DiMento, Joseph F. C.

Changing Lanes : Visions and Histories of Urban Freeways. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (380 pages) - Urban and Industrial Environments Series . - Urban and Industrial Environments Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Urban Freeways and America's Changing Cities -- 2 The 1930s: Forays into the Urban Realm -- 3 Urban Freeways and National Policy, 1939-1945 -- 4 Postwar Urban Freeways: Scaling Up for a City on Wheels, 1946-1956 -- 5 Changing Visions and Regulations for Highway Planning -- 6 Urban Freeway Tales: Three Cities among Dozens -- 7 Conclusion and Epilogue: Urban Highways and the American City -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series.

The story of the evolution of the urban freeway, the competing visions that informed it, and the emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation.

9780262312387


Express highways-United States-History.
Express highways-Government policy-United States-History.


Electronic books.

HE355.3.E94 D56 2013

388.1220973091732