Charles Komanoff
Recent Posts
Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)
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Streetsblog's resident taxi maven highlights a huge flaw in the city and state's plan to charge surcharges on yellows, Ubers, black cars and green cars that enter Manhattan below 96th St.
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 on NYC Streets
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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.
Attention L Shutdown Complainers: Bus Pollution Is a Blast From the Past
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New Yorkers dreading an invasion of soot-belching buses during the L train shutdown should take a deep breath.
A Better Taxi Surcharge: More Congestion Reduction, Less Pain for Cab Drivers
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A better, fairer for-hire vehicle surcharge would raise the fee when congestion is most intense and charge more for vehicles that spend longer in the congestion zone.
Setting Up a Cordon Toll Would Pay for Itself in a Few Months
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NYU's Mitchell Moss says a congestion pricing cordon toll would be "massive and costly." Au contraire.
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.
Manhattan Congestion Is Too Intense to Fix With an Uber Fee Alone
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With the momentum for a New York City congestion pricing plan in danger of dissipating into an Uber fee, it’s worth revisiting first principles.
Assembly Democrats’ Taxi Surcharge Plan Isn’t Congestion Pricing
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There’s no cordon toll on cars or trucks, which means zero charge on, and revenue from, the city’s #1 congestion source.
Charting a New Course to Street Safety
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Calming one dangerous street at a time, as NYC DOT promised this week, too late, for 9th Street, is just part of the task before us.
An Hourly Fee on Cabs and Ubers Is Less Radical Than It Appears
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Transportation analyst Bruce Schaller recommends charging for-hire vehicles between $5 and $50 per hour within the Manhattan taxi zone.