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KOMANOFF: Coronavirus Will Go Away, Congestion Pricing Must Not

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 3, 2020 | No Comments

All four bedrock conditions that justified congestion pricing in the first place will almost certainly remain after COVID-19.

WJ Farr's map, which was posted to Twitter, shows you everything you need to know.

KOMANOFF: Where the Streets Have No Mayor

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments

De Blasio’s failure to pedestrianize more than a few dozen blocks shows his true colors.

The mayor in his natural habitat: a taxpayer-funded SUV.

Komanoff: De Blasio — Even Now — Is MIA on Breaking the Car Culture

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments

The mayor's actions and utterances show again and again that he lives inside a "windshield world."

KOMANOFF: Relinquishing Congestion Pricing Exemptions Fantasies

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 6, 2020 | No Comments

America's leading expert on congestion pricing weighs in on the whining of Manhattan drivers.

Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81. This photo is from the mid-1980s.

IN MEMORIAM: ‘Do All The Good You Can’ — The Life of Urban Ecology Pioneer Carolyn Konheim

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 2, 2019 | No Comments

Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81.

Matt Travis's friends left a memorial at the scene of his death. Photo: Charles Komanoff

KOMANOFF: Visit to Site of Matt Travis’s Death Invokes Sadness, Rage

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

I needed to know exactly how Matt Travis died.

Hultberg 5-photo array with caption _ 15 Sept 2019

Bowery Flowers — The Green Spark Behind NYC’s 1980s Bicycle Revival

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 16, 2019 | 18 Comments

Remembering Carl Hultberg, a great, unsung figure at the start of the livable streets movement.

Elizabeth Warren at a CNN presidential "town hall" earlier this year.

Why Elizabeth Warren’s Punt on Light Bulbs Hurts Climate Advocacy

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 6, 2019 | 27 Comments

Tackling and overcoming the climate crisis will require even more fundamental change than dismantling Big Oil.

This is a split second before Jose Alzorriz (right) was killed just waiting for a light.

The Last Seconds in the Life of Jose Alzorriz

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 2, 2019 | 7 Comments

The dashcam video is merciless. But three weeks on, I can’t stop staring at the still pic.

Congestion is a major problem in Manhattan — but the City Council's proposed cap on Uber and Lyft and other app-based taxi companies won't fix it, our expert says.

KOMANOFF: Not So Fast — New Uber/Lyft Rules Will Speed Traffic Less Than City Thinks

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 13, 2019 | 6 Comments

Our taxicab Tennyson, our deadline Dylan, Charles Komanoff predicts that the mayor's Uber/Lyft plan won't really solve the congestion problem. There's math involved, so you might want to open that calculator app.

Cyclists pulled their bikes onto the roadway rather than wait 45 minutes for the president. Photo: Steve Bodzin

NYPD, Secret Service Joined Forces to Cage Bridge Cyclists During Trump Visit

By Charles Komanoff | May 20, 2019 | 19 Comments

Legendary cycling advocate — and security theater expert — Charles Komanoff weighs in on Friday's Secret Service hold on the Queensboro Bridge during the president's visit to the East Side.

Hey, Paul Krugman, We Happen to Have ‘Carbon Tax’ Legend Charlie Komanoff Right Here

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 4, 2019 | 8 Comments

Our expert debunks one of the Nobel laureate's misperceptions about carbon taxation.

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