Charles Komanoff
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KOMANOFF: What I Learned Outside a Chinatown Restaurant
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Only two of 37 restaurant customers arrived by car. And one was in a cab.
KOMANOFF: Downtown Candidate Who Should Know Better Opposes Congestion Pricing
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Council candidate Susan Lee seemed to get congestion pricing when we conferred two years ago. No longer.
KOMANOFF: You Nearly Die, You Keep Going
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What is the difference between life and death for a cyclist? This week, I wondered that question anew after I was nearly struck by a reckless driver in The Bronx while Adam Uster was killed by a reckless driver in Brooklyn.
KOMANOFF: Could a Once-a-Month Freebie Save Congestion Pricing?
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Even though congestion pricing will be a balm for the city and beneficial even for most of the drivers who resist it, perhaps it’s time for an easy layup to jumpstart the conversation: let’s give every household in the 12-county MTA region a single untolled trip per month into the congestion zone.
Komanoff Dissects New York City’s Car Baby Boom
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U.S. Census data confirm what we suspected: New York City's car population exploded in the past decade, even more than that of the suburbs.
KOMANOFF: Want Safe Batteries? Stop Pretending Food Delivery is Free
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Bicycle food-delivery in New York City is broken — not just because it’s essentially unregulated, but also because it’s unpriced.
Latest Data Show (Again!) That London’s Congestion Pricing is Working
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Friday, Feb. 17 will mark two decades since London inaugurated congestion charging — and the latest data continue to show that it's been an unqualified success.
KOMANOFF: Listening to Lehrer Helps Understand The Mindset Keeping our Streets Unsafe
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Hearing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer chatting it up on Lehrer’s show Wednesday morning gave me a new insight into why New York streets remain so unsafe for cyclists and pedestrians.
FACT CHECK: Many More Children Die from Road Violence than Gun Violence
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KOMANOFF: Even with the awful 2020 spike in firearm deaths of U.S. youths, more than twice as many pre-teen children die from traffic violence as from gun violence.
KOMANOFF: The Weight of Gasoline
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The Democrats are getting creamed over the price of gasoline — and it’s not really fair (though it sort of is, too).
ANALYSIS: Congestion Pricing Will Lead to Better Air Quality in The Bronx
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Emissions will lessen in five neighboring counties — with health benefits all around.
...And Second, Why it Will Be Better than the MTA Says
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Parts of Nicole Gelinas’s begrudging take on congestion pricing practically beg for pushback. So here we go.