From rails to trails : the making of America's active transportation network / / Peter Harnik
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| Autore: |
Harnik Peter
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| Titolo: |
From rails to trails : the making of America's active transportation network / / Peter Harnik
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| 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.: | 9910816048603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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