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September 20, 2016
4:00PM - 5:00PM

Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, Columbus

Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

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.

RSVP at http://cura.osu.edu/gridlock

The Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at The Ohio State University (CURA) serves as a bridge across academia, industry, and the policy sector by providing spatial analysis of economic, social, environmental, and health issues in urban and regional settings in Ohio and beyond. We are the hub for data-driven urban science on campus.

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Add to Calendar aCLuDhaqizCaPxAftmqF167204 09/20/2016 04:00 PM 09/20/2016 05:00 PM false Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of CarsTuesday, September 20, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:00pmWexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210 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. RSVP at http://cura.osu.edu/gridlock The Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at The Ohio State University (CURA) serves as a bridge across academia, industry, and the policy sector by providing spatial analysis of economic, social, environmental, and health issues in urban and regional settings in Ohio and beyond. We are the hub for data-driven urban science on campus. Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, Columbus

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