“How can she make any deal, make any promise or attempt to govern the Empire State after this flip-flop fiasco?” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Congestion Pricing on Hold: What Was She Thinking?
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TALKING TRANSPORTATION: CT is Home to the Best Bus Rapid Transit System in the US
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Connecticut’s almost ten year-old CTfastrak has just been named the best such system in the US by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Melillo: The Havemeyer Building – A Roughed Gem In Need of Polishing
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“The building has deep roots in Greenwich history, and its ancient limbs, like those of the old, lost elms of the borough still reach out to us in the present day. This building is aesthetically beautiful, historically relevant, and structurally, a growing concern.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Talking Transportation: Avoiding Drowsy Driving
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Is it by chance that many of the recent wrong-way crashes on our parkways and interstates have occurred in the wee hours of the morning? – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Jim Cameron, Talking Transportation
TALKING TRANSPORTATION: That “New Car Smell” is coming to Amtrak
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Don’t you just love that “new car smell”? Well, that’s coming… slowly… to Amtrak, as the nation’s passenger railroad replaces its old fleet of cars. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Care about local zoning? Here’s how Greenwich State Democrats Protected It
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“The Greenwich delegation ran on a promise to protect local zoning control and that is exactly what we have done. Don’t fall for the hype from the Republican party alleging that your Greenwich state representatives voted against local zoning control. Nothing could be further from the truth.” – Greenwich House delegation, State Representatives Rachel Khanna, Steve Meskers and Hector Arzeno Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Opinion
TALKING TRANSPORTATION: Hero Trucker, Wrong Way Crash, Ferry Service
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“So if CDOT can return I-95 from a disaster-scene to regular service in 80 hours, why haven’t they been able to post all the new warning signs at parkway entrances they promised months ago, preventing further carnage?” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Are Cliques at Greenwich High School Set in Stone?
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“Cliques. Groups. Inner circles. Whatever term you use, we’ve all heard of them. They make up the basis for almost every movie set in high school, and seem to play a large role in society’s perception of adolescents. The question is, are the stereotypes true?” – Alexa Loera, GHS Class of 2026 Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Alexa Loera, cliques, Greenwich High School
TALKING TRANSPORTATION: Is the state doing enough to keep unsafe trucks off our highways?
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By Jim Cameron
Another week, another fiery truck crash on a Connecticut highway, this time in Norwalk on I-95. You’ll remember it was just last June when a similar inferno closed I-95 in Philadelphia as a tanker truck blaze practically melted the steel, collapsing the highway. And last April there was another tanker fire on the Gold Star bridge in New London. If your memory is really good you might recall a similar truck crash on I-95 in Bridgeport on the elevated section of highway back in 2004. The resulting fire melted holes in the highway. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion
Protection Procedures Needed to Prevent Clearcutting Trees on Private Property
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“While our Planning & Zoning Commission addresses tree cover once a site plan has been filed, and IWWA protects trees on designated wetlands, there exists a loophole where trees are unprotected and can be removed by developers and others at will. We can all see this as we drive around town and notice the barren, clearcut properties around us.” – Sandra Harris, Francia Alvarez & Joan Seguin Continue Reading →