Billy Riggs

Riggs was born in the Louisville, Kentucky metro. He is of German-Jewish descent and his great-great-grandfather, a baker from Frankfort, Kentucky fled Germany in the late 1800s to avoid persecution and mandatory military service.{{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=N.|title=Historic Images of Frankfort, Volume 1|date=2004|publisher=Gene Burch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1J1eTfmR1PkC&q=louis+wietzel+frankfort+ky&pg=PA11|isbn=9780975369708}} He also is said to have some Native American heritage in addition to having relatives from Ireland, England and the former Austro-Hungarian empire.{{cite web|last1=Riggs|first1=William|title=My Handsome Young Men|url=http://www.williamriggs.com/post/143518398822/my-handsome-young-men-hard-to-believe-they-are-a|website=William Riggs|accessdate=April 28, 2016}} His maternal grandfather was William Gorman managed an oil business for Palm Springs developer, Ray Ryan.{{cite web|last1=Marynell|first1=H|title=Ray Ryan - Life as Gambler|url=http://www.haciendahotsprings.com/RayRyan.htm|website=Hacienda Hot Springs}}

Riggs grew up on a farm outside Louisville where he was consistently exposed to art and education including "his father's eclectic record collection" which included work ranging from Icarus by Paul Winter Consort to The Planets by Gustav Holst.{{cite web|title=Bio|url=http://www.billyriggsband.com/bio/|website=Billy Riggs Band}} He attended Graceland Christian High School in New Albany, Indiana and where he excelled academically and athletically, being honored as both Valedictorian and Athlete of the Year in his senior year.{{cite book|last1=Graceland|first1=Journalism|title=Annual Yearbook|date=1997|publisher=Graceland Christian School}} He also played in two bands during this period, the Hermits, and Just Visiting.

He attended Ball State University and studied history with a focus on art and architecture while participating in NCAA Division I Cross Country and Track and Field. His senior thesis attempted to understand the social cultural influences of modern religious music.{{cite journal|last1=Riggs|first1=W.|title=Thesis: The integration of contemporary worship hymns into the church|journal=Virtual Press|date=2001|publisher=Ball State University|url=http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/192234}} As a student athlete he was selected to represent Ball State the 2000 NCAA national leadership conference.{{cite web|title=Student Leadership Conference Attendees|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2000/membership+information/leadership%2Bconference%2Bparticipants%2B-%2B6-19-00.html|website=NCAA|access-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622031500/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2000/membership+information/leadership%2Bconference%2Bparticipants%2B-%2B6-19-00.html|archive-date=June 22, 2015|url-status=dead}} In 2009 he was honored with a Graduate of the Last Decade award.{{cite web|title=GOLD Award Winners|url=http://cms.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/alumni/awards/goldaward/goldawardrecipients|publisher=Ball State University|access-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507234744/http://cms.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/alumni/awards/goldaward/goldawardrecipients|archive-date=May 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}

After graduating from Ball State he studied for a Master's of Urban Planning at University of Louisville. While at Louisville he continued to be involved with athletics but also began to hone his design and technology skills.{{cite journal|last1=Hambrick|first1=M.|title=Running ahead of the pack|journal=The Louisville Cardinal|year=2001|url=http://www.louisvillecardinal.com/2001/09/running-ahead-of-the-pack/}} Riggs also worked as an intern at the Robert Doughty Consultancy in Lincolnshire, England during this period.{{cite web|title=Resume|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/billyriggs|website=Linked In|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}

After five years of work for the US Coast Guard he attended Berkeley for a PhD in City and Regional Planning, studying under Dr. Robert Cervero, Dr. William Satariano, Dean Sam Davis and Dr. Malo Hutson.{{Cite thesis|last=W.|first=Riggs, William|title=Walkability and Housing: A Comparative Study of Income, Neighborhood Change and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in the San Francisco Bay Area - eScholarship|date=January 1, 2011|publisher=UC Berkeley|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5970164x}} While at Berkeley, Riggs focused on work in walkability and housing that was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle,{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=A.|title=S.F. man tries selling his condo on Twitter|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/sf-man-tries-selling-his-condo-on-twitter/Content?oid=2173835|publisher=SF Weekly|year=2009}} and the Wall Street Journal.{{cite news|last1=Keates|first1=N.|title=A Walker's Guide to Home Buying|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703964104575335164136600430|work=The Wall Street Journal|year=2010}} He also became influenced by Rich Lyons, Dean of the Haas School of Business, on the topics of leadership, behavioral economics and human capital.{{cite web|last1=Gilbert|first1=V.|title=Haas Defining Principles Beyond Berkeley|url=https://haasintheworld.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/haas-defining-principles-beyond-berkeley/|website=Berkeley-Haas Travels Near and Far|date=July 2013}} He wrote about those in a 2010 article talking about economic development, the information economy and the lack of jobs in his hometown of Louisville, KY.{{cite journal|last1=Riggs|first1=W.|title=Going Home Again|journal=Berkeley Planning Journal|year=2014|volume=23|issue=1|page=195|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9f61p28z}}

Riggs has worked as professor at numerous academic institutions, a venture partner at the social impact venture capital firm, Just Business{{cite web |title=Just Business |url=https://justbusiness.is/about-us/ |website= |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727025237/https://justbusiness.is/about-us/ |archive-date=27 July 2020 |url-status=dead}} and an urban designer / environmental / land use / transportation planner for the UC Berkeley, the international consulting firm Arup, and the US Coast Guard.{{cite web|title=Selected Works of William Riggs|url=http://works.bepress.com/williamriggs/|website=CalPoly}} At Just Business he successfully invested-in and advised green tech companies including American Battery Technology Company{{cite web |title=American Battery Metals Company Announces $1.25 Million Equity Investment from Just Business |url=https://investingnews.com/news/cobalt-investing/american-battery-metals-company-announces-1.25-million-equity-investment-from-just-business/ |website=Investing News Network |access-date=3 February 2022}} and Hydra Energy.{{cite web |title=Just Business Makes Equity Investment in Hydra Energy |url=https://www.accesswire.com/615921/Just-Business-Makes-Equity-Investment-in-Hydra-Energy |website=Accesswire |date=November 11, 2020 |access-date=3 February 2022}} While at UC Berkeley he worked as the Transportation Program manager and was praised for his efforts in promoting bicycle transportation{{cite web|title=Campus cyclists totally rock Bike To Work Day!|url=https://campusbikeinitiative.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/campus-cyclists-totally-rock-bike-to-work-day/|website=Campus Bike Initiative|date=2012-05-10}} and acquiring a $1.8M grant from the Federal Highway Administration to improve parking and transportation systems in Berkeley.{{cite news|last1=Key|first1=M|title=Transportation Grants to Revamp City Parking Systems|url=http://archive.dailycal.org/article.php?id=111109|work=Daily Californian|year=2010}}

Riggs was a professor of City Planning at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, from 2013 to 2017. He was awarded campus research grants in 2013 and 2014, and was selected as a Service Learning Faculty Fellow in 2014.{{cite news|title=Cal Poly Report|url=http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/cpreport/14-reports/april-30.html|agency=Cal Poly|issue=April 30, 2014|year=2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308185201/http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/cpreport/14-reports/april-30.html|archivedate=March 8, 2015}} He served as a Commissioner for the City of San Luis Obispo's Planning Commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.slocity.org/home/showdocument?id=5035|title=Local Appointments List|website=City of San Luis Obispo|accessdate=May 15, 2015}} He served on Transportation Research Board's Standing Committee on Transportation Law and Standing Committee on Transportation Economics{{Cite web|url=https://www.mytrb.org/OnlineDirectory/Person?searchType=1&searchText=william+riggs&sort=&sortAscending=True&page=1|title=Online Directory|website=www.mytrb.org|access-date=2018-07-03}} and on the City of Palo Alto's Planning & Transportation Commission,{{Cite web |url=https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/ptc/planning_and_transportation_commission_biographies.asp |title=City of Palo Alto, CA - Planning and Transportation Commission Biographies |website=www.cityofpaloalto.org |language=en |access-date=2018-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113225931/https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/ptc/planning_and_transportation_commission_biographies.asp |archive-date=13 November 2020 |url-status=dead}} including a term as chair, before resigning in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Sheyner |first1=Gennady |title=Resignation creates another opening on Palo Alto's planning commission |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/01/16/resignation-creates-another-opening-on-palo-altos-planning-commission |access-date=3 February 2022 |publisher=Palo Alto Weekly |date=Jan 19, 2021}} In November 2022 he was successful in passing a $10.4M school bond as a trustee for Horicon School District garnering over 75% of voter support for the measure.{{cite web |title=Voter Information Guide - Measure E - Horicon School District November 2022 |url=https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Main%20County%20Site/Administrative%20Support%20%26%20Fiscal%20Services/CRA-ROV/Registrar%20of%20Voters/Documents/Elections/2022/11-08-2022/Measure-E-Horicon.pdf |website=Sonoma County, California |publisher=Sonoma County, California |access-date=13 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=Election Stats |url=https://electionstats.sonomacounty.ca.gov/eng/ballot_questions/view/273 |website=Sonoma County, California |publisher=Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters |access-date=13 January 2025}}

In addition to his role as a professor, he consults for INTNCITY (previously Sustinere){{cite web|url=http://sustinere.co/|title=About|website=Sustinere.co}}{{cite web |title=INTNCITY |url=https://intn.city/ |access-date=13 January 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usfca.edu/management/faculty/william-riggs|title=William Riggs|date=June 8, 2017|publisher=University of San Francisco|access-date=November 14, 2017}} and advises numerous organizations and companies globally which have included American Battery Technology Company,{{cite news |title=American Battery Metals Company Announces $1.25 Million Equity Investment from Just Business |url=https://americanbatterytechnology.com/press-release/american-battery-metals-company-announces-1-25-million-equity-investment-from-just-business/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |publisher=American Battery Technology Company |date=13 October 2020}} Hydra Energy,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cointime.ai/person/william-riggs |title=Person: William Riggs |website=Cointime.ai |access-date=13 January 2025}} Heex.io, Atmos Financial, and OppSites.{{Cite web|url=https://oppsites.com/contact_us|title=Contact Us {{!}} OppSites|website=oppsites.com|access-date=November 13, 2017}} He is one of the co-creators of the SFLuv blockchain based community reinvestment platform{{cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://sfluv.org/our-team/ |website=SFLuv |access-date=13 January 2025}} and has written about how distributed autonomous organizations can be used to finance local infrastructure.{{cite web |last1=Riggs |first1=William |title=Blockchain and Distributed Autonomous Community Ecosystems: Opportunities to Democratize Finance and Delivery of Transport, Housing, Urban Greening and Community Infrastructure |url=https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/2165-Riggs-Blockchain-Financial-Ecosystem-Infrastructure.pdf |website=San Jose State Transweb |publisher=Mineta Transportation Institute |access-date=13 January 2025}}

Riggs has gained national recognition for his publications and is an active researcher. He was awarded the University of San Francisco, Outstanding Research Award in 2018, for "his prodigious stream of work bridging urban planning, public administration and policy analysis toward more livable communities."{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/horiuch/status/992527957410250752|title=c horiuchi on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-05-05|language=en}} His work has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Governing Magazine, Courier Journal,{{cite web|title=More than one way to think about urban streets|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/03/16/one-way-think-urban-streets/24847471/|website=Louisville Courier Journal}} The Atlantic,{{cite news|title=Walkability Is Good for You|url=http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/12/growing-evidence-shows-walkability-is-good-for-you-and-for-cities/383612/|work=The Atlantic|date=December 11, 2014 }} Popular Science,{{cite web |title=Why are ‘driverless’ cars still hitting things? |url=https://www.popsci.com/science/why-are-driverless-hitting-things/ |website=Popular Science |access-date=14 January 2025}} Planetizen.com and many more. He issued a noteworthy report on autonomous vehicles in 2020 entitled [https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2055-Policy-Framework-Future-Automated-Mobility A Policy Framework for the Future of Automated Mobility: The Need for Local Government Policy], urban technology research that called cities to rethink their web strategies{{cite news|last1=Goodyear|first1=S|title=Only 21 Percent of U.S. City Planning Departments Offer Online Permitting|url=http://www.citylab.com/tech/2015/02/only-21-percent-of-us-city-planning-departments-offer-online-permitting/385121/|publisher=CityLab: The Atlantic|year=2015}} and was an author of the American Planning Association's national policy guidance on autonomous vehicles, Planning for Autonomous Mobility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.planning.org/publications/report/9157605/|title=Planning for Autonomous Mobility|website=American Planning Association|access-date=2018-10-16}}

He is an expert on future cities and self-driving cars{{Cite news|url=https://www.usfca.edu/news/future-cities-and-self-driving-cars|title=Future Cities and Self-Driving Cars|last=atemkar|date=October 31, 2017|publisher=University of San Francisco|access-date=November 13, 2017}} and was featured in a 2018 special report in The Economist, talking about the "social equity implications around the fringes of cities."{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21737427-how-autonomous-vehicles-will-reshape-cities-chance-transform-urban-planning|title=A chance to transform urban planning|newspaper=The Economist|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09|date=March 2018}} He has written more about autonomy and cities in a Planetizen series called [https://www.planetizen.com/taxonomy/term/43854 Autonomous Future]{{Cite news|url=https://www.planetizen.com/node/88324/why-autonomous-vehicles-probably-wont-induce-sprawl|title=Why Autonomous Vehicles Probably Won't Induce Sprawl|work=Planetizen - Urban Planning News, Jobs, and Education|access-date=November 13, 2017}} and heavily cited for his market expertise in autonomous technology and his research with Cruise and Waymo.{{cite news |last1=Ewing |first1=J |last2=Tan |first2=E |title=G.M. Will Stop Developing Self-Driving Taxis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/business/gm-cruise-robotaxi.html |access-date=14 January 2025 |publisher=The New York Times |date=10 December 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Forston |first1=D |title=How Google turned Jaguars into self-driving taxis, but General Motors gave up |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/how-google-turned-jaguars-into-self-driving-taxis-but-general-motors-gave-up-9lvsqfw02 |access-date=14 January 2025 |publisher=The Times |date=15 December 2024}} Dr. Riggs' first startup, the [https://app.restreet.com/ ReStreet app],{{Cite web|url=https://www.restreet.com/about-us/|title=About Us – ReStreet|website=restreet.com|access-date=November 13, 2017}} was featured by CityLab as a tool to rethink streets for autonomous vehicles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/09/an-app-for-democratizing-street-design/540837/|title=Try Your Hand at Designing the Driverless Street of the Future|work=CityLab|access-date=November 13, 2017}} His research on street design is also of note and has received nationwide attention in that it called for conversion of multi-lane one-way streets as one part of an economic development strategy{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/17/why-one-way-streets-really-are-the-worst/|title=Why one-way streets are bad for everyone but speeding cars|last=Badger|first=Emily|date=April 17, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 13, 2017|issn=0190-8286}} but also cautioned for a balanced approach to comprehensive economic development.{{Cite news|url=https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/03/do-two-way-streets-help-a-citys-economy/555170/|title=The Connection Between Two-Way Streets and Gentrification|work=CityLab|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}

Riggs has been quoted as wanting to design streets to create, "a more livable environment" and argued that traffic calming can have an "economic development benefit... (and) we can actually focus on livability and environmental sustainability at the same time as economic vitality."{{cite web|last1=Schumaker|first1=J.|title=Study supports converting one-way streets|url=http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_ffaabfb2-5172-5eda-8677-716b1a03bde3.html#user-comment-area|website=News Press Now|publisher=St. Joseph News Press}} Urban thinker Richard Florida has featured his work on spatial inequity and walkability, stating that it "reminds us that not all urbanites have the same kind of access to walkable streets and neighborhoods."{{cite news|last1=Florida|first1=Richard|title=The Link Between Walkable Neighborhoods and Race|url=http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/05/walkability-and-race/393989/|work=The Atlantic|date=May 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 11, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://planning.calpoly.edu/content/professor-william-riggs-recognized-work-walkability|title=Professor William Riggs Recognized for Work on Walkability - City & Regional Planning - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo|website=planning.calpoly.edu|access-date=November 13, 2017}} He was among the authors of an open letter supporting economic non-aggression for cities competing to host the Amazon.com second headquarters, along with Richard Florida, Robert Reich, Edward Glaeser, and Jeff Sachs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/01/what-to-do-about-hq2/551486/|title=What to Do About HQ2|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=January 30, 2018 }} In an interview with USA Today he framed the issue as "a race to the bottom."{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/02/amazons-second-headquarters-search-hits-crunch-time-one-group-warns-its-race-bottom/473705002/|title=Amazon's second headquarters search hits crunch time; one group warns 'it's a race to the bottom'|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-05-05|language=en}} He also has been vocal that while competition for jobs can jumpstart housing and transit projects,{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/06/29/amazon-second-headquarters-contest-jumpstarts-transit-education-projects/729779002/|title=They 'listen when it's Amazon.' Second headquarters race revives transit, education projects|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-07-03|language=en}} "something must be done to mitigate (the urban impacts of unmitigated tech growth)."{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/17/after-amazon-tax-fails-seattle-has-no-clear-path-help-homeless/698575002/|title=After losing fight to levy 'Amazon tax,' Seattle is back to square one on helping homeless|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-07-03|language=en}}

Dr. Riggs has been an advocate of reducing auto-dependency with innovative transportation, which he discussed in the 2021 KQED documentary, Moving San Francisco.{{cite web |title=Moving San Francisco Trailer |url=https://vimeo.com/643263184?fbclid=IwY2xjawHyq1JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeRRKgOpOoIGmaNpagL9ZwDJS9dIVkLxvwERiB3dlUrieIEjXxkhLODm0A_aem_ezDcGJ-ABWEXZHAAVecCiQ |website=Vimeo |access-date=14 January 2025}} In 2023 he was featured in the San Francisco Examiner, discussing the future of transportation in cities. He was quote as saying "Transportation doesn’t exist unless there’s an origin and a destination... part of starting from scratch in San Francisco is bringing those destinations together.”{{cite web |title=Why 'future is at stake' when rethinking San Francisco transit |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit/future-is-at-stake-when-rethinking-san-francisco-transit/article_9cc643aa-897b-11ee-9738-b76b5d4eed11.html |website=SF Examiner |access-date=14 January 2025}} He went on to state that, "Societally, we have to accept that driving is a privilege... a privilege that comes with costs in terms of emissions."

• Cornet, H., Riggs, W., Gkemou, M, & Dreher S. 2024. On International Collaboration Within Research Projects for Large-Scale Piloting of Shared Automated Mobility. In Shared Mobility Revolution: Pioneering Autonomous Horizons. Eds. Cornet, H. & Gkemou, M. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-71793-2.pdf#page=230
• Riggs, W., Schrage, N., Shukla, S., & Mark, S. (2023). The Trip Characteristics of a Pilot Autonomous Vehicle Rider Program: Revealing Late Night Service Needs and Desired Increases in Service Quality, Reliability and Safety. In G. Meyer & S. Beiker (Eds.), Road Vehicle Automation 10 (pp. 93–107). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34757-3_9
• Boeing, G. and Riggs, W. (2022). Converting One-Way Streets to Two-Way Streets to Improve Transportation Network Efficiency and Reduce Vehicle Distance Traveled. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X221106334 | https://transfersmagazine.org/magazine-article/issue-11/rethinking-the-one-way-street/
• Riggs, W. (2022) End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City. Bristol University Press: Bristol. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/end-of-the-road
• Riggs, W. and Shukla, S. (2021). Exploring the benefits of minimobility in the urban context: The case of central Stockholm. Journal of Transport and Land Use. https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/1955
• Riggs, W., Sethi M., Meares, W., and Batstone, D. (2021). Prefab Micro-Units as a Strategy for Affordable Housing. Housing Studies. 84:2. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2020.1830040
• Riggs, W., B. Appleyard, and M. Johnson. (2020). A Design Framework for Livable Streets in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles. Urban, Planning and Transport Research. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21650020.2020.1749123
• Griffin, G. P., M. Mulhall, C. Simek, and W. Riggs. (2020). Mitigating Bias in Big Data for Transportation. Journal of Big Data Analytics in Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42421-020-00013-0.
• Riggs, W. (2019) Disruptive Transport: Driverless Cars, Transport Innovation and the Sustainable City of Tomorrow. Routledge: London. https://www.routledge.com/Disruptive-Transport-Driverless-Cars-Transport-Innovation-and-the-Sustainable/Riggs/p/book/9781138613164
• Riggs, W. (2018) Technology, Civic Engagement and Street Science: Hacking the Future of Participatory Street Design in the Era of Self-Driving Cars (February 1, 2018). Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3117731
• Riggs, W; Appleyard, B. (2018). The economic impact of one to two-way street conversions: advancing a context-sensitive framework. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2017.1422535
• Schlossberg, M., Riggs, W., Millard-Ball, Shay, E. (2018). "Rethinking the Street in an Era of Driverless Cars" UrbanismNext http://works.bepress.com/williamriggs/95/
• Riggs, W. (2017). Painting the fence: Social norms as economic incentives to non-automotive travel behavior. Travel Behaviour and Society. 7, 26–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2016.11.004
• Riggs, W. (2017). Mobile responsive websites and local planning departments in the US: Opportunities for the future. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 44 (5), 947–963. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813516656375
• Riggs, W; Gilderbloom. J. (2016) Two-way street conversion: evidence of increased livability in Louisville. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 36 (1), 105–118. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X15593147
• {{cite journal | last1 = Riggs | first1 = W | year = 2016 | title = Inclusively Walkable: Exploring the Equity of Walkable Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area | doi = 10.1080/13549839.2014.982080 | journal = Local Environment | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 1–28 | doi-access = free }}
• {{cite journal | last1 = Riggs | first1 = W. | last2 = Kuo | first2 = J. | year = 2015 | title = The impact of targeted outreach for parking mitigation on the UC Berkeley campus | doi = 10.1016/j.cstp.2015.01.004 | journal = Case Studies in Transport Policy | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | pages = 151–158}}
• {{cite journal | last1 = Gilderbloom | first1 = J. I. | last2 = Riggs | first2 = W. W. | last3 = Meares | first3 = W. L. | year = 2015 | title = Does walkability matter? An examination of walkability's impact on housing values, foreclosures and crime | doi = 10.1016/j.cities.2014.08.001 | journal = Cities | volume = 42 | pages = 13–24 | s2cid = 153747507 }}
• {{cite journal|last1=Riggs|first1=W|year=2014|title=Steps toward validity in active living research: Research design that limits accusations of physical determinism|journal=Health & Place|volume=26|pages=7–13|doi=10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.11.003|pmid=24326214}}
• {{cite journal | last1 = Gilderbloom | first1 = J. I. | last2 = Meares | first2 = W. L. | last3 = Riggs | first3 = W. | year = 2014 | title = How brownfield sites kill places and people: an examination of neighborhood housing values, foreclosures, and lifespan | journal = Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability | volume = 9| pages = 1–18 | doi = 10.1080/17549175.2014.905488 | s2cid = 143925150 }}

Riggs began to play as the Billy Riggs Band in 2003, and recorded and produced an album of the same name released that year.{{cite web|title=Main|url=http://www.billyriggsband.com/|website=Billy Riggs Band}} He recorded sang and performed on all of the songs on the album. In the years that followed he began to work with Dan Feeney on bass and Carlos Villarreal on drums. He also received assistance from his brother Gabriel Riggs, who plays for the band Silver Spoons, from cousin Ryan Lott, who performs as the artist SonLux, and his wife's cousin Gaurav Chopra, an accomplished singer and santoor player based in Mumbai. He released his second full-length album on June 1, 2016, entitled "Bluegrass Horseman."{{Cite web|url=http://music.billyriggsband.com/album/bluegrass-horseman|title=Bluegrass Horseman, by Billy Riggs Band|website=Billy Riggs Band|access-date=November 13, 2017}} Two additional singles, Steal and Words, were released in late 2017 / early 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://music.billyriggsband.com/track/words-ghost-ship-mix|title=Words (Ghost Ship Mix), by Billy Riggs Band|website=Billy Riggs Band|access-date=February 12, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://music.billyriggsband.com/track/steal|title=Steal, by Billy Riggs Band|website=Billy Riggs Band|access-date=February 12, 2018}}

In 2005 Billy helped his cousin Frances England record the album Fascinating Creatures. Billy recorded, produced and performed on the album. The album become one of the top children's albums in 2006, was the sole recipient of the 2007 Oppenheim Platinum Award for Music and songs from it were featured on a Grammy-winning compilation. Stephan Shepherd of NPR Music called the album "one of the most adventurous children's music albums in some time, quite unlike anything out there at the moment... (Fascinating Creatures) is the start of something big, like a little secret known to only a few."{{cite web|last1=Shepherd|first1=S|title=Review: Fascinating Creatures - Frances England|url=http://zooglobble.blogspot.com/2006/04/review-fascinating-creatures-frances.html|website=Zooglobble|date=2006-04-17}}

Billy played in two bands during his high school and college years, The Hermits and Just Visiting. With Just Visiting, he performed at the National Spotlight Competition during the 1997 Dove Awards.

Since 2014 Billy has been working with Dr. David Levine from UC Berkeley to write songs related to hand washing and hygiene.{{cite web|title=Hygiene Heroes: Teaching Health through Songs and Games|url=https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/534d77d114bdf7355db93293/updates/1|website=UC Berkeley Haas School of Business}}

Billy is married and has two children.{{cite web|title=Eight Years Ago Today|url=http://www.williamriggs.com/post/106558426652/eight-years-ago-today-in-many-ways-different-in|website=William Riggs}}{{cite web|title=Wide Sidewalks|url=http://www.williamriggs.com/post/105880812082/all-i-want-for-christmas-are-wide-sidewalks-and|website=William Riggs}} He is an active runner and cyclist, and finished the 2005 Boston Marathon in 2:52 having come back from a 2001 Achilles tendon injury.{{cite web|title=Boston Marathon Results Archive|url=http://registration.baa.org/cfm_Archive/iframe_ArchiveSearch.cfm|website=Boston Athletic Association}} He is said to love science fiction and wine making.{{Cite news|url=https://www.usfca.edu/management/news/3-things-you-didnt-know-about-billy-riggs-0|title=3 Things You Didn't Know About Billy Riggs|last=Dorrington|first=Caroline|date=October 9, 2017|publisher=University of San Francisco|access-date=November 13, 2017}}

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