Bike Boom index by carltonreid

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A Ace of Spades roadhouse, 37 Action Against Automobiles (AAA), 115, 211 Adams, Ansel, 69 Adams, John, 15 Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), 62 Albrecht, Joseph, 154 Aldred, Rachel, 174 "All Change to Bikes" campaign, 99–100, 101 Alness Report, 41–47 American Bike Month, 55, 58, 64 Ameruso, Anthony R., 213 Amis de la Terra group, 92 Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4, 137, 198, 202 Amsterdam-Haarlem road, 34, 35 Anderson, Glenn, 156–157 Appleton, J.H., 106 Aramaic, Edward, 114–115 Arris, Tom, 128 Ashbourn, Philip, 107 Aspinall, Wayne, 126

baby boom, 129–131, 190 Balderson, Tom, 230 Ballantine, Richard, 92–93, 118–119, 164 Ballard, J. G., 199 Banham, Peter Reyner, 84–86 bans, 213 Barnes, Alfred, 81–82 Barnsley, Tom, 88–89 Beach Drive, 125 Bear Pit, 189–190 Bedford, England, 104–105 Before the Traffic Grinds to a Halt (BCB), 92, 97 Benepe, Barry, 115 Bergman, Carl, 124 Bernstein, Carl, 122–124, 125–126 Betjeman, John, 91 Bevan, John, 38–39 Bicycle Association, 89 bicycle boulevards, 97–98, 144–146 "The Bicycle Capital of America," 68, 73–74 Bicycle Ecology, 114–115 Bicycle Federation of America, 129 Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute of America (BHSIA), 229 Bicycle Institute for America (BIA), 118

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bicycle path societies, 185–186 Bicycle Path Task Force, 116 Bicycle Safety Committee, 69–70 Bicycle Safety Institute, 229–231 Bicycle Transportation report (EPA), 138 Bicycle Week promotion of 1916, 24–26 Bicycles USA conference, 135–136 Bierhorst, Gene, 225 Bike to Work Ride, 131–132 bike-ins, 92–93, 115–116, viii bikeology, 120–121, 121 Bikeway Program, 156–157 bikeways, 16–17, 56–58 Bikeways: State of the Art (DOT), 138–139, 139, 148, 149 Birmingham, England, 84 Birnbaum, Marie, 135 Blumberg, Arnold, 62 Bongartz, Roy, 119–120 booms, factors controlling, xxi Boorsboom, Mirjam, 210 Boulder, Colorado, 74 Brachi, Philip, 94–96 Briercliffe, Harold, 87 Bristol-to-Bath railway line, 105, 106, 107, 108 British Cycling Bureau (BCB), 90–92, 95, 100, 101, 104, 107 British Roads Federation, 50 Briton Ferry bridge, 83 Brown, Joanna, 16–17 Buchanan, Colin, 48–49, 79, 85–86 Buckley, William F., 59 Buehler, Ralph, 3, 209 Buehler, Ted, 75–76 Burden, Dan, 129 Bustos, Timothy, 76

California Cycleway, 21–23, 23 Calvinism, 184 Campbell, Ruth, 57 Cannondale bicycles, 117 Capek, Karel, 187 capitalism, 114 car restraint, 177 Car-Elimination Service, 196–197 Carey, Hugh, 213 Car-Free Amsterdam, 202 Caro, Robert, 30 Carpinteria, California, 70 Central Park (New York City), 31, 65–66 Chicago, Illinois, 59–61 children. See also Stop De Kindermoord campaign

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Alness Report and, 47 association with, 25–26 baby boom and, 129–131, 190 cycling to school, 172, 175 Holland and, 181 regulations and, 153–154 Childs, Frank and Eva, 67–68 Choate, Rufus Jr., 163 Chopper hi-rise bicycles, 89 Christchurch, New Zealand, 5 Cieslewicz, Dave, 12 Citizens for Cycling, 233–236 Civic Trust, 99–100 claiming the lane, 155 Claxton, Eric, 16–17, 40, 86–87, 92, 96, 98–99, 165–172 Clean Air Act, 127–128 Columbia, Maryland, 161–164 Columbia bicycles, 21 comic books, 150–152 Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 151–152 Cook, Frederick C., 79 cost considerations, 148 countercultural movement, 194–197 Cox, Peter, 185 Crash (Ballard), 199 Critical Mass events, 197 Cross, Kenneth, 131 curb-nerdery, 208 curb-protected bikeways, 68, 70, 93–94, 146–148, 208 curb-protected space, defined, 17 Cycle and Motor Cycle Association, 89 cycle priority routes, 96 "Cycle Route" trial (Portsmouth, England), 97–99 cycle superhighways, 16 Cyclebag, 107–108 "Cycleway Seminar" at MAUDEP conference, 96 cycleways, 3–4, 6, 16–17, 170–171. See also Stevenage cycleway system cycling tracks, experimental, 32–33, 33, 97–99 Cyclists' Inferiority Phobia, 155 Cyclists' Touring Club, 32–39, 50, 79, 87–88, 93, 99–106, 170 cyclodramas, 235

Daley, Richard J., 59–60 Darago, Vincent, 150, 152 Davis, California, 67–76, 146–148 Davis Tweed Run, 76 De Beauvoir Association, 200–201 De Pijp area (Amsterdam), 198 De Silva, Harry Reginald, 52 deferential paralysis, 15

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Delft redesign, 137 Delta Works, 183–184 Denington, Evelyn, 96, 170 Department of Transportation (DOT), 136–139, 147, 148–149, 153 Design & Layout of Roads in Built-up Areas report, 79–80 Dobbins, Horace Murrell, 22 Dower, Michael, 106 Dowlin, John, 133 Drees, William, 192 driverless cars, 13–15 Driving Under the Influence, 54 Dubinsky, David, 132 Dutch Cycling Embassy, 209–210 Dutch Cyclists' Union, 192 Dutch intersections, 71–72 Dutch system, 179–180. See also Netherlands

Earth Day (1970), 112, 113 Ebert, Anne-Katrin, 186 Eckhardt, Robert C., 65 Effective Cycling (Forester), 146, 151, 151–152 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 54, 55–56, xv Ellen Fletcher Boulevard, 146 energy efficiency, 94–96 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 127–128, 138 environmentalism, 9–10, 89, 92–95, 111–116, 130–131 Epperson, Bruce, 72, 152, 156

Falbo, Nick, 71–72 Far to the Right law (FTR), 27, 153 Farnsworth, Dana L., 56 Fascell, Dante B., 55 Federal-Aid Highway Acts, 54, 111 Fee, Julie Anna, 137 Feilden, Richard, 96, 101 Ferguson, George, 108 Fichter, George, 57 filtered permeability, 146 Finney, Albert, 83 Fischman, Barry, 131 Fisher, Gary, 148 Flanigan, Peter, 109 Fletcher, Ellen, 146 "FoE Cycleways Campaign," 100 Ford Maverick burial, 112–113 Forester, John, 143, 145–148, 147, 151–152, 155–160 France, 32 Frankel, Godfrey and Lillian, 17 freeways, 85, 181

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Friends of Bikeology, 10, 120–122 Friends of the Earth (FoE), 9–10, 92, 94, 97–100 Fulbright, William, 62

Gaffney, Mary, 229–230 Gelinck, W. G. C., 34 General Motors, 163 Germany, 32, 188–190, xvii Giant Bicycles, 117 Gibson, Charles Granville, 34 Glaser, Meredith, 210 Gloucester, England, 81 The Gnomes, 196–197 Goldschmidt, Neil, 116 Goodwin, Reg, 177 Google Ngram Viewer, 221 Google Street View images, 215 Great Britain, 3, 32, 199–202, xvii, xx, xxi–xxii. See also Stevenage cycleway system Great Schism, 156 Green, Harriet, 131 greenways, 106–108 gridlock, 133 Grimshaw, John, 106, 107, 107 Groningen, Netherlands, 69, 203–205 Grooms, Red, 115 Grove, Noel, 111, 129 Gruskiun, Stuart, 214 Gubric, Clay, 122 Guidelines for a Comprehensive Bicycle Route System (Rasmussen), 60–61 Gurin, David, 115, 134, 211

The Hague, Netherlands, 206, 207 Hahn, Gilbert, 123–124 Hamers, Ton, 192 Hanna, Jack, 67 head injuries, 229–231 health benefits, 55–58, 118 Heffer, Eric, 88 helmets, 229–231 Hembrow, David, 72, 205 Hemmstead, Terry, 201 Henderson, Leon, 53 Hertzberg, Hendrick, 131–132 Hirten, John E., 134–136, 141 Homestead, Florida, 56–58 Hore-Belisha, Leslie, 33–36, 38 Horton, Dave, xxii Houten, Netherlands, 172–173

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Howell, Denis, 103 Hudson, Mike, 100 Huffman bicycles, 52 Hunt, John, 87 Huntingdon bypass, 83

Illich, Ivan, 95, 114 infrastructure funding for, 203–205 lobbying for, 94 as local, 82 necessity of for cycling, 4–5 of Netherlands, 182–185, 203–205 Internet, 62 Interstate 66, 128–129 islands, raised, 212–213

Jacobs, Jane, 30, 58–59, 114, 211 jaywalking, 27 Johnson, Lyndon B., 65 Jokinen, David, 195–196 Jones, Tim, 164–165 Jordan, Pete, 180–181, 189

Kanfer, Stefan, 111 Kaplan, Stan, 123 Kaszonyi, Peter, 224 Keeper, Louis E., 171 Kemp, Dave, 74 Kibblewhite, Doris, 200–201 Kittleman, Allan H., 163 Koch, Ed, 115–116, 211–213 Koenig, H. P., 205 Kolsbun, Ken, 120–121 Komanoff, Charles, 214 Kretchmer, Jerome, 132 Kryptonite shackle locks, 123

Langenhoff, Vic, 197 law enforcement, 153–154 lawsuits, 127–128 League of American Wheelmen, 26–27 Lenthall, Roy, 96, 176 Lindsay, John V., 132, 134 lines, painted, 26 livable cities, 64 local infrastructure, 82 locks, 123, 195 Lodge, John E., 28

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London, England, 2, 6, 101–102, xxi–xxii Longhurst, James, 26, 53, 154 Longstaff, H. J., 83 Lorenzen, Coby, 67 Los Angeles County, California, 140–141 Lott, Dale, 69–70, 146–147

MacCarthy, Shane, 56 Magruder, Jeb Stuart, 123 MAMILs, 12 Manchester, England, 179–180 Manifold Railway Path, 108 Mapes, Jeff, 3 Marples, Ernest, 86–87 Marples, Ridgway, and Partners, 86 Marquette-Negaunee road (Michigan), 26 Marshall Plan, 190 Marston Ferry Road, 89–91 MAUDEP conferences, 96 McCall, Tim, 116 McCorkell, Charlie, 115 media, timeline of mentions in, 221–227 Menschel, Ronay, 212 messenger cyclists, 213–214 Meyers, Tedson, 128–129 Middlesbrough Cycleway, 105–106 Midland Railway, 108 Millennials, 6 Miller Beer advertisement, 62 Le Monde à Bicyclette (MAB), 233–236 Montreal, Canada, 233–236 Moran, Katie, 129 Morissette, Claire, 234 Morris, Errol, 62 Moses, Robert, 30–31, xix Motorists' Superiority Phobia, 155 Moulton, Alex, 84–85, 86, 170 movie stars, 224 "Mr. Smartspokes" program, 75 Mrak, Emil, 67 Munn, Harold C., 142, 155

National Bike Month, 58 National Child Safety Council, 154 National Cycle Network, 106, 108 National Cyclists' Union, 35, 50 National Plan for Cycling (BCB), 90, 91–92 natural gas fields, 204 Netherlands

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DOT study on, 137 fight against automobiles in, 192–197, 202–-203 freeways for cyclists in, 181 funding for infrastructure in, 203–205 history of cycling in, 184–192 inconvenience and, 158–159 infrastructure of, 182–185, 203–205 in mid-1930s, 32 as model for British system, 87–88 overview of biking in, 2–4, xvii, xx–xxi planning for cycling and, 7–8 reasons for success of cycling in, 10, 207–210 rise of automobiles in, 190–192 safety campaigns in, 197–199 tourism in, 205 New York City, 1, 29–31, 131–134, 211–215. See also Central Park New Zealand, 210 Newlon, Martha, 121, 135 Ngram Viewer, 221 Nines, Edward H., 26 Noguchi, Ted, 143, 143, 145–146 Northampton, England, 81 Norton, Peter, 27

Oakland, Sam, 116 offset crossings, 71 Only One Road (AAA), 154 OPEC oil crisis, 94, 202 Oregon Bicycle Bill, 116, 141 Outdoor Recreation Resources Commission (ORRRC), 63 Oxford, England, 89–91 Oxnard, California, 70, 71

Page, DeWitt, 222–223 Palo Alto, California, 143–146, 149, 150–152 Parkin, John, 9, 108 parking facilities, 167 Pasadena, California, 21–23 pavement, sidewalk vs., 12 peak car theory, 6 Pearlman, Nancy, 112, 113 pedal-ins, 114 Pelz, Dave, 75 The Perils of the Cycle Path (CTC), 36 Permanent Way, 106 Peugeot bicycles, 62 Philadelphia Bike Coalition, 133 pollution, 63, 130–131, xvi Porte, Joe and Ilana, 110

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Portland, Oregon, 1, 116 Portsmouth, England, 97–99 propensity to cycle, 11 protected intersections, 70–72, 71 Provos, 194–196 Pucher, John, 3, 157, 158–159, 209

rail trails, 16, 17 railways, 86 Raleigh bicycles, 83, 89, 117 Randel, William Pierce, 51–52 Raskin, A.H., 132 Rasmussen, Paul, 60–61 rationing, 94–95 Reading, England, 81 "Red Zone" proposal, 134 reflectors, 151 Reinhold, Robert, 135 rental bicycles, 29, 66 Richard's Bicycle Book (Ballantine), 92–93, 118–119, 132, 164 Ride On!! (WABA), 127 "right to the road" concept, 49 Rock Creek Park Road, 125–128 Rodale, Robert, 135 Rosenthal, Joseph J., viii Rothe, Edward, 54–55 Rouse, James, 162–164 Rowlands, David, 136 Royal Automobile Club, 40

Sadik-Khan, Janette, 215 Saekow, Louis, 150 Safe Bicycling Committee, 56 Safer Traffic Party, 191–192 Safety and Location Criteria for Bike Facilities (DOT), 148 Safety Spacers, 131 Salisbury, Harry, 62 San Jose State College, 112–113 Sandler, Ross, 213 Sawday, Alistair, 107 Sawtell, R., 39–40 Schepel, Steven, 198 Schimmelpennink, Lund, 196, 202 Schumacher, E. F., 114 Schwartz, Sam, 133–134, 134 Schwinn bicycles, 130–131, 224 Seaton, Arthur, 83 segregationism, 78–80, 87–88, 148, 177, 185 Seltzman, Harry, 83

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Seville, Spain, 10–11 Shallcross, George, 91–92 Shanteau, Bob, 153 Shapiro, Alfred, 66 Sharp, Thomas, 80–81 sharrows, 97, 98 Shaw, Cary, 127–128 Shopper bicycles, 89 Sickles, Carton R., 55 sidepaths, defined, 16 sidewalks, 12, 145–146, 150 Sillitoe, Alan, 83 Silverman, Bill, 230 Silverman, Robert, 234–236, 234 Sinyard, Mike, 117 Skinner, Maynard, 70 Sloane, Eugene, 118 Snell Memorial Foundation, 229–230 Snowden, Ernest, 38 Sommer, Robert, 72–74, 146–147 Sowerby, John, 45 space for cycling, defined, 17 Special Roads Bill, 81–82 Sprocket Man comic book, 150–152 Sproxton, David, 108 St. Anna bicycle tunnel, 29 Stancer, George Herbert, 44, 45–47, 145 Stanford University, 150–152 steel horses, 61 stereotypes, 12–13 Stevenage cycleway system, 9, 92, 137, 161–176, xix Stoke-on-Trent, England, 107 Stop De Kindermoord campaign, 137, 194, 197–199, 198 Stovall, Lou, 124 Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 156–157 Sustrans, 106, 107–108 Swart, Randy, 229–231 Swinging Sixties, 84

Takemoto-Weerts, David, 74–75 taxes, 186–187 Taylor, M. A., 81 Te Ara I Whiti cycleway, 210 terminology, 16–17 Thamesmead, England, 177–178 theft, 122–123, 189 Thomas, David M., 58 Titus, Jim, 231 Townley, Jay, 131, 141 Towpath Cycle Shop, 122

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Trails for America report, 64–65, 117 Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL), 98–99 Treasure, Mark, xxi–xxii Triborough Bridge complex, 30 Trillin, Calvin, 131–133 Triple-A, 115, 211 Tripp, Herbert Alker, 78–79 trucks, 58–59 Tseng, Ike, 117 tunnels, 82–83 Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnel, 82–83

Udall, Stuart, 55, 63–65, 117 underpasses, 189–190 Uniform Vehicle Code, 27 university courses, 120 University of California, Davis, 67–76, 146–148 unraveling, 179–180, 184 Urban Bikeway Design Collaborative (UBDC), 150, 152 Urban Bikeway Design Guide (NACTO), 16 urbanization, impacts of, 13 Urb-i, 215

Van Der Plas, Rob, 93, 205 van Putten, Maartje, 197 van Spanje, Han, 194, 197–198 Vancouver, Canada, 11 vehicular cycling Bicycle USA conference and, 135 current status of, 159–160 disputes over, 155–156 earliest reference to, 142 origins of, 143–146 overview of, 4–5, 88 regulations on, 151–155 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 and, 156–157 Victory Bikes, 52–53, 61 Vietnam War, 61–62 Volpe, John A., 123, 125, 141

Wagenbuur, Mark, 204 Walker, Peter, 3 war on the motorist, 176–177 Ward, Benjamin, 214 Warner, Leslie, 87 Washington, D.C., 123–129 Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), 127–128, 229–231 Watergate, 122–123 ways, defined, 16–17

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Weiss, Eben "Bikesnob," 159 Wentworth, Marchant "Lucky," 124, 126 Western Avenue (England), 34–38, 40, 50, 199–200 Westfield bicycles, 52 White, Paul Dudley, 55–58, 55, 64, 135, xv White Bicycle Plan, 194–195 Wiggins, Bradley, 227 Wijkgroep de Pijp, 198 Wilkinson, Bill, 129, 135–136 Williams, Howard, 25 Williams, John, 152 Wilson, S. S., 113–114 Wittenberg, Jan, 192 Woodbury, Norman, 70 World War I, 24, 50, 185–186 World War II, 51–53, 61, 188–190

Yom Kippur War, 94 York-to-Malton bypass, 38–40 Young, George, 102–104