(Classic work on the subject.)īorgeson, Griffith, "Forerunner of the Freeway: The California Cycleway," Automobile Quarterly, Second Quarter 1983. (Part of the Great Buildings of the World, this book focuses on British bridges.)īelasco, Warren James, Americans on the Road: From Autocamp to Motel, 1910-1945, The MIT Press, 1981. Ferguson and travel by train, car, bus, and plane, the book tells the story of why the journey to racial equality often takes place on the road.)īeckett, Derrick, Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, 1969. (A survey of road transportation in Britain over the past 3 centuries.)īay, Mia Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021. It's the first major examination-in some ways a reexamination-of the works of Robert Moses since Robert Caro's 1974 biography, The Power Broker (see separate entry).īarker, Theo, and Gerhold, Dorian, The Rise and Rise of Road Transportation, 1700-1990, Cambridge University Press, 1993. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, examines the works and impact of Robert Moses, one of the greatest builders of roads, bridges, and other public works in history, on New York City. This book, which accompanies exhibitions at the Queens Museum of Art and the Miriam and Ira D. Invoking the literary tradition of William Least Heat-Moon and Ian Frazier, the book jacket refers to the Bain family's trip as "a quintessentially American journey.")īallon, Hilary, and Jackson, Kenneth T., Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York, W. (Historian Bain and his family trace the great western roads-the pioneer overland trails, the transcontinental railroad, and the great western highways of the 20th century, including the Lincoln Highway and I-80. (Discusses the damage construction of the urban Interstates caused as well as the creative strategies devised by communities to fight them.)īain, David Haward, The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West, Viking, 2004. The first section, "Moving People," discusses streets, subways, bridges, and tunnels in New York City (pages 2-55), while the second section, "Moving Freight," covers rail freight, maritime freight, air cargo, and markets (pages 58-89).)Īvila, Eric, The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City, A Quadrant Book, University of Minnesota Press, 2014. (The book combines text, maps, and graphics to describe how New York City functions. The blurb: "Car Trips in the nineteen-thirties took you to some unexpected places.")Īscher, Kate, The Works: Anatomy of a City, Penguin Books, 2005.
(The great sports writer's evocative memoir of childhood car trips in the 1930's. Out of print but available in libraries or through inter-library loan)Īngell, Roger, "Romance," The New Yorker, May 26, 2003. (Over 500 pages of history prepared as the FHWA's contribution to the Bicentennial.
(A history of public investment in major urban projects, including the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, with emphasis on the consequences and the future of mega-projects.)Īmerica's Highways 1776-1976, Federal Highway Administration, 1976.
(In June 1953, former President Truman, a man who loved cars and roads, embarked on his last great road trip - this is the story of that trip.)Īltshuler, Alan, and Luberoff, David, Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment, Brookings Institution Press and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2003. Highway History Bibliography General and Travel Interstate SystemĪlbert, William, The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840, Cambridge University Press, 2006.Īlgeo, Matthew, Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, Chicago Review Press, 2009.
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