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Peter Swift
1699 Geneva Circle
Longmont, Colorado, 80503
303-772-7052 (home)
phswi@aol.com
Education
- Liberal Arts, Kendall College, Evanston, IL
- Marine Corps Intelligence Training Program (G2), USMC, Cherry Point, NC
- Egyptian Philology, UWW, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- Stochastic and Continuous Simulation Hydrology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO (Certification Program)
Academic Affiliations
- Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
- Research Fellow, 2002, University of Miami School of Architecture and Design, Miami, FL; Knight Community Fellowship.
- The proposed research centered around the development of a system to evaluate New Urbanist projects based on historical American urban precedent and the CNU Charter.
Expert Witness
Accepted by the 8th District Federal Court of Appeals in matters of transportation and traffic engineering.
Professional Registration
Professional Engineer, several states — inquire for further details.
Military
1967-68 United States Marine Corps Aviation Intelligence (G2), Top Secret and Crypto Clearance
Work History
- 1969 — Staunton and Freeman Consulting Engineers, New York, NY, Civil Design/Drafting
- 1972 — India Imports, Providence, RI, Carpenter
- 1975 — Independent, Carpenter, Washington and RI
- 1976 — L. A. Garofalo, Inc., Providence, RI, Civil Design Drafting
- 1978 — Costin Engineering, Denver, CO., Civil Design and Project Manager
- 1980 — McCarty Engineering Consultants, Longmont, CO, Senior Project Manager
- 1985 — City of Longmont, CO, Civil Engineer II, Project Engineer, Chair Public Improvement Review Committee, Developer Contract Administrator
- 1988 — Owner, Swift and Associates, Engineers and Town Planners, Longmont, CO
- 2005 — Mid Atlantic Enterprises, Erbil, Iraq; Director of Town Planning
- 2007 — Owner, Swift and Associates, Engineers and Town Planners, Longmont, CO
Public Service
- Transportation Advisory Committee, Vice Chair, Longmont, CO, 1984-1988
- Planning and Zoning Commission, Vice Chair, Longmont, CO, 1990-1994
- Airport Advisory Committee, Member, Longmont, CO, 1988-1991
- Co-Chair, Urban Design Task Force, Congress for the New Urbanism
Select Publications
- American Planning Association, 4 Corners Conference, 1997, "The Engineer as Generalist at the Turn of the Century"
- Congress for the New Urbanism, 1997, Denver, CO, "Residential Street Typology and Injury Accident Frequency
- NU Council Report V, "A Warning to Europe", April, 2003
- NU Council Report VI, "An Analysis of One Way Couplets", May, 2004
- Author of chapter on pedestrian friendly streets in the "Planning and Urban Design Standards" from the American Planning Association
Current Projects
- Translation editor of "Handbuch Der Architektur", 1907, J. Stubben (Chapters 6, 7 and 8 completed)
- Translation editor of "Architecture Bible", 2001, Leon and Rob Krier (completed)
- Co-author, "Context Directed Street Design" (in progress)
- Author, "the Urban Engineer; Urban Design for Civil Engineers" (in progress)
Memberships
- Congress for the New Urbanism
- American Planning Association
- Egypt Exploration Society (UK)