Roads Were Not Built for Cars - How Cyclists Were First to Push for Good Roads & Became Pioneers of

Informationen zum Autor Carlton Reid is the executive editor of trade magazine BikeBiz.com . His travel pieces have appeared in National Geographic Traveller and The Guardian . His previous books include Adventure Mountain Biking (Crowood Press,1990); Complete Book of Cycling (contributor, Hamlyn, 1997); I-Spy Bicycles (Michelin, 1998); Discover Israel (Berlitz, 1993); Lebanon: A Travel Guide (Kindlife, 1995); Classic Mountain Bike Routes of the World (contributor, Quarto Publishing, 2000); Bike to Work Book (Front Page Creations, November 2008) and Family Cycling (Snow Books, 2009). Klappentext In Roads Were Not Built for Cars , Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal--and largely unrecognized--role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the "poor man's transport" in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again. Zusammenfassung Roads Were Not Built for Cars is a history book! focussing on a time when cyclists had political clout! in Britain and especially in America. The book researches the Roads Improvement Association - a lobbying group created by the Cyclists' Touring Club in 1886 - and the Good Roads movement organised by the League of American Wheelmen.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Reid, Carlton Reid, Reid Carlton
• Editore: Island Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781610916899
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-689-9
• Pagine: 360
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Auto, moto, scooter; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Pianificazione urbanistica, territoriale e del paesaggio; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; USA, TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Urban & municipal planning, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Road & motor vehicles: general interest, Transport planning and policy, Road and motor vehicles: general interest, Transport planning & policy