Cover of Bike Battles

Book 2017

Bike Battles

2 readers

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Language
English
Published
2017
  • Safety measures
  • Cycling
  • Highway planning
  • Bicycles
  • Transportation and state
  • History
  • Highway engineering
  • Bicyclettes

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.