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Charles Komanoff

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KOMANOFF TO BUTTIGIEG: Speed Congestion Pricing, Please

By Charles Komanoff | May 4, 2022 | No Comments
In this clarion call op-ed, Charles Komanoff writes an open letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation secretary demanding action on congestion pricing.
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KOMANOFF: Gas-Tax Holiday Will Enrich The Rich

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 1, 2022 | No Comments
Rich families will benefit nearly six times as much as the poorest. So why are Democrats for it?
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Opinion: Alternatives to California’s Pro-Car Giveaway

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 28, 2022 | No Comments
Of the myriad motorist giveaways now being rushed into place around the U.S., none sting like California’s.
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KOMANOFF: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Won’t Unjam U.S. Roads

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 10, 2022 | No Comments
Only a stiff congestion price can meaningfully cut traffic congestion. And only organizing can get us better transit and safe bicycling networks.
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The History of a Movement, Part II: Raising the Stenciling Stakes

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments
This installment focuses on initial media coverage of the movement.
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Movement History: Hazmat Suits and Street Memorials

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments
Today, as we confront the bloodiest year in Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero, Streetsblog begins a seven-part series focusing on a key strand in the movement for livable safe streets, written by a central figure in that movement, Charles Komanoff.
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How To Get Congestion Pricing Done

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 4, 2021 | No Comments
Leaving NYC’s congestion-pricing program to wander and die in Albany's dysfunction over Gov. Cuomo is not acceptable.
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Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments
A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
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Lithium Mining: The Hidden Environmental Cost of EVs

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 9, 2021 | No Comments
The Green New Deal is clearly better than our carbon-based catastrophic course. But it also depends on massive amounts of lithium — and extracting it will carry a big environmental cost of its own.
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KOMANOFF: Beware the EV Congestion Boomerang

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 8, 2021 | No Comments
So, policymakers, be careful what you wish for when EVs are concerned: If congestion increases because of an exemption for electric vehicles, a primary benefit of congestion pricing disappears.
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Drivers, Stop Worrying About Bike Lanes on Bridges

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 29, 2021 | No Comments
Drivers are already complaining, but expert Charles Komanoff shows in this clarion call op-ed that congestion pricing will reduce traffic so much that SIX lanes could be taken away from drivers and they wouldn't even feel it.
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KOMANOFF: Trip Logs Can Reveal Candidates’ Intent on Livable Streets

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 17, 2020 | No Comments
Mayoral candidates are vowing to use transit as mayor. But don’t believe the hype. Follow the trip logs.
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