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Noah McClain

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NYPD

GETTING AWAY WITH IT: License Plate and Placard Abuse is Rarely The Target of NYPD Discipline

<p>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>.</p>


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Charles Komanoff

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Bicycling

KOMANOFF: Want Safe Batteries? Stop Pretending Food Delivery is Free

Ligia Guallpa

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Delivery workers

Opinion: Council Needs to Make Battery Package Better

John Massengale

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Opinion: New York City Streets Should Themselves Be Illegal!

Steve Price

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Car Dependence

Opinion: Electric Cars Shouldn’t Distract Us From Building a More Walkable World

Jessica Tisch

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Department of Sanitation

DSNY Boss: Commercial Waste Reform is Worth Doing — But the Right Way

Jon Orcutt

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Brooklyn

OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE

Christopher Brimer

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Opinion: The Driver Who Killed My Husband is Going on Trial; I Don’t Expect Much

Neile Weissman

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough

Doug Gordon

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Carnage

Opinion: Debunking the Lies of Vickie Paladino is Crucial to Understanding the Bikelash

Op/Ed