Roads were not built for cars : how cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring /
"In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal--and largely unrecognized--role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road impr...
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Washington :
Island Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. When Two Tribes Were One
- 2. Pioneers
- 3. Mastodons to Motorways
- 4. Who Owns the Roads?
- 5. Speed
- 6. Width
- 7. Hardtop History
- 8. "What the Bicyclist Did for Roads"
- 9. Ripley: "the Mecca of all Good Cyclists"
- 10. Good Roads for America
- 11. America's Forgotten Transport Network
- 12. Pedal Power
- 13. Motoring's Bicycling Beginnings
- 14. Without Bicycles Motoring Might Not Exist
- 15. From King of the Road to Cycle Chic.