Samuel Schwartz

Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous than cars that pilot themselves. Is this an impossible future, or a revolution just around the corner?Sam Schwartz, America's most celebrated transportation guru, describes in this book the revolution in self-driving cars. The ramifications will be dramatic, and the transition will be far from seamless. It will overturn the job market for the one in seven Americans who work in the trucking industry. It will cause us to grapple with new ethical dilemmas-if a car will hit a person or a building, endangering the lives of its passengers, who will decide what it does? It will further erode our privacy, since the vehicle can relay our location at any moment. And, like every other computer-controlled device, it can be vulnerable to hacking.Right now, every major car maker here and abroad is working on bringing autonomous vehicles to consumers. The fleets are getting ready to roll and nothing will ever be the same, and this book shows us what the future has in store.

On a Saturday morning in December 1973, a section of New York's West Side Highway collapsed under the weight of a truck full of asphalt. The road was closed, seemingly for good, and the 80,000 cars that traveled it each day had to find a new way to their destinations. It ought to have produced traffic chaos, but it didn't. The cars simply vanished. It was a moment of revelation: the highway had induced the demand for car travel. It was a classic case of build it and they will come," but for the first time the opposite had been shown to be true: knock it down and they will go away. Samuel I. Schwartz was inspired by the lesson. He started to reimagine cities, most of all his beloved New York, freed from their obligation to cars. Eventually, he found, he was not alone.Since the turn of the twenty-first century, a surreptitious revolution has taken place: every year Americans are driving fewer miles. And the generation named for this new century,the Millennials,are driving least of all. Not because they can't afford to they don't want to. They have better ideas for how to use their streets. An urban transformation is underway, and smart streets are at the heart of it. They will boost property prices and personal fitness, roll back years of congestion and smog, and offer a transformative experience of American urban life. From San Francisco to Salt Lake, Charleston to Houston, the American city is becoming a better and better place to be. Schwartz's Street Smart is a dazzling and affectionate history of the struggle for control of American cities, and an inspiring off-road map to a more vibrant, active, and vigorous urban future.

Tell Thy Children: The Autobiography of an American Rabbi is a memoir written by Samuel Schwartz, an American rabbi who served as the spiritual leader of several congregations throughout his career. The book details Schwartz's life, from his childhood in a Jewish immigrant family in New York City to his experiences as a rabbi in various communities. Schwartz writes about his struggles with his faith, his relationships with his family and colleagues, and his experiences serving as a spiritual leader during some of the most tumultuous times in American history, including the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. He also reflects on the changing role of the rabbi in American Jewish communities and the challenges facing Jewish leaders in the modern world.Throughout the book, Schwartz offers insights into the Jewish faith and its traditions, as well as his personal perspectives on issues such as social justice, interfaith relations, and the meaning of life. He shares stories of his encounters with notable figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Elie Wiesel, and provides a unique perspective on the role of religion in shaping American society.Overall, Tell Thy Children is a compelling and insightful memoir that offers a unique perspective on the experiences of an American rabbi and the challenges facing Jewish communities in the modern world.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.