Alán Sneider is the Director of Impact for Primestor Development, a socially conscious urban real estate firm, keenly focused on equitable, sustainable, community-driven revitalization. Through the lens of Los Angeles, Alán discusses the value of public transportation - how it's currently organized, and the opportunity to massively rethink it. We learn about redlining, and how it has continued to impact communities despite no longer being formally enforced by government. We also discuss green spaces, food deserts, and successful community engagement. We close with our reflections on what it means to be a truly sustainable community.

Alán Sneider earned a graduate certificate in Sustainable Cities and Communities from Harvard Extension School. He earned his M.S. in Sustainability Management from Columbia University. Alán also earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in real estate from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

Links for you:

The Lasting Legacy Of Redlining (Ryan Best and Elena Mejia; FiveThirtyEight)

Opinion: Want to tear down insidious monuments to racism and segregation? Bulldoze L.A. freeways (Matthew Fleischer, LA Times)

California’s History of Poor Public Transit Affects the Working Class (Santa Clara University Journalism)

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