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CURA's Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

CURA
September 20, 2016
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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Add to Calendar 2016-09-20 16:00:00 2016-09-20 17:00:00 CURA's Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars Join the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis for, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars with Sam Schwartz. Sam Schwartz is CEO of Sam Schwartz Engineering, a firm that specializes in urban transportation planning and engineering. He also writes the “Gridlock Sam” column in the New York Daily News. He introduced the word “gridlock” into the lexicon during the 1980 NYC Transit strike. A former NYC Traffic Commissioner he is expert at getting people out of their cars and into other forms of transportation. Mr. Schwartz has created many win-win-win situations whereby traffic moves better, pedestrians are safer and the community gains more sidewalk and green space.  He’s been called an Urban Alchemist for making grass grow from asphalt. He began his transportation career as a NYC cab driver. He has a B.S. in Physics from Brooklyn College and a M.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. His latest book, StreetSmart, a look at the millennial revolution in transportation and what it means for the future, was released in September 2015.To RSVP, visit https://cura.osu.edu/gridlock. Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210 The STEAM Factory at The Ohio State University steamfactory@osu.edu America/New_York public

Join the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis for, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars with Sam Schwartz. 

Sam Schwartz is CEO of Sam Schwartz Engineering, a firm that specializes in urban transportation planning and engineering. He also writes the “Gridlock Sam” column in the New York Daily News. He introduced the word “gridlock” into the lexicon during the 1980 NYC Transit strike. 

A former NYC Traffic Commissioner he is expert at getting people out of their cars and into other forms of transportation. Mr. Schwartz has created many win-win-win situations whereby traffic moves better, pedestrians are safer and the community gains more sidewalk and green space.  He’s been called an Urban Alchemist for making grass grow from asphalt. 

He began his transportation career as a NYC cab driver. He has a B.S. in Physics from Brooklyn College and a M.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. His latest book, StreetSmart, a look at the millennial revolution in transportation and what it means for the future, was released in September 2015.

To RSVP, visit https://cura.osu.edu/gridlock.