Asphalt nation
Subtitle: how the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back
By: Jane Holtz Kay.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Automobiles -- Social aspects -- United States; City and town life -- United States; Sociology, Urban -- United States
Description: Today our world revolves around the car - as a nation, we spend eight billion hours a year stuck in traffic. In Asphalt Nation, Jane Holtz Kay effectively calls for a revolution to reverse our automobile-dependency. Citing successful efforts in places from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, Kay shows us that radical change is not impossible by any means. She demonstrates that there are economic, political, architectural, and personal solutions that can steer us out of the mess.

Asphalt Nation is essential reading for everyone interested in the history of our relationship with the car, and in the prospect of returning to a world of human mobility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-403) and index.