Stewart Reed

Chair of the Transportation Design Department, Art Center

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Automotive designer and chair of the transportation design department at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California

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Ciclovias , or days where streets are closed to cars, began as popular events in Bogota, Colombia and have spread to European and American cities, like New York's  Summer Streets .

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