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Samuel I. Schwartz

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New York, NY, The United States

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Nonfiction, Science

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Schwartz was educated at Brooklyn College (BS in Physics) and the University of Pennsylvania (MSCE) and first worked as a New York City cabbie before being hired by the City of New York in 1971. He served as NYC Traffic Commissioner from 1982 to 1986, and when the traffic department became subsumed by the Department of Transportation he held the second-in-command post of First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Engineer from 1986-1990. While employed with the city, he attempted to introduce bicycle lanes and public plazas. They were vetoed at the last minute by then-mayor John Lindsay. He earned the nickname Gridlock Sam during the 1980 transit strike when he developed a series of transportation contingency plans, called the Grid-Lock Prevention ...more

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Samuel I. Schwartz’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 890 ratings · 122 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Street Smart: A Fifty-Year Mistake Set Right and the Great Urban Revival 4.12 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future 3.77 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The total average cost of driving, including depreciation, maintenance, and insurance, runs about 61 cents a mile, and since the average automobile used for commuting to work contains only 1.1 people, every commute costs a little more than 55 cents per passenger mile. This means that, if you’re an automobile commuter traveling twenty-five miles each way to work, you’re spending around $30 a day for the privilege, not including the cost, if there is one, to park. You’re also spending an hour every day for which, unless you’re a cabbie or bus driver yourself, you’re not getting paid, and during which you’re not doing anything productive at all. For the average American, that’s another $24. In transportation, time really is money.”
― Samuel I. Schwartz, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

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“As the political prediction machine Nate Silver of 538.com tweeted in 2012, “If a place has sidewalks, it votes Democratic.”
― Samuel I. Schwartz, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

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“What this means in road (and bridge, and tunnel) building is not just obvious but as well documented as anything in transportation engineering: “If you build it, they will come.” If you build more lanes on the expressway, more cars and trucks will use it. If you’re lucky, congestion remains as bad as it was before you spent $50 million trying to relieve it; if you’re not, it gets worse.”
― Samuel I. Schwartz, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

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