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About the Book
As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was dramatic and effective: Simply painting a part of the street to make it into a plaza or bus lane not only made the street safer, but it also lessened congestion and increased foot traffic, which improved the bottom line of businesses. Real-life experience confirmed that if you know how to read the street, you can make it function better by not totally reconstructing it but by reallocating the space that's already there.
About the Authors
One of the leading voices on urban transportation policy, Janette Sadik-Khan is internationally respected for her transformative redesigns of New York City streets and rapid-implementation strategies that are being replicated today in cities around the world.
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Co-author Seth Solomonow was the chief media strategist for Janette Sadik-Khan and the New York City Transportation Department under Mayor Bloomberg. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Solomonow has written for the New York Times and his hometown newspaper, The Staten Island Advance. He is a manager at Bloomberg Associates and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Follow him on Twitter at @SethSolomonow.
See Janette Sadik-Khan's full bio >
Co-author Seth Solomonow was the chief media strategist for Janette Sadik-Khan and the New York City Transportation Department under Mayor Bloomberg. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Solomonow has written for the New York Times and his hometown newspaper, The Staten Island Advance. He is a manager at Bloomberg Associates and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Follow him on Twitter at @SethSolomonow.