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Author Rooney, David, 1974- author.

Title Spaces of congestion and traffic : politics and technologies in twentieth-century London / David Rooney
Edition 1st
Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Series Transport and mobility
Contents 1. Introducing the traffic problem 2. The traffic problem in urban planning 3. Engineers, flyovers, and empires 4. Cops, guard rails, and segregation 5. Economists, prices, and markets 6. Scientists, sensors, and surveillance 7. The traffic problem and the mobilities of capital 8. Conclusions and epilogue
Summary This book provides a political history of urban traffic congestion in the twentieth century, and explores how and why experts from a range of professional disciplines have attempted to solve what they have called 'the traffic problem'. It draws on case studies of historical traffic projects in London to trace the relationship among technologies, infrastructures, politics, and power on the capital's congested streets. From the visions of urban planners to the concrete realities of engineers, and from the demands of traffic cops and economists to the new world of electronic surveillance, the book examines the political tensions embedded in the streets of our world cities. It also reveals the hand of capital in our traffic landscape. This book challenges conventional wisdom on urban traffic congestion, deploying a broad array of historical and material sources to tell a powerful account of how our cities work and why traffic remains such a problem. It is a welcome addition to literature on histories and geographies of urban mobility and will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of urban history, transport studies, historical geography, planning history, and the history of technology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes 1. Introducing the traffic problem 2. The traffic problem in urban planning 3. Engineers, flyovers, and empires 4. Cops, guard rails, and segregation 5. Economists, prices, and markets 6. Scientists, sensors, and surveillance 7. The traffic problem and the mobilities of capital 8. Conclusions and epilogue
Subject Traffic engineering -- England -- London
Transportation, Automotive -- England -- London
Urban transportation -- England -- London
City planning -- England -- London
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
congestion in cities.
historical geography.
mobilities.
road traffic.
spaces of congestion.
traffic.
traffic and urban planning.
traffic in cities.
urban mobilities.
urban traffic.
City planning
Traffic engineering
Transportation, Automotive
Urban transportation
England -- London
Form Electronic book
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