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Alan Altshuler is the Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at [[Harvard University]]'s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]. From 1972-1975, Altshuler served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation under Governor Frank Sargent. In that role, among other responsibilities, he became the first director of the [[Boston Transportation Planning Review]].
Alan Altshuler is the Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at [[Harvard University]]'s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]. He became the founding director of the [[Boston Transportation Planning Review]] in 1970, appointed by Governor Frank Sargent. From 1972-1975, Altshuler served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation also under Governor Sargent.


Altshuler has taught at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], served as Dean of the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]], and served as Dean of the [[Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service|Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University]]. He is a graduate of Cornell University and received his doctorate from the University of Chicago.
Altshuler has taught at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], served as Dean of the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]], and served as Dean of the [[Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service|Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University]]. He is a graduate of Cornell University and received his doctorate from the University of Chicago.

Revision as of 21:52, 30 October 2012

Alan A. Altshuler
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
In office
1972–1975
GovernorFrancis W. Sargent
Succeeded byFrederick Salvucci
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University (B.A.) University of Chicago (M.A., Ph.D.)
OccupationProfessor

Alan Altshuler is the Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He became the founding director of the Boston Transportation Planning Review in 1970, appointed by Governor Frank Sargent. From 1972-1975, Altshuler served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation also under Governor Sargent.

Altshuler has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served as Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and served as Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University. He is a graduate of Cornell University and received his doctorate from the University of Chicago.

Books

  • Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment (Brookings Institution Press, 2003)
  • Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America (National Academies Press, 1999)
  • Regulation for Revenue: The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions (Brookings Institution Press, 1993)
  • The Future of the Automobile (MIT Press, 1986)
  • The Urban Transportation System: Politics and Policy Innovation (MIT Press, 1981)
  • Community Control: The Black Demand for Participation in Large American Cities (Pegasus, 1970)
  • The City Planning Process: A Political Analysis (Cornell University Press, 1966)