Cities and Transportation
Edward Glaeser, PhD
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
We’re entering a transportation landscape rich with possibility, and full of challenges. The Future of Transportation: Safety, Opportunity, and Innovation is bringing together top innovators who are thinking beyond the horizon about the big issues defining transportation in the 21st century. From driverless cars to unmanned deliveries to smart cities, innovation and new technologies are key to the future of a safe, reliable transportation system that helps more Americans reach economic opportunity.
Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, presented a talk at Volpe, "Cities and Transportation," as part of The Future of Transportation series.
About the Speaker
Dr. Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992.
Glaeser regularly teaches microeconomic theory, occasionally urban and public economics, and has served as director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston for a decade.
Glaeser has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. Glaeser received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.
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