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“Many truckers blame their GPS for directing them onto the parkways, so some insurance companies are offering financial incentives for fleet owners that use “smart GPS” designed for commercial drivers which will warn drivers of over-height vehicles to stay away. But if you’re using a regular GPS unit or an app like WAZE, you’re out of luck.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
“I’ve asked Connecticut Dept of Transportation and Senator Blumenthal to persuade the FRA to give us back our usual speeds on Metro-North, so far to no avail. So while a few trains, like the New Haven expresses, may be running at better speeds, for most commuters it’s still a slow ride to NYC.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
“It should have been done by now.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
When rescue workers found her, unconscious, she’d been thrown from the train. Others were crushed inside the cars. Eight were killed and 200 injured, 11 critically. Ironically the engineer, later charged in the crash, walked away with just a few bumps and bruises. Continue Reading →
First impressions do count. And the first impressions we give visitors to our state aren’t as positive as they should be, are they? Continue Reading →
Back in the day you didn’t just take “a train,” you traveled on The 20th Century Limited or the Broadway Limited (named not for the street but the Pennsylvania Railroad’s four-track wide right-of-way). Today, trains just have a number. Or a departure time. Continue Reading →
“When recreational sales of cannabis finally come to Connecticut, so too will the tourists and fresh tax revenues for the towns and cities permitting such sales.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
There’s been a lot of buzz in the past week about Shore Line East finally adding M8 cars to its service. While this is good news, the railroad’s future is not bright. Continue Reading →
By Jim Cameron
Airplanes have Wi-Fi. Even Connecticut’s CTfastrak commuter bus system from New Britain to Hartford gives its passengers free Wi-Fi. Commuter railroads across the US offer Wi-Fi, including Boston’s MBTA. Wi-Fi is everywhere… but not on Metro-North. So the Connecticut legislature has just budgeted $23 million to install 5G technology on the railroad’s M8 cars. Continue Reading →
“As legislators congratulate themselves for cleaning up our state’s air (by 2040) they encourage further driving, worsening our air pollution, while discouraging use of mass transit.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →