The History and Development of Road Transport
Author | : James Paterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Paterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Roads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Burgess Wise |
Publisher | : Book Sales |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780948872129 |
Presents the story of automobiles, trucks, buses and motorcycles from the first prototypes to the present day
Author | : |
Publisher | : charles walker |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0953743284 |
Author | : Theodore Cardwell Barker |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1995-09-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521557733 |
Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated upon canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic went by road even before turnpikes, and that goods as well as passenger services were much more highly developed than used to be supposed. This book is an important survey of road transport over the past three centuries. The authors summarise the new evidence and arguments and explain why we need to take a longer view of the subject. They shed new light on the importance of horse-drawn freight in the eighteenth century before the introduction of turnpikes, offset the undue attention paid to the railways in the nineteenth century, and stress that motor transport's present great importance only dates from the 1950s. A full bibliography is provided for more extended study.
Author | : David Burgess Wise |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Transportation, Automotive |
ISBN | : 9781861607218 |
Author | : M. G. Lay |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1999-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813526911 |
This is the first comprehensive history of the world's roads, highways, bridges, and the people and vehicles that traverse them, from prehistoric times to the present. Encyclopedic in its scope, fascinating in its details, Ways of the World is a unique work for reference and browsing. Maxwell Lay considers the myriad aspects of roads and their users: the earliest pathways, the rise of wheeled vehicles and animals to pull them, the development of surfaced roads, the motives for road and bridge building, and the rise of cars and their influence on roads, cities, and society. The work is amply illustrated, well indexed and cross-referenced, and includes a chronology of road history and a full bibliography. It is indispensable for anyone interested in travel, history, geography, transportation, cars, or the history of technology.
Author | : Kenda Mutongi |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2017-06-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022647139X |
Drive the streets of Nairobi and you are sure to see many matatus colorful minibuses that transport huge numbers of people around the city. Once ramshackle affairs held together with duct tape and wire, matatus today are name-brand vehicles maxed out with aftermarket detailing. They can be stately black or come in extravagant colors, sporting names, slogans, or entire tableaus, with airbrushed portraits of everyone from Kanye West to Barack Obama, of athletes, movie stars, or the most famous face of all: Jesus Christ. In this richly interdisciplinary book, Kenda Mutongi explores the history of the matatu from the 1960s to the present. As Mutongi shows, matatus offer a window onto many socioeconomic and political facets of late-twentieth-century Africa. In their diversity of idiosyncratic designs they express multiple and divergent aspects of Kenyan life including rapid urbanization, organized crime, entrepreneurship, social insecurity, the transition to democracy, chaos and congestion, popular culture, and many others at once embodying both Kenya's staggering social problems and the bright promises of its future. Offering a shining model of interdisciplinary analysis, Mutongi mixes historical, ethnographic, literary, linguistic, and economic approaches to tell the story of the matatu as a powerful expression of the entrepreneurial aesthetics of the postcolonial world.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2006-01-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0309100887 |
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Author | : David Morrissey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1997-12-23 |
Genre | : Carriages and carts |
ISBN | : 9780732945831 |
Author | : George Charlesworth |
Publisher | : Gower Publishing Company, Limited |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Highway engineering |
ISBN | : |