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.
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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?
Talking Transportation: P.T. Barnum’s Bridgeport Was No Circus
Barnum’s genius wasn’t just in filling circus tents. The showman and Bridgeport mayor also understood logistics: how to move goods, people and opportunity efficiently.
Talking Transportation: Hot & Bothered – Summer’s Transportation Meltdown
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are disrupting trains, planes and roads, revealing how vulnerable Connecticut’s transportation systems are to increasingly severe summer conditions.
Talking Transportation: Airlines’ Windowless Window Seats
A pair of lawsuits, one of which got the go-ahead to proceed last week, claim passengers were duped when they paid for window seats and ended up with no windows.
Talking Transportation: Two Railroad Giants at War – And Riders Pay the Price
Amid rising rail fares and suffering service, Jim Cameron says state leaders bear responsibility for not adequately funding Connecticut's transportation system.
Talking Transportation: Shapiro’s Folly, Part Deux – The Bridge That Won’t Die
A bridge from Bridgeport to Long Island is a bridge too far, according to transportation columnist Jim Cameron.
Talking Transportation: Confessions of a Kid Who Played With (Real) Trains
Jim Cameron recounts the ingenuity of the railroad air brake system through a don't-try-this-at-home childhood adventure involving a parked freight train.
Talking Transportation: We Built Transportation’s Future, Then Got Stuck in Traffic
Jim Cameron looks at Connecticut's history of pioneering submarines, aircraft engines and the nation's first statewide speed limit (because "we do enjoy a good rule").
Talking Transportation: The Speed Camera Revolt
The challenge isn't proving that speeding is dangerous, according to columnist Jim Cameron. It's convincing drivers that speed cameras are truly about safety.
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?
Talking Transportation: P.T. Barnum’s Bridgeport Was No Circus
Barnum’s genius wasn’t just in filling circus tents. The showman and Bridgeport mayor also understood logistics: how to move goods, people and opportunity efficiently.
Talking Transportation: Hot & Bothered – Summer’s Transportation Meltdown
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are disrupting trains, planes and roads, revealing how vulnerable Connecticut’s transportation systems are to increasingly severe summer conditions.
Talking Transportation: Airlines’ Windowless Window Seats
A pair of lawsuits, one of which got the go-ahead to proceed last week, claim passengers were duped when they paid for window seats and ended up with no windows.
Talking Transportation: Two Railroad Giants at War – And Riders Pay the Price
Amid rising rail fares and suffering service, Jim Cameron says state leaders bear responsibility for not adequately funding Connecticut's transportation system.
Talking Transportation: Shapiro’s Folly, Part Deux – The Bridge That Won’t Die
A bridge from Bridgeport to Long Island is a bridge too far, according to transportation columnist Jim Cameron.
Talking Transportation: Confessions of a Kid Who Played With (Real) Trains
Jim Cameron recounts the ingenuity of the railroad air brake system through a don't-try-this-at-home childhood adventure involving a parked freight train.
Talking Transportation: We Built Transportation’s Future, Then Got Stuck in Traffic
Jim Cameron looks at Connecticut's history of pioneering submarines, aircraft engines and the nation's first statewide speed limit (because "we do enjoy a good rule").
Talking Transportation: The Speed Camera Revolt
The challenge isn't proving that speeding is dangerous, according to columnist Jim Cameron. It's convincing drivers that speed cameras are truly about safety.