Event Host: CURA (Center for Urban and Regional Analysis)
Short Description: Sam Schwartz, one of the nation’s leading transportation experts and author of Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars.
Sam Schwartz, one of the nation’s leading transportation experts and author of Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars.
Schwartz is CEO, Sam Schwartz Engineering, a firm that specializes in urban transportation planning and engineering. A former NYC Traffic Commissioner, Schwartz is expert at getting people out of their cars and into other forms of transportation.
Schwartz has created many win-win-win situations whereby traffic moves better, pedestrians are safer, and the community gains more sidewalk and green space. His latest book, StreetSmart, a look at the millennial revolution in transportation and what it means for the future, was released in September 2015 and has received critical acclaim.
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