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A Round and a Roundy: You Are the Traffic
Clearly, our cartoonist is sick of drivers complaining about bike lanes (that they mostly park in or drive over) as the source of all the congestion and aggressive driving around town.
October 20, 2021
Report: 85,000 More Damn Cars will Enter Manhattan’s Core Daily in 2023
This is the dawning of the age of Carpocalypse.
October 18, 2021
Study: A Road Pricing Scheme That Actually Cuts Driving
Participants who received cash for choosing modes of transport that are most beneficial to society ended up driving far less than study participants who did not get the reward.
October 13, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Rich Manhattanites Aren’t the Problem (Just Ask Them!)
Every time there's another bitch session about congestion pricing, the narrative hardens: Every person who drives a car thinks everyone else is the reason Manhattan is such a traffic-choked, sclerotic, pollution-filled mess. Our cartoonist begs to differ.
October 6, 2021
Opinion: Congestion Pricing Does Not Begin to Compensate Society for the Harm and Violence Caused by Cars
Much of the coverage of congestion pricing focuses on the need for a toll to reduce congestion or pollution. And that's important. But drivers need to know that they do far more harm than merely causing traffic and greenhouse gas emissions. Put simply: Cars destroy the human living environment in the city.
October 5, 2021
Data: The Very Few New Jersey Commuters Who Will Pay Congestion Toll Are Much Richer
In the Garden State, the elite meet to bleat.
October 5, 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
Monday’s Headlines: More Support for Congestion Pricing Edition
More support for congestion pricing ... plus other news from the weekend.
September 27, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Congestion-Pricing Slam Dunk Edition
The real toll that cars take on our lives — and especially on our kids. Plus all the other news.
September 24, 2021
In Their Own Words: New Yorkers Want Congestion Pricing … And Now
Some amazingly eloquent New Yorkers speaking out for relief from constant abuse by car drivers.
September 24, 2021
