Last night was my first Connecticut Rail Commuter Council Meeting, and I apologize to that entity for taking so long to show up for one, because its 100% relevant to Connecticut Metro-North passengers and deserves better exposure from StationStops.
They are very informative, open to the public, interface regularly with ConnDOT and MTA, and I would [...]

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This has been sitting in my draft folder for two days while I awaited further confirmation from the two sources I talked to, but it is looks like reporter Tom Evans of The Hour Online has let the cat out of the bag.

Wording in a document from the state Department of Transportation has rail commuters [...]

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The Stamford Advocate has some interesting new quotes on the M-8 Railcar delay:

(Connecticut Rail Commuter Council Spokesman Jim) Cameron cites statements by Rell in her February 2005 budget address addressing her surcharge proposal and the new rail cars, stating that commuters would not pay fare increases until the cars were in service.
“Our commuters have suffered [...]

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This article references The Greater Greater Washington Blog, which has been doing an exceptional job of covering the transit data intellectual property discussion. I wanted to give them a specific shout-out. -ed
While negotiating with MTA on the phone regarding license terms, I was expressly told by their departments that they could not negotiate any license [...]

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Not like we didn’t see this coming, but its here.
Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council reports on his blog, Talking Transportation, that the long overdue new M8 railcar equipment for Metro-North’s New Haven Line will not be delivered on schedule.
To add insult to injury, it looks like Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell is going [...]

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Overheard on twitter this morning:
Once again, I had good intentions on taking early train to work but #MetroNorth failed me again. Not enough seats.
and
Metro North no longer apologises for trains that are too short. It’s just normal now.

Well, get used to it! (if you aren’t already).
Despite earlier reports and hopes, the new M-8 Rail [...]

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To date, I really haven’t had any contact with the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council, so I was looking forward to attending their event this morning “Meet The Railroad – Meet The Commuter” at the South Norwalk Metro-North Station, which was widely advertised in every news article I could find as being from 6 AM – [...]

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