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Bike boom : the unexpected resurgence of cycling / Carlton Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Carlton, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cycling--History.
- Cycling.
- History.
- Cycling--Social aspects.
- Bicycle traffic flow.
- Bicycle commuting.
- Urban transportation--Social aspects.
- Urban transportation.
- City planning.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Bikeboom
- Unexpected resurgence of cycling
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Journalist Carlton Reid sets out to discover what we can learn from the history of bike "booms" in this entertaining and thought-provoking book. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- How cyclists became invisible
- From victory bikes to rail trails
- Davis: the bicycle capital of America
- Cycling in Britain
- from swarms to sustrans
- The great American bike boom
- The rise and fall of vehicular cycling
- Where it's easy to bike and drive, Brits and Americans drive
- How the Dutch really got their cycleways
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610918169
- 1610918169
- 9781610918152
- 1610918150
- OCLC:
- 980914074
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