Charles Komanoff
Recent Posts
No Uber-Lyft Cap Needed Because New York Can Price Its Way Out of Congestion and Despair
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Congestion pricing is a much better plan than capping Uber and Lyft, which provide a valuable service outside of Manhattan.
How Higher Wages for Uber Drivers Could Cut Traffic
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It's up to Mayor de Blasio to follow through on a powerful policy proposal to change the for-hire vehicle industry for the better.
Eight Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Goes Great With the Fast Forward Plan to Fix NYC Transit
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Andy Byford's Fast Forward NYC plan to modernize subways and buses has set the stage for congestion pricing in the 2019 Albany session.
Albany Didn’t Even Get the Taxi Fees Right
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By omitting a cordon toll and charging taxis and Ubers per trip instead of per minute, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders bungled their chance to reduce New York's most punishing traffic congestion.
The Cost of Cold Feet: No Cordon Toll Means Kissing Most Congestion Pricing Benefits Goodbye
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Without a cordon toll, the time savings from reduced traffic congestion drops by at least 60 percent. The revenues available to improve transit drop by 60 percent or more as well.
Congestion Pricing Will Help Stop Climate Change — But Differently Than You Think
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The direct tailpipe emissions impact of congestion pricing is outweighed by its force multiplier effect.
Why Congestion Pricing Won’t Overwhelm the Subways
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Congestion pricing can significantly reduce gridlock by shifting a relatively small share of car trips off the streets, and the subway already carries far more people than the crossings that will be tolled.
Schaller: Curbing Uber “Idle Time” Key to Busting Manhattan Gridlock
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A report published today by taxi savant Bruce Schaller pins Manhattan's current traffic meltdown squarely on the relentless growth in Uber, Lyft, and other app-based for-hire vehicles.
London Traffic Would Be At Least 20 Percent Slower Without Congestion Pricing
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The number of automobiles entering London’s center each day has plunged by 44 percent since the start of congestion charging, even as the total number of people entering grew 23 percent.
The Futility of de Blasio’s Meager Traffic Congestion Plan
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The mayor's ideas have been tried before, without success. But even if the plan works as intended, the effect would be tiny because it doesn't attempt to reduce traffic volumes.
De Blasio Is Wrong — There’s a Congestion Pricing Plan That Affects All Boroughs Fairly
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The mayor says he's never seen a version of congestion pricing that's fair to the outer boroughs, but the Move NY toll reform plan is specifically designed to distribute costs fairly between different parts of the city.
Top Legal Expert Concludes NYC Has Power to Toll Its Own Roads and Bridges
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One of New York City’s preeminent jurists, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., affirmed today that the city possesses full legal authority to toll its own roads and bridges and thus does not require state approval to implement congestion pricing.