HeyJaredJim Cameron
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Opinion: The Vernon grumble over rumble/mumble (opens the original)
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Why would anyone oppose road safety? Well, perhaps, when the solution can be heard from your bedroom. State Route 527 in Vernon (known locally as West Street), which carries 7000+ cars a day, has a blemished record for traffic accidents: 90 crashes in a recent three-year period. Too often cars veer over the centerline of the highway, off the road or into oncoming traffic. The proposed solution by the Connecticut Department of Transportation is “rumble strips.” You’ve probably seen, felt or heard
Opinion: The museum that owns its own railroad (opens the original)
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Happy 30th birthday to the largest railroad museum in Connecticut, the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston. It was in 1996 that the museum, which now has almost 100 rail cars in its collection, made its first passenger runs. To celebrate there will be special excursion runs Saturday and Sunday Sept. 26 and 27, filled with happy rail fans. What makes this railroad museum so different is that it owns a freight railroad, the Naugatuck Railroad, the proceeds from which help fund the museum a
9/11: The longest commute (opens the original)
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No single event in my lifetime had a greater impact than 9/11. And for veteran commuters it is still fresh in their minds. So I asked them to share some of those memories, excerpted below (longer remembrances can be found here). “I was just entering my office at 48th and Madison Avenue when building security told me that a plane had struck the World Trade Center. At first, I thought he must have been referring to a Cessna or some other small plane hitting a tower by accident. It was only when I
Opinion: Florida's failing for-profit railroad (opens the original)
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Should Connecticut’s commuter railroads be privatized? That’s a suggestion I often receive from commuters hoping that railroads who treat riders like customers instead of cattle are incentivized to offer better service. Sounds good in theory but, as the finance bros ask, “Does it pencil?” Well you don’t have to look further than Florida for some answers… and they are not encouraging. Brightline is the privately funded and operated passenger rail line in Florida launched in 2018 with such promise
Opinion: The traffic calming illusion (opens the original)
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While Jim enjoys a “train spotting” vacation, let’s revisit this column from a while back… You’ve seen the bumper stickers: Slow down in town. They’re a nice thought. Completely useless, but nice. Apparently, the theory is that shame, printed on vinyl, will penetrate the skull of someone doing 45 mph in a 25 zone while texting. I wouldn’t exactly call it road rage, but why is it that when we’re behind the wheel our goal is to get on down the road as fast as traffic will allow, the speed limit be
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