KOMANOFF: Disband NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad
In this clarion call op-ed, Charles Komanoff argues that the NYPD's crash investigation unit needs to be replaced by civilians.
April 16, 2020
KOMANOFF: Coronavirus Will Go Away, Congestion Pricing Must Not
All four bedrock conditions that justified congestion pricing in the first place will almost certainly remain after COVID-19.
April 3, 2020
KOMANOFF: Where the Streets Have No Mayor
De Blasio’s failure to pedestrianize more than a few dozen blocks shows his true colors.
March 27, 2020
Komanoff: De Blasio — Even Now — Is MIA on Breaking the Car Culture
The mayor's actions and utterances show again and again that he lives inside a "windshield world."
March 25, 2020
KOMANOFF: Relinquishing Congestion Pricing Exemptions Fantasies
America's leading expert on congestion pricing weighs in on the whining of Manhattan drivers.
March 6, 2020
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Do All The Good You Can’ — The Life of Urban Ecology Pioneer Carolyn Konheim
Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81.
December 2, 2019
KOMANOFF: Visit to Site of Matt Travis’s Death Invokes Sadness, Rage
I needed to know exactly how Matt Travis died.
November 18, 2019
Bowery Flowers — The Green Spark Behind NYC’s 1980s Bicycle Revival
Remembering Carl Hultberg, a great, unsung figure at the start of the livable streets movement.
September 16, 2019
Why Elizabeth Warren’s Punt on Light Bulbs Hurts Climate Advocacy
Tackling and overcoming the climate crisis will require even more fundamental change than dismantling Big Oil.
September 6, 2019
The Last Seconds in the Life of Jose Alzorriz
The dashcam video is merciless. But three weeks on, I can’t stop staring at the still pic.
September 2, 2019