Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture

by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle

Book Overview

When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

Lots of Parking examines a neglected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813925193
• ISBN13: 9780813925196
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"