TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longhurst,James
TI  - Bike battles: a history of sharing the American road 
SN  - 9780295805993
AV  - HE5737 .B554 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Seattle, London
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Bicycles
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Highway planning
KW  - Transportation and state
KW  - Cycling
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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