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February 23, 2015

"Gridlock" Sam Schwartz: The guru of traffic and gridlock says that New York City ignores moving violations so they can collect parking revenue

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["Sam Schwartz is known worldwide as Gridlock Sam, a nickname the media gave him for his role in coining the term, Gridlock. As New York City's traffic commissioner in the 1980's, he designed routes for numerous crowded corners. Schwartz says New York would rather hand out parking tickets then crack down on illegal drivers because it brings in more money. He is also a columnist for The Daily News.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Sam Schwartz is known worldwide as Gridlock Sam, a nickname the media gave him for his role in coining the term, Gridlock. As New York City's traffic commissioner in the 1980's, he designed routes for numerous crowded corners. Schwartz says New York would rather hand out parking tickets then crack down on illegal drivers because it brings in more money. He is also a columnist for The Daily News.")])]

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