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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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Charles Komanoff

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Congestion

Latest Data Show (Again!) That London’s Congestion Pricing is Working

Stephen Graham

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Op/Ed

Highways to Hell: Now Mayor Adams Needs to Advocate for Speed Cameras on Expressways

Dave Snyder

Sharrow

Big Admission: ‘I Was Wrong About Sharrows’

Chelsea Dowell is communications director at Open Plans.

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Eric Adams

What the Livable Streets Movement Wants from Thursday’s State of the City Address

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Cycle of Rage

The End of ‘Criminal Mischief’? A Reflection on Three Months of Field Work

Council Member Vickie Paladino

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Op/Ed: Council Member Decries the Livable Streets Movement as ‘Radicals’

Longtime Hells Kitchen community activist Christine Berthet is also the co-chair of the Community Board 4 Transportation Committee and the founder of pedestrian safety group CHEKPEDS.

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Christine Berthet

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Electric Cars

Thousands of Chargers for Heavy E-Cars Are Coming to a Sidewalk Near You 

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Carnage

KOMANOFF: Listening to Lehrer Helps Understand The Mindset Keeping our Streets Unsafe

Sara Lind is the co-executive director at Open Plans, a sister organization of Streetsblog.

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Sara Lind

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Car-Free Parks

Opinion: Open Plans Lays Out Its ‘Joyful, Sustainable’ Future for a People-Centered NYC

Stephen Mushegan

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Car share

Opinion: Fully EV Car Share is Crucial for Lowering Emissions and Congestion