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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795649403321

Autore

Harnik Peter

Titolo

From rails to trails : the making of America's active transportation network / / Peter Harnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-4962-2206-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

796.60973

Soggetti

Rail-trails - History - United States

Bicycle trails - History - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Queen of Trails -- 2. Why Were There So Many Rail Corridors? -- 3. Meanwhile, the Bicycle -- 4. Dark Days and a Seismic Shift -- 5. Is This Idea for Real? -- 6. Congress Steps In -- 7. It's Perfect! Who Could Be Against It? -- 8. The Movement Gels -- 9. Fighting for Rights in Court -- 10. Building the Political Base -- 11. Breaking into the Money Vault -- 12. City Trail, Country Trail -- 13. Bridges and Tunnels -- 14. Sharing the Corridor -- 15. Full Throttle Ahead -- 16. Filling the Gaps -- 17. Of Rail-Trails and Real Estate -- 18. If You Want to Count, You Have to Count -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"From Rails to Trails is the fascinating tale of the political rebirth of bicycle advocacy and of what happened to the railroad companies' thousands of abandoned corridors"--