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Author Longhurst, James Lewis, author.

Title Bike battles : a history of sharing the American road / James Longhurst.

Publication Info. Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2015]

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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.
Bicycles -- United States -- Safety measures.
Highway planning -- United States.
Transportation and state -- United States -- History.
Cycling -- United States -- History.
Cycling -- United States -- Safety measures.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
Bicycles. (OCoLC)fst00831489
Bicycles -- Safety measures. (OCoLC)fst00831513
Cycling. (OCoLC)fst00885857
Cycling -- Safety measures. (OCoLC)fst00885881
Highway planning. (OCoLC)fst00956692
Transportation and state. (OCoLC)fst01155244
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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.)
0295805994 (electronic bk.)
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