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Sam Schwartz is CEO of Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants, a firm that specializes in transportation planning and engineering. He also writes a column on traffic for The New York Daily News. Previously Sam was New York City’s Traffic Commissioner and was the Chief Engineer of the NYC Department of Transportation. He started his transportation career in the late 1960’s as a NYC cabbie and joined the Traffic Department, as a junior engineer, in 1971. Sam has authored the books titled: No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future (2018) and Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and The Fall of Cars (2015) that lay out a recipe for cities faced with rapid changes in modes, automation, demographic shifts and travelers’ preferences. Sam has been an adjunct professor for 40 years at some of New York City’s most respected colleges and universities including Cooper Union, Long Island University, Hunter College, and Brooklyn College.
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
“Ask not what your country could do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Discovering how to fix bridges and roadways in the 80s that were literally falling apart. The Williamsburg Bridge was one such project.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
1960 Chevrolet Impalla
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
If you’re ever going to stall out, do it at the top of a hill!
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Fredrick Law Olmsted – Central Park
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn on The Motor Age in the American City by Peter Norton
No One At The Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future by Sam Schwartz*
Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars by Sam Schwartz*
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
End aggressive driving and tailgating. Be kind on the roadways.
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