The Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) is pleased to welcome Samuel Schwartz to Ohio State University for a free public lecture on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 4:00pm at the Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210
Sam Schwartz is the most famous traffic engineer in the world, serving as New York City Transportation Commissioner under several mayors, and now leads an international and highly influential consulting firm, Sam Schwartz Engineering. Mr. Schwartz invented the word ‘gridlock,’ earning the enduring moniker “Gridlock Sam.”
Sam is called the “Jane Jacobs of Traffic” due to his long fight to create room for humans and social space in city streets and an “urban alchemist” for his uncanny ability to grow green space from asphalt. In Canada, is he known as “[The] Wayne Gretzky of Traffic Planning.”
Gridlock Sam will speak about his recent book, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and Fall of Cars, a lively history and discussion of how to move cities beyond automobile dominance.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so RSVP today at: http://cura.osu.edu/920rsvp
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