From the HFTF blog:

On this new episode of History For the Future, Columbia College Chicago professor (and Pittsburgher) Zack Furness discusses his 2010 book, One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility. Furness’ study, written first as a dissertation at the University of Pittsburgh, considers the history of bicycling in the twentieth-century and shows how this piece of technology has been used and politicized.

Exploring the bike as a forerunner to the car, as a tool for Dutch anarchists in the 1960s, and as an object of modern activism and urban planning, Furness’ book ultimately pushes the reader to ask some big questions, not least of which is: “What kind of city do I want to live in?”

Mr. Furness gives some love to BikePGH in the interview.

The book is available from around the web or from AK Press.  50% of the proceeds that Furness makes from the book will be donated to Pittsburgh’s own Free Ride Recycled Bike Project and the other 50% to a community bike project in Chicago.

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