Cameron on Transportation 2022
Robert Moses

Robert Moses, Let My People Alone — But Get Things Built!

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With the impending opening of the “new” Grand Central Madison rail station serving the Long Island Rail Road, an important milestone in the region’s transportation history will be made. And, in historical perspective, one man’s name comes to mind: Robert Moses. Awhile back when I gave a guest lecture to a group of urban planning graduate students at UConn, I made reference in the class to Robert Moses and these planners of our future just gave me a blank stare. “You do know who Robert Moses was, don’t you?” I asked. They did not.

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Jim Cameron Jim Cameron 8-2-16

Beware the Benevolent Despot: Like Robert Moses, the Flawed Master Builder of New York

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Every baseball fan knows Babe Ruth and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. Every part of American history has its heroes and villains. Yet, it’s frightening how much we forget about the past mistakes we made in planning for transportation — lessons we should have learned from. This became clear recently when I was asked to be a guest lecturer to a group of urban planning graduate students at the University of Connecticut. I made reference in the class to Robert Moses and these planners of our future just gave me a blank stare.