Introduction: historical perspectives on pedestrians and the city

Pooley, Colin and Emanuel, Martin and Männistö-Funk, Tiina and Norton, Peter (2019) Introduction: historical perspectives on pedestrians and the city. Urban History. ISSN 0963-9268

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Abstract

Walking is a neglected topic in the history of transport and mobility in cities. The four essays in this special section demonstrate the importance of travel on foot in nineteenth- and twentieth-century cities in four different countries, and reveal the ways in which pedestrian mobility has persisted despite the development of a car-dominated society. Together they provide important new evidence on a neglected topic and hopefully pave the way for further research on this theme.