Commuter Advocate to Address Metro-North Woes in New Canaan

Former CT Metro-North Rail Commuter Council member and Chairman Jim Cameron will address people at the Senior Men’s Club of New Canaan about the rail lines issues over the past few years.

“My talk is entitled ‘Metro-North: From First to Worst’ and chronicles the rapid decline in what was once a safe and on-time railroad,” he said. “I try to explain why things went so bad so fast, what’s being done to address those problems and what the prospects are for improved service.”

Cameron served for 19 years on the council and spent four of them as chairman.

Cameron resigned in 2013 to form a new advocacy organization, The Commuter Action Group. He is also author of the newspaper column / blog / podcast “Talking Transportation” which he has been writing for more than a decade.

A resident of Darien, Cameron is a member of that town’s Representative Town Meeting and is Program Director of TV79, Darien’s government television station. He is also President of his own media consultancy Cameron Communications Inc drawing on an award winning career at NBC News where he received both Peabody and Armstrong Awards

His presentation to the Senior Men’s Club of New Canaan will be at 10 am on Friday August 7 in Morrill Hall at St Mark’s Church on Oenoke Ridge in New Canaan. For more information visit www.smcnc.org