PETER SWIFT
Longmont, CO

AFFILIATION:  Swift and Associates

AREA OF EXPERTISE:  Town Planning, Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering, River Morphology, Drainage, Flood Studies

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE: Peter has been in the engineering field for twenty-seven years, the last fourteen years with his own company. He has been a vice chair of a planning commission, airport advisory board, and transportation board. He has also been a participant in twelve charrettes and has run three others. In addition to research conducted on street safety in traditional neighborhoods, he is in the process of translating and editing Dr. J. Stubbens seminal Handbuch Der Architektur (1907) and has completed the Krier brothers’ forthcoming Architecture Bible. His firm has worked with TND’s from 560 acres to small infill projects and has served as the chief engineer for several of Dan Burden’s workshops and charrettes.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Peter’s Knight Program Fellowship research project will be an evaluation of historic neighborhoods and towns for the purpose of establishing a list of criteria and rating system for New Urbanist projects. After the system has been established, several New Urbanist projects, hybrids, and CSD subdivisions will be evaluated.

E-MAIL: phswi@aol.com