KOMANOFF: How to Counter the Latest Congestion Pricing Objections
Reasonable people raise objections to congestion pricing. But they can be easily addressed.
February 12, 2019
KOMANOFF: Want Fair Taxi Congestion Surcharges? Embed Them Within Congestion Tolling
A nationally respected expert says a City Council taxi bill is a springboard for a better congestion-pricing plan.
January 28, 2019
KOMANOFF: Good Tidings for Congestion Pricing From Governor Cuomo
The governor's congestion pricing plan is a win-win-win.
January 16, 2019
Op-Ed: Varick Street Crossing Guards Are Telling a Tale of Congestion Pricing
The Times story on "adult crossing guards" reveals, though inadvertently, how our politicians have failed us.
December 28, 2018
Memo To Council Member Barry Grodenchik: Find a New Congestion Pricing Guru
The Queens lawmaker foolishly said he agreed with former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's flawed argument that fees on drivers are "elitist."
December 18, 2018
Op-Ed: Postpone the Taxi Congestion Surcharge
A national expert says the added fee on cabbies is premature before full congestion pricing.
December 4, 2018
To Punish Saudi Regime for Killing Jamal Khashoggi, Institute a Carbon Tax in U.S.
This is more than just payback for the regime that murdered Jamal Khashoggi. It's good public policy.
October 22, 2018
Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)
Streetsblog's resident taxi maven highlights a huge flaw in the city and state's plan to charge surcharges on yellows, Ubers, black cars and green cars that enter Manhattan below 96th St.
October 18, 2018
No Uber-Lyft Cap Needed Because New York Can Price Its Way Out of Congestion and Despair
Congestion pricing is a much better plan than capping Uber and Lyft, which provide a valuable service outside of Manhattan.
July 31, 2018
How Higher Wages for Uber Drivers Could Cut Traffic on NYC Streets
It's up to Mayor de Blasio to follow through on a powerful policy proposal to change the for-hire vehicle industry for the better.
July 9, 2018