In an op-ed published in The Hill today, Walkable City author Jeff explains why Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s new $800 million Safer Streets program won’t succeed if civil engineers continue to design roads that are deadly for pedestrians and cyclists.
Jeff Speck is the co-author of the landmark bestseller Suburban Nation and Walkable City, and an urban planner who advocates internationally for more livable cities. As the former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts, he oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, where he worked with dozens of American mayors on their most pressing city planning challenges. He leads a design practice based in Boston. His TEDTalks and YouTube videos have been viewed more than five million times.
