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

• Autore: Harnik Peter
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 796.60973
• Soggetto topico: Rail-trails - History - United States; Bicycle trails - History - United States
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: From rails to trails
• ISBN: 1-4962-2206-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795649403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II