Getting There
Monday, February 27, 2017
The Bridgeport "Barnum Boondoggle"
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I feel sorry for the folks who live in Bridgeport. Parts of the city are quite beautiful but others look like the bombed-out South Bro...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
What Metro-North Can Learn from Amtrak
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Enjoying a speedy (148 mph) ride to Boston last week on Acela, I started thinking about the differences between Amtrak and Metro-North. ...
Friday, February 17, 2017
Testifying in Hartford
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Don’t look now, but our legislature is back in action considering dozens of bills affecting transportation. Everything from tolls to train...
Monday, February 6, 2017
A Modest Proposal to Solve the Rail Station Parking Mess
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If we want to get cars off of the highways, we need to turn drivers into rail commuters. But even the most motivated would-be rail rider f...
"The End of the Jumbo Jets"
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Hard to believe, but it was 45 years ago that the first 747 carried passengers when KLM debuted its commercial service. Since then, the ic...
Friday, January 27, 2017
Who Should Pay for Sound Barriers?
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Building and maintaining our highways is expensive. But here’s a quiz question: on interstates 95 and 84, what costs a half-million dolla...
Friday, January 13, 2017
CDOT's Doomsday Scenario
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As the legislature reconvenes this week in Hartford, all are buzzing about filling the predicted $41 million deficit in the state’s budget....
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