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Chuck Galco
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James Longhurst
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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.
Bike Battles explores the different ways that Americans have thought about the bicycle through popular songs, merit badge pamphlets, advertising, films, newspapers, and sitcoms. Those associations shaped the actions of government and the courts when they intervened in bike policy through lawsuits, traffic control, road building, taxation, rationing, import tariffs, safety education, and bike lanes from the 1870s to the 1970s.
Today, cycling in American urban centers remains a challenge as city planners, political pundits, and residents continue to argue over bike lanes, bike-share programs, law enforcement, sustainability, and public safety. Combining fascinating new research from a wide range of sources with a true passion for the topic, Longhurst shows us that these battles are nothing new; in fact they're simply a continuation of the original battle over who is - and isn't - welcome on our roads.
The book is published by University of Washington Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissioner of New York City, Sam Schwartz a.k.a. "Gridlock Sam", one of the most respected transportation engineers in the world and consummate insider in NYC political circles, uncovers how American cities became so beholden to cars and why the current shift away from that trend will forever alter America's urban landscapes, marking nothing short of a revolution in how we get from place to place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, thought provoking, and hopeful
- De JKuster en 03-07-20
De: Samuel I. Schwartz, y otros
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The Road Taken
- The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
- De: Henry Petroski
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly 65,000 bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient'. This crisis - and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that it is indeed a crisis - shows little sign of abating short of a massive change in attitude amongst politicians and the American public.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well put
- De Lawrence en 08-10-17
De: Henry Petroski
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Divided Highways
- Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
- De: Tom Lewis
- Narrado por: Jim D. Johnston
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis offers an encompassing account of highway development in the United States. In the early twentieth century Congress created the Bureau of Public Roads to improve roads and the lives of rural Americans. The Bureau was the forerunner of the Interstate Highway System of 1956, which promoted a technocratic approach to modern road building sometimes at the expense of individual lives, regional characteristics, and the landscape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lots of interesting facts. Poor narration
- De Richard en 06-01-21
De: Tom Lewis
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How the Post Office Created America
- A History
- De: Winifred Gallagher
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 84
The founders established the Post Office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time it was the US government's largest and most important endeavor - indeed, it was the government for most citizens. This was no conventional mail network but the central nervous system of the new body politic, designed to bind 13 quarrelsome colonies into the United States by delivering news about public affairs to every citizen - a radical idea that appalled Europe's great powers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Super interesting. I'm so disappointed.
- De william kearns en 07-21-16
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Drive!
- Henry Ford, George Selden, and the Race to Invent the Auto Age
- De: Lawrence Goldstone
- Narrado por: Christopher Price
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile - an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. With a narrative as propulsive as its subject, Drive! plunges us headlong into a time unlike any in history, when manic innovation and consumerist zeal coalesced to forever change the way people got from one place to another.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ford Detractor.
- De Eric Johnston en 08-15-22
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Americans Against the City
- Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century
- De: Steven Conn
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
An aversion to urban density and all that it contributes to urban life, and a perception that the city was the place where "big government" first took root in America fostered what historian Steven Conn terms the "anti-urban impulse." In this provocative and sweeping audiobook, Conn explores the anti-urban impulse across the 20th century, examining how the ideas born of it have shaped both the places in which Americans live and work, and the anti-government politics so strong today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book
- De M. M. Conroy en 09-19-20
De: Steven Conn
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Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- De: Jeff Speck
- Narrado por: Jeff Speck
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 998
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 867
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that’s easy to drive to but often not worth arriving at. Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting topic and thoughtful insight, subpar recording.
- De Andrew Nicks en 05-12-18
De: Jeff Speck
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Americana
- A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
- De: Bhu Srinivasan
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Bhu Srinivasan
- Duración: 21 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a 400-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things - the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the telegraph, the railroad, guns, radio, and banking, to flight, suburbia, and sneakers, culminating with the Internet and mobile technology at the turn of the 21st century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history!
- De L. Maranto en 10-14-17
De: Bhu Srinivasan
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Triumph of the City
- How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
- De: Edward Glaeser
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 426
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 348
America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the three percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, crime ridden, expensive, environmentally unfriendly. Or are they? As Edward Glaeser proves in this myth-shattering book, cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Urbanophile Brain Candy
- De Clay Downing en 12-18-15
De: Edward Glaeser
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The Big Roads
- The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
- De: Earl Swift
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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From author Earl Swift comes the surprising history of the U.S. interstate system, a fascinating route through the dreams, discoveries, and protests that shaped these mighty roads.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lessons from The Big Roads
- De Joshua Kim en 05-06-12
De: Earl Swift
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Behemoth
- A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
- De: Joshua B. Freeman
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 210
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 208
We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since their beginnings, when William Blake called them "dark Satanic mills". Many factories that operated over the last two centuries - such as Homestead, River Rouge, and Foxconn - were known for the labor exploitation and class warfare they engendered, not to mention the environmental devastation caused by factory production.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Get rid of the fake accents
- De J. R. Valery en 03-13-18
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Black Wall Street
- The History of the Greenwood District Before the Tulsa Race Riot
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Stephen Platt
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Overall, Tulsa in 1921 was considered a modern, vibrant city. What had fueled this remarkable growth was oil, specifically the discovery of the Glenn Pool oil field in 1905. Within five years, Tulsa had grown from a rural crossroads town in the former Indian Territory into a boom town with more than 10,000 citizens, and as word spread of the fortunes that could be made in Tulsa, people of all races poured into the city.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bombs dropped on Black Wall St. wasn't mentioned.
- De Anonymous User en 05-03-21
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Gotham
- A History of New York City to 1898
- De: Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 67 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 238
In Gotham, Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace have produced a monumental work of history, one that ranges from the Indian tribes that settled in and around the island of Manna-hata, to the consolidation of the five boroughs into Greater New York in 1898. It is an epic narrative, a story as vast and as varied as the city it chronicles, and it underscores that the history of New York is the story of our nation. The events and people who crowd this audiobook guarantee that this is no mere local history. It is in fact a portrait of the heart and soul of America....
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5 out of 5 stars
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THANK YOU!!!!!
- De Stephen F (SPFJR) en 09-29-18
De: Edwin G. Burrows, y otros
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Sun, Sin, Suburbia
- The History of Modern Las Vegas Revised and Expanded
- De: Geoff Schumacher
- Narrado por: Douglas R. Pratt
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Las Vegas is gambling's mecca - Sin City the Entertainment Capital of the World with 40 million visitors a year. But that's just part of the story. This carefully documented history tracks the rise of Las Vegas from its vital role in World War II, of the Rat Pack era of the 50s, the explosive growth of the 90s, and it's colossal collapse in the post 2008 real-estate crash. It offers a history of the iconic Strip, but also profiles the neighborhoods where over 2 million people live.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good History of Vegas - old, modern and mundane
- De Amazon Customer en 06-13-14
De: Geoff Schumacher
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It's Better Than It Looks
- De: Gregg Easterbrook
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Most people who pay attention to the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better than it ever has been. In the United States, disease, crime, discrimination, and most forms of pollution are in long-term decline, while longevity and education keep rising.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too political
- De Anonymous User en 07-12-18
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Green Metropolis
- What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability
- De: David Owen
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
In this remarkable challenge to conventional thinking about the environment, David Owen argues that the greenest community in the United States is not Portland, Oregon, or Snowmass, Colorado, but New York City.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A stupid and dangerously short sighted view
- De Gare&Sophia en 11-13-12
De: David Owen
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-24
Incredibly odd and distracting narration.
Was this actually narrated by a living human? The narration is choppy, weird, and literally sounds like words sampled in different contexts and sandwiched together in post production. No one should have to pay for this lack of quality.
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