Charles Komanoff

Recent Media Coverage

Charles has been in the news a fair amount in 2010. Here's a sampling: 

The Nation magazine asked Charles to respond to the demise of climate legislation in Congress. Charles's piece, Senate Climate Bill Dies -- Does the Environment Win?, posted on July 28, urges climate advocates to reject the discredited cap-and-trade approach and to unite behind a transparent, equitable, revenue-neutral carbon fee or tax.

WIRED magazine: In the June 2010 issue, noted financial blogger Felix Salmon profiled Charles and his extraordinary Balanced Transportation Analyzer spreadsheet model for optimizing congestion pricing in New York City. To download and read "The Man Who Could Unsnarl Manhattan Traffic," click here.

WIRED follow-on: The NEW YORK TIMES City Room blog picked up on the Wired story in this short but sweet post on May 26. For links to more follow-on to Felix's story, click here.

The NEW YORK TIMES June 9 letters page led with Charles' letter on behalf of the Carbon Tax Center, criticizing the Kerry-Lieberman bill as a step backward on climate. Click here.

REUTERS traffic roundtable: In June, Reuters.com featured Charles in a roundtable discussion of traffic and congestion pricing. View the proceedings, moderated by Felix Salmon, here (in two parts, roughly 20 minutes each).

WNYC-TV interview with Brian Lehrer: Also in June, media impresario Brian Lehrer brought Charles to WNYC-TV to discuss traffic pricing, traffic calming and traffic policy in New York City. View here (Charles' segment is last in the program).

NOISE! Garrett Keizer's scintillating new book, "The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise," touches on Charles's advocacy and research on noise pollution. For book excerpt, click here. To purchase the book, click here.

In March, the NEW YORK TIMES Dot Earth blog carried Charles' report from Guangzhou on traffic congestion and road pricing's prospects in China's third-largest city. Photo highlights: Charles' shot of a monster traffic jam, and Charles on a bicycle. Click here.

STREETSBLOG: Also in March, Charles reported on his success in unraveling the rationale for congestion pricing for traffic specialists at South China University of Technology. Click here.

CHINESE TV CLIP of Charles cycling in Guangzhou: In this clip that aired on June 5, a reporter for station TVS interviewed Charles as he cycled around Guangzhou. Click here to view (approx. 2 minutes, follows a commercial, requires Adobe Flash Player or similar). Click here for translation.