Charles Komanoff
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KOMANOFF: Listening to Lehrer Helps Understand The Mindset Keeping our Streets Unsafe
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Hearing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer chatting it up on Lehrer’s show Wednesday morning gave me a new insight into why New York streets remain so unsafe for cyclists and pedestrians.
FACT CHECK: Many More Children Die from Road Violence than Gun Violence
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KOMANOFF: Even with the awful 2020 spike in firearm deaths of U.S. youths, more than twice as many pre-teen children die from traffic violence as from gun violence.
KOMANOFF: The Weight of Gasoline
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The Democrats are getting creamed over the price of gasoline — and it’s not really fair (though it sort of is, too).
ANALYSIS: Congestion Pricing Will Lead to Better Air Quality in The Bronx
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Emissions will lessen in five neighboring counties — with health benefits all around.
...And Second, Why it Will Be Better than the MTA Says
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Parts of Nicole Gelinas’s begrudging take on congestion pricing practically beg for pushback. So here we go.
KOMANOFF: Blame Republicans, Not Democrats, for Less-Than-Robust Climate Bill
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Our regular contributor goes after Post columnist Nicole Gelinas for recently suggesting that Democrats bear all the blame for climate change.
KOMANOFF: High Gas Prices Are Reducing Driving!
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Pricing has power. Changes in the prices of goods and services affect demand for those items. And that's happening with gasoline right now, despite what Streetsblog says!
KOMANOFF: Idiocy of Congestion Pricing Environmental Review Eludes Times Columnist
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New Yorkers don’t need lofty essays that make congestion pricing an object lesson in environmental process gone wrong.
KOMANOFF TO BUTTIGIEG: Speed Congestion Pricing… And Show Us Your ‘Overzealous’ Concerns
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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: A New York Gas-Tax Holiday Will Enrich Those Who Least Need It
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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.