Unique Experiences
Walking Tour with Gridlock Sam and Autographed copy of Street Smart
- Item Number
- 357
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 145 USD to brsko
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Sam "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz is one of the leading transportation engineers in the United States today. His expertise extends into the areas of regional planning and development, urban design and civil engineering. Mr. Schwartz is regarded as New York City's authority on issues of urban infrastructure, traffic safety and transportation systems.
Hear a fascinating story about city planning as only Gridlock Sam can tell it!
Join him for a stroll across the Williamsburg Bridge where he will explain how he saved the bridge from being torn down and preserved the Williamsburg and Lower East Side neighborhoods from crisscrossing approach ramps.
Winner will also recieve an autographed copy of "Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars" by Sam Schwartz.
With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissioner of New York City, Sam Schwartz a.k.a. “Gridlock Sam,” one of the most respected transportation engineers in the world and consummate insider in NYC political circles, uncovers how American cities became so beholden to cars and why the current shift away from that trend will forever alter America’s urban landscapes, marking nothing short of a revolution in how we get from place to place.
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