false 6070098 1 In a world of growing traffic congestion, expensive oil, and threats of cataclysmic climate change, a grassroots movement is carving out a niche for bicycles on the streets of urban cityscapes. In Pedaling Revolution, Jeff Mapes explores the growing urban bike culture that is changing the look and feel of cities across the U.S. He rides with bike 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. Mapes, a seasoned political journalist and long-time bike commuter, explores the growth of bicycle advocacy while covering such issues as the environmental, safety, and health aspects of bicycling for short urban trips. His rich cast of characters includes Noah Budnick, a young bicycle advocate in New York who almost died in a crash near the Brooklyn Bridge, and Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN), who took to bicycling in his fifties and helped unleash a new flood of federal money for bikeways. Chapters set in Chicago and Portland show how bicycling has became a political act, with seemingly dozens of subcultures, and how cyclists, with the encouragement of local officials, are seizing streets back from motorists. Pedaling Revolution is essential reading for the approximately one million people who regularly ride their bike to work or on errands, for anyone engaged in transportation, urban planning, sustainability, and public health—and for drivers trying to understand why they’re seeing so many cyclists. All will be interested in how urban bike activists are creating the future of how we travel and live in twenty-first-century cities. 6246500 1 3 2009 Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities total:77|5:24|4:31|3:20|2:2|1:0| 77 308 217 36 3 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 08:25:48 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 15:40:42 -0700 2009
Well, I wish they had a "skimmed" option as far as read/reading. It started fairly strong, and made lots of good points, but by the end, I was skimming a bit. The parts about biking in Europe and attempts here in the US are very interesting...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 13:07:14 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 13:18:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 05:39:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 05:42:43 -0700 2009
Mapes repeats a lot of his ideas throughout the book. But I found his chapter about NYC fascinating and he mentioned Boston and neighboring cities, including Cambridge, several times. He misspelled a few things (Vasser Street instead of Vassar)...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:53:20 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 16:00:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:27:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:36:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 15:57:11 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 16:10:47 -0700 2009
Some have suggested that this book might not be so interesting/engaging to a non-cyclist, but I disagree. Part anthropological study, part health/environmental treatise, part policy study, and largely a celebration of cycling's gener...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 16:24:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 16:27:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 13:08:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 13:24:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 22 09:43:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 10:01:25 -0700 2009
"A difficult moment, one man admitted, is telling a woman he's interested in that he doesn't drive a car. Sometimes, that ends things right there." Sad b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 11:35:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 11:38:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:04:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:05:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 18:32:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 13:25:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 12:39:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 19:53:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:54:03 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:55:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:18:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:20:15 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Sun Jul 26 15:03:40 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:04:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:07:17 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:07:38 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 07:38:48 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 15:33:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:28:34 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 13:35:02 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 18:32:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 18:34:47 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6070098