![]() ![]() ![]() The book’s preface states this belief clearly: “As our cities grow, leaders and the people they serve cannot accept dysfunctional streets they must fight to change them.” Sadik-Khan also encourages this paradigm shift for the reader, claiming that the “book deconstructs, reassembles, and reinvents the street,” inviting the reader “to review something you experience every day in ways that might never have imagined.” ![]() It also continues her mission: changings streets changes cities. The book draws from her experience as Commissioner from 2007 to 2013 under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, weaving together New York City transportation history, street design, her past work with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), and her current work at the consultancy Bloomberg Associates. This continues the pace set forth by former transportation officials Sam Schwartz and Gabe Klein, who both published books last year. Three years after her tenure, she and co-author Seth Solomonow (her former press director) have released a new book, Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution. If you haven’t heard of former New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, then you may know some of her projects: the protected bike lanes in Manhattan, the Citibike bikeshare program launched in 2013, or the redesign of Times Square in 2009. ![]() Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution ![]()
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