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.