"Bike Tour"
| Title | "Bike Tour" |
| Year for Search | 2002 |
| Authors | Register, Richard(b. 1943) |
| Secondary Title | Ecocities: Building Cities in Balance With Nature |
| Pagination | 176-84 |
| Date Published | 2002 |
| Publisher | Berkeley Hills Press |
| Place Published | Berkeley, CA |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | A tour of a eutopian ecocity set a hundred years in the future. No cars, hence the tour by bicycle. Neighborhoods surrounding a central city. To get from the neighborhood to the city center, there is a bike and foot trail and a separate two lane, mostly underground, route for the few vehicles that are used. Buildings have plantings. Bridges between buildings, with some for both bikes and pedestrians and some just for pedestrians. Varied architecture with buildings linked by bridges, windmills, and solar collectors. Mentions ramps for handicapped. Neighborhood police stations throughout the city. Small businesses flourish. Ambulances are gurneys pushed by paramedics on roller skates. |
| Additional Publishers | 2nd ed. with additional illus. and minor textual differences as Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature. Illus. by the Author (Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers, 2006), 184-92. |
| Illustration | Illus. by the Author. 2nd ed. has additional illus. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1943) |
| Full Text | 2002 Register, Richard (b. 1943). “Bike Tour.” Ecocities: Building Cities in Balance With Nature. Illus. by the Author (Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Press, 2002), 176-84. 2nd ed. with additional illus. and minor textual differences as Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature. Illus. by the Author (Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers, 2006), 184-92. PSt A tour of a eutopian ecocity set a hundred years in the future. No cars, hence the tour by bicycle. Neighborhoods surrounding a central city. To get from the neighborhood to the city center, there is a bike and foot trail and a separate two lane, mostly underground, route for the few vehicles that are used. Buildings have plantings. Bridges between buildings, with some for both bikes and pedestrians and some just for pedestrians. Varied architecture with buildings linked by bridges, windmills, and solar collectors. Mentions ramps for handicapped. Neighborhood police stations throughout the city. Small businesses flourish. Ambulances are gurneys pushed by paramedics on roller skates. The author was the founder of Ecocity Builders. |
