For more than 25 years, Sam Schwartz has been known as the transportation firm that solves the industry’s most challenging problems by balancing exemplary technical skills with exceptional creative approaches—a combination that sets our work apart.  

From our roots as a New York City traffic engineering consultancy, we have grown to a national firm with 8 offices and a team of professionals across disciplines including transportation and environmental planning, transit, civil engineering, and community engagement.  From city strategies to Vision Zero to new mobility, our team of planners and engineers are thought leaders who are pushing their professions forward. Our clients trust us to work collaboratively, think creatively, plan thoughtfully, and communicate persuasively.  We are passionate about the work we do, and our projects improve the lives of the people and communities we serve. 

Making the Journey Better

At Sam Schwartz, making the journey better guides everything we do.  
Making the journey better means making our transit systems more equitable, our streets safer, our infrastructure more resilient, and our development sustainable. It means making transportation choices easy to understand and minimizing the disruption of construction. It means setting the vision for the way we move and developing the strategies to make it happen. 

Making the journey better starts with an intelligent conversation. For our clients, this means engaging with teams of planning and engineering professionals who are trained to listen, understand, and analyze, and who have the expertise to transform challenges into transformational results. For the communities we serve, this means thoughtful engagement about their priorities, perspectives, and where they want to go. For our staff, this means pursuing continued learning and growth.  Ready to join us? Let’s make the journey better, together.

Valuing Inclusion, Belonging, and Equity (VIBE)

Meaningful change is needed to make our workplaces and our industry more welcoming and just. VIBE is Sam Schwartz’s initiative focused on infusing principles of inclusion, belonging, and equity into everything we do. This encompasses our firm culture, employment and advancement opportunities, training, communications, and operations, as well as our work for clients. Learn more here.

Culture

Sam Schwartz is driven by entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity, mutual respect, and inclusivity. The pace is quick and the environment highly collaborative. Every member of the team is empowered to make decisions and contributions that impact our success. A strong work ethic and sense of humor unite us as we work together to develop visionary solutions for our clients.

For us, Making the Journey Better isn’t just a job—it’s a full-time passion. If you believe every community should be rich in mobility options, dream of better designs for streets and public spaces, and are committed to building a conscientious and sustainable future come join us.