From Rails to Trails: The Making of America's Active Transportation Network

Harnik, Peter

ISBN 10: 1496222067 / ISBN 13: 9781496222060

Editore: University of Nebraska Press, 2021

Codice articolo mon0003966930

Riassunto:

If, as Wallace Stegner said, the national park is &;the best idea we ever had,&; the rail-trail is certainly a close runner-up. Part transportation corridor, part park, the rail-trail has revolutionized the way America creates high-quality, car-free pathways for bicyclists, runners, walkers, equestrians, and more.

It was only a few decades after railroad barons had run roughshod over America&;s economy and politics that they began to shed nearly one hundred thousand miles of unneeded railroad corridor. At the same time, bicyclists were being so thoroughly pushed off ever-more-intimidating roadways they came close to extinction. Through political organizing and lawyerly grit, an unlikely, formerly marginalized advocacy arose, seized on seemingly worthless strips of land, and created a resource that is treasured by millions of Americans today for recreation, purposeful travel, tourism, conservation, and historical interpretation.

From Rails to Trails is the fascinating tale of the rails-to-trails movement as well as a consideration of what the continued creation of rail-trails means for the future of Americans&; health, nonmotorized transportation networks, and communities across the country.
 

Informazioni sull?autore: Peter Harnik is cofounder of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and founder of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land. He is the author of Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities and Inside City Parks as well as a former editor of both Environmental Action magazine and Trailblazer quarterly.
 

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Titolo: From Rails to Trails: The Making of ...
Casa editrice: University of Nebraska Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2021
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Very Good