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Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities (vuoden 2009 painos)

Tekijä: Jeff Mapes

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"In a world of increasing traffic congestion, a grassroots movement is carving out a niche for bicycles on city streets. Pedaling Revolution explores the growing bike culture that is changing the look and feel of cities, suburbs, and small towns across North America." "From traffic-dodging-bike messengers to tattooed teenagers on battered bikes, from riders in spandex to well-dressed executives, ordinary citizens are becoming transportation revolutionaries. Jeff Mapes traces the growth of bicycle advocacy and explores the environmental, safety, and health aspects of bicycling. He rides with bicycle advocates who are taming the streets of New York City, joins the street circus that is Critical Mass in San Francisco, and gets inspired by the everyday folk pedaling in Amsterdam, the nirvana of American bike activists. Chapters focused on big cities, college towns, and America's most successful bike city, Portland, show how cyclists, with the encouragement of local officials, are claiming a share of the valuable streetscape."--BOOK JACKET.… (lisätietoja)
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Teoksen nimi:Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities
Kirjailijat:Jeff Mapes
Info:Oregon State University (2009), Paperback, 288 pages
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This was a very well-written and well-researched book. I think Mapes did a fantastic job of covering the topic. He did alot of research and interviewed alot of people, and it's evident in the comprehensive bibliography at the end. Also, an index is a nice touch, since I expect to be referring to it in the future. I thought he did a good job of giving dissenting voices fair stage time. I learned that there are two pretty opposite camps of bicyclist advocates: vehicular cyclists (such as Forester) and bike boulevard advocates. I now lean a little further in the direction of the boulevard advocates, although I personally believe the two can find more common ground (both figuratively and literally). I am now opposed to suburban sprawl. The chapter that fired me up the most was the one on health and exercise. I've gotta get off my butt and back on my bike!

My only real criticism of the book is that the chapters were awfully long with very few natural breaks within the chapters. Also -- and I realize this is nitpicky -- the typesetting was sometimes annoying. Seriously, though, you shouldn't ever actually notice the typesetting.

Oh, and by the way, SLOW DOWN and respect the bikers around you!! :) ( )
  twertz | Apr 23, 2015 |
A great overview of the history of cycling in the United States. Made me feel even better about being a cyclist, though for me it has always been about the joy of riding. Bike = peak experience. Car = stress.Overall the tone was a bit lighter than what I would prefer in nonfiction reading. It is obvious Mapes is a newspaper writer. And though Mapes does his best to remain politically neutral, it doesn't help much that some designer decided to make a big red flag more prominent than a guy on a bike on the cover. Bikes are a no brainer, bipartisan issue. ( )
  librarianbryan | Apr 20, 2012 |
A good overview of the ongoing changes to American cities as more and more people switch to bicycling as a major means of commuting, running errands, and recreation. Biking meets obvious challenges in both the safety of sharing roads with high-speed automobiles with indifferent drivers and the political hostility towards bicycling and bicycle infrastructure. The book covers many of the same points as Harry Wray's Pedal Power, but I find Mapes' work a more engaging read. Mapes is preaching to choir when I am his reader but this book sets in good detail the detrimental effect of prioritizing the automobile in our cities and the benefits of switching to a bicycle-based culture. ( )
  Othemts | Apr 4, 2012 |
Quite interesting though I wouldn't quite recommend it as a good narrative nonfiction choice for the average person, unless they have an interest in cycling. The author's a journalist and the details about how different countries and states handle cyclists and how they make decisions about roads are fascinating. A Portland book group could read this and Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) and have an interesting discussion. :)Warning: may make you covet a Dutch style "city bike". ( )
  amanderson | Jun 13, 2011 |
In "Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities," author Jeff Mapes provides a historical context for the social evolution of the bicycle. Better yet, he does it from the perspective of a journalist. In addition to providing factual information, he throws in anecdotes and quotes from personal interviews. He really gives his readers a human perspective on the topic.

Furthermore, by drawing on the past and looking to the future (as well as to existing bike-friendly cities around the world), Mapes explains what is necessary to make bicycling a valid and recognized form of transportation: a revolution. Once more people take to their bikes and ditch their cars, the rest of the world will see that bicycles are ideal for short trips around town. The point is made several times throughout the text: there is strength in numbers. More people on bikes equals more awareness... which leads to changes in legislature. ( )
  alevtina | Jun 6, 2010 |
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"In a world of increasing traffic congestion, a grassroots movement is carving out a niche for bicycles on city streets. Pedaling Revolution explores the growing bike culture that is changing the look and feel of cities, suburbs, and small towns across North America." "From traffic-dodging-bike messengers to tattooed teenagers on battered bikes, from riders in spandex to well-dressed executives, ordinary citizens are becoming transportation revolutionaries. Jeff Mapes traces the growth of bicycle advocacy and explores the environmental, safety, and health aspects of bicycling. He rides with bicycle advocates who are taming the streets of New York City, joins the street circus that is Critical Mass in San Francisco, and gets inspired by the everyday folk pedaling in Amsterdam, the nirvana of American bike activists. Chapters focused on big cities, college towns, and America's most successful bike city, Portland, show how cyclists, with the encouragement of local officials, are claiming a share of the valuable streetscape."--BOOK JACKET.

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