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Author Friss, Evan, author.

Title On bicycles : a 200-year history of cycling in New York City / Evan Friss.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.6 FRI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.6097 FRISS    Check Shelf
Description 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-233) and index.
Summary "In its most recent ranking, Bicycling Magazine named New York the number one American city for cycling. But long before the Citi Bike era, New York has stood out as an important city in the history and development of cycling--as a pastime and a mirror of the city's shifting social, economic, and structural developments. In Bicycles and the Boroughs, Evan Friss traces the storied history of bicycling in the Big Apple, from the bicycle-like "draisine" in 1818 adopted by a small number of enthusiasts; to New York's ascent to the capital of the cycling world in the 1890s, which among other things triggered increased female mobility and corresponding conversations about the propriety of women cyclists; to Mayor Koch's bike ban of 1987 after the stock market's collapse, which shed light on the ways bankers, lawyers, and other professionals relied on this labor force and the immediacy of the information they delivered. Finally, the history shifts to Michael Bloomberg's Citi Bike initiative, the largest bike sharing system in the country, in an effort to make New York a "greener" city. But even in the wake of the program's mass adoption, Friss brings to light ongoing public debates over the location of bike lanes, the dangers of biking in certain areas, whether the program's financial model is sustainable, and the ways in which cycling will continue to shape and be shaped by the city"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Rough start -- Up and down -- Moses -- The ban -- Bloomberg.
Subject Cycling -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Cycling -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
Bicycle commuting -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Bicycle sharing programs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Cycling -- Government policy -- New York (State) -- New York.
Bicycle commuting. (OCoLC)fst00831434
Bicycle sharing programs. (OCoLC)fst01764153
Cycling. (OCoLC)fst00885857
Cycling -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00885863
Cycling -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00885887
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Friss, Evan, author. On bicycles New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231544245 (DLC) 2018049808
ISBN 9780231182560 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0231182562 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9780231544245 electronic book
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