“In Connecticut, when it comes to transportation we don’t seem to have a transportation strategy… we just have a construction strategy.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Talking Transportation: Cathedrals for Trains, But No Trains
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OPINION: Idea for “Harborside” Rink Location Displayed before RTM Meeting
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Monday night’s Representative Town Meeting at CMS had an added display in the entry hallway for the benefit of the RTM members as they arrived. Peter Berg, a past long time member of the RTM set it up. Mr. Berg is a strong proponent of a new skate rink, and his idea for “Harborside” is to build adjacent to the Island Beach Ferry Terminal on the site of the Town’s truck depot and the former teen center building. Berg set up both a storyboard to try to refute the Town’s assertion that a rink can’t be built in this Flood Zone and shared a model of his proposed Harborside rink. Part of his proposal is to renovate the existing rink for the Byram neighborhood and not pursue a new ballfield and access road in Eugene Morolot Memorial Park. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Opinion
YWCA Greenwich’s Stand Against Racism: Let’s Have The Talk
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“Childhood should be a magical time of wonder and exploration. Most importantly, it should be a time of innocence. It should. However, that is not the case. The complications of the world often meet young Black children before they are ready. To borrow from the popular adage, if Black kids are old enough to experience and understand racism, then their non-Black counterparts should be able to do the same.” – Mary Lee Kiernan, President & CEO, YWCA Greenwich; Simone Quartey, Director, YWCA Greenwich’s Center for Equity & Justice; and Ali Morgan, Education Consultant, Keynote for 2026 Stand Against Racism Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Opinion, YWCA Greenwich
Talking Transportation: A Century of Flying
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Happy 100th birthday to American Airlines, which traces its roots to April 15, 1926 when it first flew a contract airmail route between Chicago and St Louis. In 1959 American introduced its first jet, the Boeing 707. In 1981 they launched AAdvantage, the first major airline loyalty program. Continue Reading →
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Talking Transportation: Will Higher Gas Prices Help Mass Transit?
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Transit advocates might be accused of a little schadenfreude, taking satisfaction in drivers’ pain at the pump. Or maybe they’re renewing their long term dream: Maybe this will finally push people out of their cars and onto the train and bus! – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
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Talking Transportation: Could Your Mail Really Stop?
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“Without Congress doing something, the USPS won’t stop your home deliveries, at least not every day. But we may lose Saturday mail. And see smaller post offices close. And first class rates could zoom up to about $1 per letter.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Talking Transportation: A Gift at the Pump in an Election Year
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“Until recently, transportation planners worried that electric vehicles would slowly starve the Special Transportation Fund because EV drivers don’t buy gasoline and therefore don’t pay gas taxes. But now federal policy toward EVs has been, shall we say, less enthusiastic. Which means that deficit problem may arrive later than expected.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
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The Connecticut Economy in a “Strait” Jacket?
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“Funny thing about global oil trade: it’s not controlled by admirals or presidents. It’s controlled by insurance underwriters in London.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
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The Real Winter Warriors: CT Dept of Transportation vs Mother Nature
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“In some states, fracking brine (euphemistically called “produced water”) is used for highway treatment. But that’s banned in Connecticut due to its residual radioactivity. All of these salty corrosives aren’t good for your car, damaging the frame, underbody, brake and fuel lines, suspension components, and fasteners. Rust never sleeps. That makes washing your vehicle after a storm even more important.”- Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
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Talking Transportation: Your Car Has a Face — and the DMV Is Judging It
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“Your car has a face, and in Connecticut, that face can be subject to editorial review by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Six characters may not seem dangerous, but in the wrong order your choice of vanity plates may apparently pose a serious threat to public morality. Or so says the DMV.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →