Escaping the Car Trap

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. Dr. Garrick’s research and writings have reached a wide audience through such media outlets as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Denver Post, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), The Hartford Courant, The Bloomberg CityLab, Planetizen, New Urban News, Streetsblog, Streetfilms, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.

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.