Description |
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-281) and index. |
Note |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost platform, viewed November 17, 2015). |
Summary |
Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a historian and avid cyclist, tackles that question by tracing the contentious debates between American bike riders, motorists, and pedestrians over the shared road. |
Contents |
Get out of the Road! The battle over the public roads in America, 1870-1900 -- The right sort of people: The battle over taxes, sidepaths, and roads at the turn of the century -- The rules of the road: Bicycling in the automotive age, 1900-1930 -- Victory bike battles: The debate over emergency transport in World War II -- 1950s syndrome: Excluding bikes from suburban streets, interstate highways, and adult lives -- Bikes are beautiful: The bike boom, bikeways, and the battle over where to ride in the 1970s -- Conclusion: The Road as a commons. |
Subject |
Bicycles -- United States -- History.
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Bicycles -- United States -- Safety measures.
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Highway planning -- United States.
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Transportation and state -- United States -- History.
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Cycling -- United States -- History.
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Cycling -- United States -- Safety measures.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
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Bicycles. (OCoLC)fst00831489
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Bicycles -- Safety measures.
(OCoLC)fst00831513
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Cycling. (OCoLC)fst00885857
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Cycling -- Safety measures.
(OCoLC)fst00885881
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Highway planning. (OCoLC)fst00956692
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Transportation and state. (OCoLC)fst01155244
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Other Form: |
Print version: Longhurst, James Lewis. Bike battles. Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2015] 9780295994680 (DLC) 2014035527 (OCoLC)895730870 |
ISBN |
9780295805993 (electronic bk.) |
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0295805994 (electronic bk.) |
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