Automobility, vélomobility, American mobility: An exploration of the bicycle tour

Mobilities

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Pesses, Michael W ^a  

^a Antelope Valley College   (United States)

Author keywords

America; Automobility; Bicycling; V lomobility

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CYCLE TRANSPORT; MOBILITY; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949388448     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100903435029     Document Type: Article

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