Traffic. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Josephson.
• Authors: Josephson, Paul R
• Contents: Mushrooms in Minsk -- Speed bumps in twentieth century philosophy -- Utopian visions of machines and people : a world without speed bumps -- Mumford and Moses -- The historical concatenation of congestion -- Speed bumpology -- Crashworthy automobiles as speed bumps -- Race, equality and traffic -- Pedestrian malls as large scale speed bumps -- The woonerf : the neighborhood speed bump -- Taming roads themselves -- Curb cuts for people, roundabouts for automobiles -- The bicycle as a neo-luddite traffic solution -- Gendered speed bumps -- If stopped in traffic, hope for a crashworthy automobile -- Safety delays in the name of freedom -- Speed bump downsides -- Waxing and waning of Brazilian speed bumps -- Potholes and paper money -- Speed bumps for other hopeful technologies.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Subjects: 388.31; Traffic engineering -- Popular works; Traffic calming -- Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501329357; 1501329359
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.