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Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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