Roads Were Not Built for Cars: How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring
by Carlton Reid
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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 improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890's to the ?poor man ?s transport ? in the 1920's, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were show more 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. show lessTags
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Carlton Reid is the executive editor of BikeBiz magazine, a publication for the bicycle trade based in the United Kingdom. He is author of Roads Were not Built for Cars.
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