Urban transportation is a disaster worldwide, driving ecological disruption, health crises, and economic inequality, largely due to an overdependence on private cars. This car-centric mindset fuels urban sprawl, pollution, traffic deaths, and unsustainable resource use. Yet solutions are known – prioritizing public transit, active travel modes and people. What’s lacking is the societal and political will to rethink transportation as essential for sustainable living.
In this edition of Broadway Bites, Norman Garrick, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut and Lecturer at ETH Zurich, will unpack the case study of Zurich, which proves that transformation is possible. Since the 1970s, Zurich has U-turned from the grips of auto-chaos to a transit-first model. The city demonstrates the benefits of sustainable urban mobility and offers a vision for change globally.
Broadway Bites is a monthly seminar series at Swissnex, bringing guest speakers from our global network to give a short talk on their work.
Lunch will be provided.
Program
- 12:00pm – Doors open
- 12:15pm – Lunch & Presentation
- 12:40pm – Conversation
- 1:30pm – End
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Event start time
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Boston
12:00PM
Speaker
Norman Garrick
Norman Garrick is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut and Lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich). His work is focused on transportation and city making, especially as they relate to transportation safety, sustainability, and social and economic equity. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Garrick has worked as a transportation consultant on numerous design charrettes, including urban revitalization projects with the King’s Foundation in Kingston, Jamaica and in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and also on hurricane recovery in Louisiana and Mississippi. Dr. Garrick is a Fulbright Scholar as well as the recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s Wootan Award for Best Research Paper in policy and organization, and several awards for teaching at the University of Connecticut.