City Council and Transportation and Traffic Analyst Charles Komanoff Announces “Taming New York City’s E-Delivery Gridlock” Report

November 23, 2021

The report was commissioned by the Council and proposes a dynamic, time-based charge on delivery vehicles to reduce congestion and incentivize more efficient deliveries

New York, NY – Today, transportation and traffic analyst Charles Komanoff released Taming New York City’s E-Delivery Gridlock, a report to the New York City Council that proposes charging package delivery vehicles (such as those operated by Amazon, UPS and FedEx) a per-minute charge for the time they occupy the City’s most congested streets and curb spaces.

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A Report to the Council on Curbing For-Hire Vehicle Stockpiling in the Manhattan Core by Charles Komanoff

January 12, 2021

Empty-Vehicle Charges for Ride-Hail Companies

Planning Together: A New Comprehensive Planning Framework for New York City

December 16, 2020

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Executive Summary

For over 100 years, New York City has taken a piecemeal approach to development and capital spending. As a result, our City has fundamentally failed to plan for its current and future challenges. Underlying inequities in the City’s economy, housing market, and environment have produced disparate health outcomes for Black and brown communities who are suffering and dying at double the rates of white New Yorkers as a result of the coronavirus.

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The Future of the BQE

February 24, 2020

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Executive Summary

One of the central planning challenges of the 20th century was how to incorporate the automobile – a new mode of travel – within dense cities that were not built to accommodate them. The resulting collision of auto-oriented infrastructure with cities is a conflict that many American cities have never fully recovered from, with highways destroying the very qualities that make cities so special and creating a new set of challenges around environmental sustainability, equity, and safety.

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Oversight and Investigations Unit’s Report on the Department of Correction

April 2, 2019

This report of the Council’s Oversight and Investigations Unit includes the findings of its investigation into the Department of Correction’s (DOC) bail payment process as well as recommendations for improvement.

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LET’S GO: A Case for Municipal Control and a Comprehensive Transportation Vision for the Five Boroughs

March 5, 2019

Executive Summary

Transportation is the lifeblood of New York. It’s the only governmental program most people encounter every day. Whether riding the subway to get to work, hopping on the bus to go to the doctor, taking a car to visit family, or just walking down the sidewalk to pick up groceries, transportation is ever-present in our lives.

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Report to the 2019 New York City Charter Revision Commission

February 1, 2019

The New York City Charter is the foundation upon which our City’s government is built and, essentially, serves as a municipal constitution. It sets out the roles and powers of our elected officers, and establishes the structure and responsibilities of our City agencies.

The recommendations in this report are the result of a long and deeply considered process, including many meetings of the Council’s Policy Working Group, led by Council Members Brad Lander and Fernando Cabrera.

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Doing our Fair Share, Getting Our Fair Share: Reforming NYC’s System for Achieving Fairness in Siting Municipal Facilities

February 27, 2017

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This report proposes a comprehensive package of reforms that members of the City Council will introduce as legislation to improve the transparency, planning, community input, and effectiveness of New York City’s Fair Share system.

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