Charles Komanoff
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Truth Over Fiction on Congestion Pricing: Episode I
Funding transit without a robust congestion toll will leave congestion pretty much as is ― New York will remain the globe’s most gridlocked city. Here's why.
July 3, 2024
Komanoff: For Congestion Pricing, I’ll Eat Crow
Our congestion pricing columnist backed an opponent to his Assembly member in 2022 — but now he's making a heartfelt plea for her to do the right thing.
June 7, 2024
KOMANOFF: Hochul Must Remember the Facts of Congestion Pricing’s Benefits
Gov. Hochul should stay the course and usher in the bright and brand-new day that congestion pricing promises.
June 5, 2024
Freed: Maybe Charles Komanoff is Worried That I’m Right on Congestion Pricing
The former City Council member says she doesn't oppose congestion pricing but merely that "a plan this monumental, far-reaching and complicated, that will affect 20 million-plus individuals, requires a full environmental review."
May 22, 2024
Komanoff: Get the Facts About ‘Car Bloat’ and Pollution
To deal effectively with climate we need to be clear about what’s destroying it.
February 1, 2024
KOMANOFF: Adams’s ‘Green Rides’ Initiative is Bad Transportation AND Climate Policy
Mayor Adams has made a bad decision to waive the de Blasio-era cap on the number of ride-hail vehicles allowed in New York City, so long as the extra cars are electric.
October 20, 2023
Komanoff: Toll Shoppers to MTA: Go Ahead, Make Our Day
Adding a congestion fee on top of the existing Midtown Tunnel toll will cause 8,000 inbound vehicle trips a day to divert onto local streets in Long Island City to access the cheaper Queensboro Bridge.
August 30, 2023
KOMANOFF: Don’t Sabotage Congestion Pricing With Tunnel Double-Tolling
Whatever your opinion, let’s please debate the decision over who gets a credit based on dollar realities, not nightmares.
August 22, 2023
KOMANOFF: Ride Single File? Hell no!
It’s only a sign on a road in New Jersey. But it feels like a desecration.
June 14, 2023
KOMANOFF: What I Learned Outside a Chinatown Restaurant
Only two of 37 restaurant customers arrived by car. And one was in a cab.
May 31, 2023
