Roads Were Not Built for Cars : How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring
by
Carlton Reid
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1610916891
ISBN-13
9781610916899
Publisher
Island Press
Imprint
Island Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 9th, 2015
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
784 grams
Dimensions
25.30 x 20.40 x 1.90 cms
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Roads Were Not Built for Cars is a history book, focussing on a time when cyclists had political clout, in Britain and especially in America. The book researches the Roads Improvement Association - a lobbying group created by the Cyclists' Touring Club in 1886 - and the Good Roads movement organised by the League of American Wheelmen.
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotaland largely unrecognizedrole 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 improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the poor mans transport in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.
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