Episode 32: Get Your Motor Runnin'

Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway! Because the federal government ponied up some money in 1916 to make sure the roads were all in good condition.  Or you can always head out on the parkway that New York built in 1919, and of course, you can always take your highway out to the first regional suburban shopping center too.

Transportation Epochs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borchert%27s_Epochs#:~:text=Borchert's%20epochs%20refer%20to%20five,of%20growth%20of%20American%20cities.

https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=geosciences_facpub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5gDWNE7rfs

1916 Federal Highway Act:

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/96summer/p96su2.cfm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Road_Act_of_1916

https://historylink.org/File/7243

1919 First Parkway in the U.S.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X004/history

http://npshistory.com/publications/colo/colo-pkwy-context.pdf

1922 First Auto-Oriented Shopping Center:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Club_Plaza

https://www.visitkc.com/2017/06/27/today-i-learned-history-behind-country-club-plaza