Solving New York's Traffic Problem

Charles Komanoff has been trying to advance alternatives to the car-centric transit model for decades. Few American cities have the necessary public-transportation infrastructure to make radically different transportation models immediately feasible, but New York City does. It is no coincidence that this is where Komanoff focuses his efforts.

Among numerous other things, the economist and statistician advocates for congestion pricing programs. Successful pricing programs, such as those in London, Stockholm, and Singapore, discourage motorists from driving at the most heavily-trafficked times of day and funnel them onto public transportation or roads less traveled. These plans reduce congestion, travel times, and pollution, and raise money for governments to maintain transportation infrastructure.