William Riggs

William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP is a professor and program director at the University of San Francisco School of Management, and a consultant and advisor to multiple companies and start-ups on technology, smart mobility and urban development. He has experience in academic administration, curriculum design, and finance in the academic sector having also held has held academic appointments in city planning and transportation engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Berkeley, San Jose State University, and the University of Louisville. He currently serves on numerous academic committees at USF and most recently was chair City of Palo Alto’s Planning and Transportation Commission following 8 years of board membership for the City of Palo Alto , is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation Economics and Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Committee on Transportation Economics and the Standing Committee on Policy and Law.

Dr. Riggs’ academic work focuses on transportation, housing, economics and urban development. He is a thought leader in the area of future mobility and has over 100 publications; with work featured in media outlets—including the Economist, Wall Street Journal, A&E Modern Marvels, NBC News, The New York Times, Washington Post, PBS and the Atlantic. He is the author of the forthcoming book End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City (spring 2022) and of the 2019 manuscript, Disruptive Transport: Driverless Cars, Transport Innovation and the Sustainable City of Tomorrow. Dr. Riggs work experience has included two decades work as a professional planner and urban designer, economist, and transportation engineer. This includes work as Director of Research at Sustinere Consulting, an investment partner at Just Business, the Transportation Program Manager and Principal Planner for UC Berkeley, an Asset Manager and Engineering Technician for the US Coast Guard, and a Planning Commissioner for the City of San Luis Obispo. He has been both a National Science Foundation Fellow and a UC Transportation Center Fellow and is the founder of ReStreet.com—an online tool for democratizing street design.