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

By:

Longhurst, James [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780295805993

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HE5737 .B554 2015

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Contents:

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: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HE5737 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1298401367

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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