The History of a Movement, Part I: Hazmat Suits and Street Memorials
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.
December 6, 2021
KOMANOFF: Yellows and Ubers Deserve Their Own Congestion-Pricing Policy Lane
Charging the for-hires for each passenger-minute in the Manhattan taxi zone is quintessential congestion pricing — and more effective against Manhattan congestion than the MTA’s one-size-fits-all FHV surcharge, our expert says.
October 4, 2021
KOMANOFF: Latest Traffic Numbers Prove Need for Congestion Pricing, Once and For All
On the eve of today's opening of the congestion pricing public comment period, we asked Charles Komanoff to do what he does best: Crunch the numbers and show that our region desperately needs congestion pricing. Here you go.
September 23, 2021
KOMANOFF: An Open Letter on Congestion Pricing to Wavering Pols (And You, Gale)
Our ace congestion pricing expert admonishes pols, including Manhattan Borough President Brewer, to not complicate congestion pricing but simply support it to the hilt.
September 8, 2021
KOMANOFF: De Blasio’s Medallion ‘Bailout’ Plan Ignores True Cause Of Taxi Driver Distress
It is going to be up to the next mayor to follow up with explicit policies addressing the unjust competition between yellow cab drivers and those of Uber and Lyft — policies such as those our columnist outlines here.
March 10, 2021
KOMANOFF: Transparency is Why DOT, Not NYPD, Should Oversee Crash Investigations
An expert in crashes gives his testimony on why the Collision Investigation Squad should be placed inside the Department of Transportation instead of inside the NYPD. It's all about transparency.
February 24, 2021
KOMANOFF: Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them
A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
February 16, 2021
Lithium Mining and the Hidden Environmental Costs of EVs
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.
February 9, 2021
KOMANOFF: Beware the EV Congestion Boomerang
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.
February 8, 2021
KOMANOFF: Hey, Drivers, Here’s How to Stop Worrying and Love Bike Lanes on Bridges
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.
January 29, 2021
