Understanding Gridlock

Some New Yorkers may find traffic to be one of the least sexy topics out there, but the Museum of the City of New York’s first speaker in its “Fast, Cool, and Convenient: Meeting New Yorkers’ High Demands” lecture series could very well change their minds. “Gridlock Sam” Schwartz is a leading expert in transportation and urban engineering, and has held many of the powerful positions in the industry. He will be giving a talk on traffic at the City Museum at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday as part of the museum’s second partnership with the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York City Council for the Humanities. Two more installments in the series — one on air conditioning and one on plastics — will follow in August and September. Here’s a preview of Schwartz’s talk.

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