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

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 over the last fifty years and why the current shift away from that trend will and forever alter America's urban landscapes, marking nothing short of a revolution in how we get from place to place.