Main entry:

Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958, author.

Title & Author:

Magic motorways / Norman Bel Geddes.

Publication:

[New York] : Random House, [1940]
©1940

Description:

297 pages : illustrations (including maps), diagrams ; 27 cm

Notes:
Highways and horizons -- Safety, comfort, speed and economy -- Eliminate the human factor in driving -- Separated lanes of traffic -- Every highway intersection is obsolete -- Full speed through bottlenecks -- Daylight standards for night driving -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific in one day -- Eliminate graft and double highway construction -- Motorway service to towns and villages -- Motorway tributaries to cities -- Accelerating city traffiic one hundred per cent -- The need for increased distribution -- Thinking for our grandchildren -- Effects of a national motorway system.

Summary:

"Magic Motorways, after a brief review of the history of old and new roads and auto-motive traffic in America, presents a detailed plan for an entirely new type of national motorways system. At first, some of its fea-tures may strike the reader as a fantastic dream, but Mr. Geddes proves their practic-ability. Grandma wrapped her linen duster around her neck and fearfully went out for a spin at eight dizzy miles an hour. But your grandchildren will snap across the entire con-tinent in 24 hours on a new kind of highway and in a new kind of car that is controlled by the push of a button! This book is illustrated with numerous original drawings and over 150 photographs. It will prove of vital interest to everyone who drives or rides on the crowded city streets or highways of America"--Front book jacket flap.

Subject:

Roads United States.
Traffic regulations United States.
Automobiles.
Routes États-Unis.
Traffic regulations
Roads
Automobiles 1940.
Express highways 1940.
United States.

Form/genre:

Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122793
Call No.: W1569
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 122792
Call No.: 1309
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available