Council to Seek Per-Minute Charge on E-Commerce Companies Like Amazon and UPS
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Council Speaker Corey Johnson called the idea “important” and “innovative.”
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Charles Komanoff
KOMANOFF: Yellows and Ubers Deserve Their Own Congestion-Pricing Policy Lane
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Charging the for-hires for each passenger-minute in the Manhattan taxi zone is quintessential congestion pricing — and more effective against Manhattan congestion than the MTA’s one-size-fits-all FHV surcharge, our expert says.
KOMANOFF: Latest Traffic Numbers Prove Need for Congestion Pricing, Once and For All
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On the eve of today's opening of the congestion pricing public comment period, we asked Charles Komanoff to do what he does best: Crunch the numbers and show that our region desperately needs congestion pricing. Here you go.
KOMANOFF: An Open Letter on Congestion Pricing to Wavering Pols (And You, Gale)
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Our ace congestion pricing expert admonishes pols, including Manhattan Borough President Brewer, to not complicate congestion pricing but simply support it to the hilt.
KOMANOFF: Mayors Have a Congestion Pricing Ace Card — Here’s How to Play It
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Gov. Cuomo is clearly stalling congestion pricing, according to Charles Komanoff, one of the few true experts on the central business district tolling plan. Here's how it can be saved.
KOMANOFF: De Blasio’s Medallion ‘Bailout’ Plan Ignores True Cause Of Taxi Driver Distress
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It is going to be up to the next mayor to follow up with explicit policies addressing the unjust competition between yellow cab drivers and those of Uber and Lyft — policies such as those our columnist outlines here.