Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Charles Komanoff

Bloomberg Tests Free-Transit Waters

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 4, 2009 | 21 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg lifted a page straight from the Kheel Plan playbook yesterday in calling on the MTA to make crosstown buses free [PDF]. Bus riders and transit advocates should be beaming. Photo of M14 bus: Kriston Lewis/Flickr. Free buses will save bus riders time and money and will benefit everyone by luring some taxi and […]

Whither the MTA: Beyond the Failed Stopgap

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 27, 2009 | 14 Comments

This week’s MTA vote won’t just cost New Yorkers 25 percent more per ride, it will also be costly in lost time. Using the Balanced Transportation Analyzer (BTA), I estimate that the fare hikes and service cuts which begin June 1 will: Add an average of 6 percent more waiting and travel time to bus […]

Beyond Ravitch: Still Time for a Bolder Plan

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 10, 2009 | 25 Comments

As Albany lawmakers ponder which of a half-dozen Ravitch plan variations they might support, the possibility looms that no solution may come in time. New Yorkers could see their fares rise 25 percent while service is cut back — a twin catastrophe in this tough economic time. Yet no big new ideas are being advanced […]

New Low-Cost Transit Plan From Team Kheel-Komanoff

By Ben Fried | Jan 9, 2009 | No Comments

Ted Kheel and Charles Komanoff are out with an updated version of their plan to fund low-cost transit with congestion fees on cars and trucks. Coming hot on the heels of Kheel Plan II, the latest iteration — called Kheel-Komanoff — lowers the cordon tolls in a bid for political support but does not close […]

Q & A With Charles Komanoff on Kheel Plan 2

By Ben Fried | Dec 10, 2008 | 7 Comments

Charles Komanoff in the booth at WNYC earlier this year. Photo: WNYC/Flickr Today Ted Kheel released a revised version of his plan to fund transit through a congestion pricing mechanism on motor vehicle traffic. Streetsblog spoke to one of Kheel’s lead analysts, Charles Komanoff, about the updated plan (see the major components here) and why […]

Kheel Plan 2 Seeks to Plug MTA Budget Gap

By Ben Fried | Dec 10, 2008 | 21 Comments

Ted Kheel and his band of transportation analysts are releasing an updated version of their low-cost transit proposal, which they are pitching as an alternative to the Ravitch Commission’s MTA rescue package. The revised Kheel Plan retains the original’s congestion zone cordon, charging vehicles to drive into Manhattan below 60th Street. The major twist is […]

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