The Motorway Age (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
2019-01-29
Förlag
Riverside Publishing Solutions Ltd
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 11 mm
Vikt
277 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781999585372

The Motorway Age

How post-war governments responded to rapid traffic growth

av David Starkie
Häftad,  Engelska, 2019-01-29
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The M1 Motorway opened 60 years ago and in this timely history of the Motorway Age, David Starkie provides a fascinating history of how and why post war Britain was transformed by new roads, bridges and tunnels. From Prime Minister Clement Attlee to Margret Thatcher the policy agenda is unfolded, showing that alongside atomic power and Concorde, the new technology of motorways captured the imagination of the nation before collapsing into controversy. But why were elaborate road schemes first considered necessary; why an early concentration on building roads between cities; how did cities cope in the meantime with a rising tide of traffic; how did they continue to cope once road plans were abandoned; how did policies translate into decisions to build particular roads and when to build them, and did political considerations dominate? This generously illustrated book focuses on these and similar issues, picking out the most important events and personalities involved and provides a valuable insight into 'how' and 'why' road policies changed during the forty years following the Second World War.
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David Starkie has held positions at Universities in Australia, Canada, Germany and the UK, executive directorships with US and UK economic consultancies and has advised Government committees in the UK and Australia. He was also a senior executive in the Western Australian public service. His initial career was with consulting engineers working on early motorways schemes and advising House of Commons select committees.

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