Charles Komanoff
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KOMANOFF TO BUTTIGIEG: Speed Congestion Pricing, Please
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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.
KOMANOFF: Gas-Tax Holiday Will Enrich The Rich
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Rich families will benefit nearly six times as much as the poorest. So why are Democrats for it?
Opinion: Alternatives to California’s Pro-Car Giveaway
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Of the myriad motorist giveaways now being rushed into place around the U.S., none sting like California’s.
KOMANOFF: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Won’t Unjam U.S. Roads
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Only a stiff congestion price can meaningfully cut traffic congestion. And only organizing can get us better transit and safe bicycling networks.
The History of a Movement, Part II: Raising the Stenciling Stakes
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This installment focuses on initial media coverage of the movement.
Movement History: Hazmat Suits and Street Memorials
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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.
How To Get Congestion Pricing Done
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Leaving NYC’s congestion-pricing program to wander and die in Albany's dysfunction over Gov. Cuomo is not acceptable.
Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them
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A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
Lithium Mining: The Hidden Environmental Cost of EVs
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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.
KOMANOFF: Beware the EV Congestion Boomerang
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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.
Drivers, Stop Worrying About Bike Lanes on Bridges
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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.
KOMANOFF: Trip Logs Can Reveal Candidates’ Intent on Livable Streets
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Mayoral candidates are vowing to use transit as mayor. But don’t believe the hype. Follow the trip logs.