Cyclist's Manifesto: The Case For Riding On Two Wheels Instead Of Four (Falcon Guide) - Softcover

Hurst, Robert

 
9780762751280: Cyclist's Manifesto: The Case For Riding On Two Wheels Instead Of Four (Falcon Guide)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762751282 ISBN 13: 9780762751280
Verlag: Falcon Guides, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

The Cyclist's Manifesto makes the most powerful case to date for a simple fact: America can no longer afford to ignore the bicycle as a tool for serious transportation. Robert Hurst takes off his gloves to lay out the case in favor of the bicycle as today's superior mode of transport—and to voice a resounding call to action for people to use it.

In an engaging narrative that takes us from the past to the present and into the future, the author visits a surprising variety of places and historical moments. Hurst argues that America's aversion to bicycling for transportation is a unique historical-cultural absurdity based largely on false assumptions and bad information. Humorous but more than a little exasperated, and strikingly nonpartisan, The Cyclist's Manifesto paints a tantalizing picture of just what the effects of substantially increased bicycle usage might be—the health care savings would be astronomical, for example—and the ways that individuals and governments can go about wresting back control over their energy destiny.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Hurst, a veteran bicycle messenger who has cycled nearly 200,000 miles and 20,000 hours in heavy traffic, is a student of history and the author of several FalconGuides, including The Bicycle Commuter's Pocket Guide and The Art of Cycling.

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Why we're entering a different phase in the history of energy, why we can't afford to ignore it--and why the bicycle provides a uniquely empowering way of dealing with it The Cyclist's Manifesto makes the most powerful case to date for a simple fact: America can no longer afford to ignore the bicycle as a tool for serious transportation. Robert Hurst takes off his gloves to lay out the case in favor of the bicycle as today's superior mode of transport--and to voice a resounding call to action for people to use it. Hurst visits a surprising variety of places and historical moments in search of an explanation for America's dysfunctional love-hate relationship with the most efficient vehicle ever invented. He argues that the American aversion to bicycling for transportation is a unique historical-cultural absurdity based largely on false assumptions and bad information. Written with wit and more than a little exasperation, The Cyclist's Manifesto paints a tantalizing picture of the potential benefits of an increasingly self-propelled America, and beckons the frustrated driver, transit user, or pedestrian into the streets for a healthier, happier life on two wheels.

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Verlag
Falcon Guides
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762751282
ISBN 13 
9780762751280
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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