticut mayor pushes back against plans for centerline rumble strips, columnist Jim Cameron weighs the safety benefits against noise concerns.
Talking Transportation: What Happens When Gasoline Costs $10 a Gallon?
Columnist Jim Cameron revisits predictions made almost 20 years ago to see how they've held up.
Talking Transportation: The Museum That Owns a Railroad
The museum made its first passenger runs in 1996. It will celebrate with special excursions on Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 27.
Talking Transportation: The For-Profit Railroad
Should Connecticut’s commuter railroads be privatized?
Talking Transportation: The Traffic Calming Illusion
Why do we speed through other neighborhoods but demand calm in our own? Jim surveys the engineering tricks used to enforce what signs alone can't.
Talking Transportation: The High-Speed Railroad Never Built … 120 Years Ago
A 10-hour trip between Chicago and New York seemed brilliant in 1905. But when money ran out, the railroad never made it out of Indiana.
Talking Transportation: Is it Time to Tax Electric Vehicles?
The hypothetical “average driver” in CT pays about $209 a year in gas tax while EV drivers pay nothing, according to Jim Cameron. Is that fair?