Reid Ewing
Research Professor, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland
Reid Ewing is a Research Professor at the National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland, associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association, columnist for Planning magazine, and Fellow of the Urban Land Institute. Earlier in his career, he served two terms in the Arizona legislature, was staff director of a Congressional subcommittee, and worked on urban policy issues at the Congressional Budget Office. He holds master degrees in Engineering and City Planning from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Transportation Systems and Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He has authored books for the major planning and development organizations: Developing Successful New Communities for the Urban Land Institute; Best Development Practices and Transportation and Land Use Innovations for the American Planning Association; and Traffic Calming State-of-the-Practice for the Institute of Transportation Engineers. The two books for the American Planning Association made him APA 's top selling author for many years. His 2003 study of sprawl and obesity received more national media coverage than any planning study before or since .
He is currently studying urban development and global climate change for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; transportation investments and physical activity for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; new communities across the U.S. for the Urban Land Institute; and mixed-use development and trip generation for the Institute of Transportation Engineers and EPA.
Reid Ewing is a keynote speaker for the Implementing Health into Planning event on September 14, 2007.
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