Talking Transportation: Connecticut’s Winter Warriors of Road and Rail
Behind every cleared highway and on-time train stands a network of plow drivers, engineers and crews battling the elements.
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Talking Transportation: Shore Line East Left Behind Again
Shore Line East is at risk of becoming a case study in how to discourage ridership. Is it any surprise that locals refer to the southeast part of our state as “Connecticut’s forgotten corner”?
Talking Transportation: From Hartford to New York City by Night Boat
Two centuries ago, travelers from Hartford to New York relied on riverboats rather than highways or trains. It was a slow but scenic journey down the Connecticut River.
Talking Transportation: The DMV Is Judging You
Six characters may not seem dangerous, but in the wrong order your choice of vanity plates may pose a serious threat to public morality. Or so says the DMV.
Talking Transportation: Snow, Salt and Unplugged Promises
Columnist Jim Cameron, calling snowstorms a test of Connecticut’s transportation system, gives high marks for highway clearing while faulting local streets and rail platforms.
Talking Transportation: Winter Travel Tips to Beat Cold, Snow – and Connecticut’s Roads and Rails
Jim Cameron delivers helpful tips, fun facts and one piece of particularly timely advice: Sometimes the smartest winter travel decision is not traveling at all.
Talking Transportation: Big Brother, Facial Recognition and AI
The future is here, and it's shopping with us. Jim Cameron takes a skeptical look at where convenience ends and surveillance begins.
Talking Transportation: Strawberries in January and Other Climate Impacts
How fruit and vegetables make their way to our supermarkets is not only a tale of botany, but of logistics and long-distance transportation at some cost to our environment.
Talking Transportation: Who’s Running This Railroad?
Jim Cameron explains "the bizarre patchwork of ownership and responsibility" that makes the state’s railroads possible.
Talking Transportation: Best of 2025
Columnist Jim Cameron shares his five most widely read columns from 2025 for readers to re-enjoy – or fume over.
Talking Transportation: Shore Line East Left Behind Again
Shore Line East is at risk of becoming a case study in how to discourage ridership. Is it any surprise that locals refer to the southeast part of our state as “Connecticut’s forgotten corner”?
Talking Transportation: From Hartford to New York City by Night Boat
Two centuries ago, travelers from Hartford to New York relied on riverboats rather than highways or trains. It was a slow but scenic journey down the Connecticut River.
Talking Transportation: The DMV Is Judging You
Six characters may not seem dangerous, but in the wrong order your choice of vanity plates may pose a serious threat to public morality. Or so says the DMV.
Talking Transportation: Snow, Salt and Unplugged Promises
Columnist Jim Cameron, calling snowstorms a test of Connecticut’s transportation system, gives high marks for highway clearing while faulting local streets and rail platforms.
Talking Transportation: Winter Travel Tips to Beat Cold, Snow – and Connecticut’s Roads and Rails
Jim Cameron delivers helpful tips, fun facts and one piece of particularly timely advice: Sometimes the smartest winter travel decision is not traveling at all.
Talking Transportation: Big Brother, Facial Recognition and AI
The future is here, and it's shopping with us. Jim Cameron takes a skeptical look at where convenience ends and surveillance begins.
Talking Transportation: Strawberries in January and Other Climate Impacts
How fruit and vegetables make their way to our supermarkets is not only a tale of botany, but of logistics and long-distance transportation at some cost to our environment.
Talking Transportation: Who’s Running This Railroad?
Jim Cameron explains "the bizarre patchwork of ownership and responsibility" that makes the state’s railroads possible.
Talking Transportation: Best of 2025
Columnist Jim Cameron shares his five most widely read columns from 2025 for readers to re-enjoy – or fume over.