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INDEX OF NAMES
Bold text is used to identify the pages where illustrations appear. Plates are identified as pl. i, pl. ii etc. There is also a general
index, starting on page 318.
Abdorraman II, Caliph 270
Adam, Robert 99
Adams, John Harris 277
Adorno, Theodor W. 53
Aird, Sir John 181
Aitken, Thomas 123–4
Aitken, William Maxwell, 1st Baron Beaverbrook 207
Albemarle, William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of 129, 132, 136,
139, 181
Albone, Dan 23, 239, 294
Algoed, Line xi
Allard, Frederick William 274
Allison, James Ashbury 215
Alness, Robert Monroe, Baron 255, 256
Andrews, Philip 297, 298
Annesley, Charles G. 290
Anstey, Elizabeth Maud 297
Anthony, Susan B. 5
Armstrong, Lance 16
Arnold-Forster, Hugh Oakeley 180
Astor, John Jacob IV 6, 182, 236
Astor, Nancy, Viscountess 253
Aucoq, Paul 283
Averell, William Woods 122
Avery, Clarence 195
Bacon, Nellie 95, 182
Bacon, Roger 46
Bade, Wilfrid 12
Baily, Frederic W. 230, 233
Baker, Harrison R. 174
Baker, William 87
Bald, Eddie 214
Balfour, Arthur 133, 180
Bamford, Robert 275
Banbury, Frederick 1st Baron Banbury of Southam 8
Banker, Albert 277
Banker, George 277
Barber, Amzi L. 122, 151
Barnes, Alfred 53
Barnsley, T. Hamilton 50
Barry, Sir John Wolfe- 77–8
Barter, Thomas 87
Bartholomew, John George 221
Bartleet, Horace William 199, 233
Bassett, Abbot 159–60, 168, 170, 236
Batchelder, Amos G. xi, 3, 146, 236, 244
Bates, Lewis J. 150, 151
Baudry, Louis 211
Baum, Lyman Frank 157
Baumeister, Reinhard 107
Beal, Junius Emery 150–1
Beatty, O. E. 133
Beaulieu, Edward Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of 6
Beaulieu, John Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of 6, 8,
33, 66, 74, 94, 95
Beaumont, William Worby 33, 109, 132, 205
Beaverbrook, William Aitken, 1st Baron 207
Begbie, Sydney Dawson 275
Belding, M. M. 235
Bell, Paul 56
Bellis, William K. 180
Belloc, Hilaire 101
Benz, Carl 5, 10–15, 10, 185, 271
Bergere, Louis 206
Berman, Marshall xv
Besant, Sir Walter 223
Bettmann, Siegfried 305
Betts, Richie G. 146
Bianchi, Edoardo 276
Bidlake, F. T. 23
Bidwell, George 153, 155
Bijker, Wiebe 87
Bingham, Charles 238
Binks, Charles 277
Birch, John North 297
Bird, Cyril Kenneth pl. xvi
Bird, Sir Alfred Frederick 130, 189, 232–3
Bishop, Mike 41
Bliss, Aaron T. 35, 158
Bloomberg, Michael 263
Blumfield, Thomas William 291
Bly, Nellie 5
Bonneville, Louis 12
Borgeson, Griffith 14
Borth, Christy 146
Bosch, Robert 277, 277
Boulnois, Henry Percy 116, 119, 120
Bouton, Georges 285
Bowden, William 25
Bowerman, Les 142
Bown, William 197
Boys, Sir Charles Vernon 239
Brady, “Diamond” Jim 6
Bratton, Henry of 62
Bray, Sir Reginald More 92
Brecht, Josef 14
Breeze, Joe 16
Brendon, Piers 228
Bressey, Sir Charles 103, 111
Brett, William Baliol, 1st Viscount Esher 181
Briggs, Asa 186
Broadbent, George Robert 241
Broadbent, Robert Arthur 241
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Brocket, Ronald Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron 257
Brown, Albert 279
Brown, D. H. 259
Brown, Ernest 279
Brown, Joanna xix
Browne, Carl 157
Brunner, Elizabeth 297, 298
Bryan, William Jennings 178
Buchanan, Sir Colin 258–9, 260
Burdett-Coutts, William 73–4
Burney, Sir Dennistoun 4
Burns, John Elliot 67, 180–1
Bury, Lord 129, 132, 136, 139, 181
Butler, Charles S. 151
Byron, George, (Lord Byron) 43
Cordingley, Charles 227
Cotterell, Stanley 128
Cowdray, Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount 245–6, pl. v
Cox, Peter 79
Coxey, Jacob Sechler 156–7
Crane, Sir Edmund Frank 251
Crane, Walter 245–6, pl. v
Creevy, Thomas 83
Cripps, Charles 73
Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell 125–6, 126, 133
Crosby, W. W. 160
Crowden, Charles Thomas 230, 296
Crowe, H. N. 250–1
Cugnot, Nicolas-Joseph 270
Curzon, Francis Howe, Viscount 131
Cairns, Hugh McCalmont, 1st Earl Cairns 62
Calcott, James 280
Calcott, William 280
Cameron, Everett 280–1
Cameron, Forrest 280–1
Campbell, Malcolm 305
Campion, William 293
Cannan, Edwin 32
Cantelupe, Gilbert Sackville, Viscount (later 8th Earl De La
Warr) 218
Cappiello, Leonetto 195
Cary, John 222
Cassell, John Henry 121
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Chelwood 51
Chadwick, Sir Edwin 102, 103, 113
Chalmers, Hugh 160
Champion, Albert 281, 281
Charron, Fernand 21, 212, 212, 276–7
Chater-Lea, William 281
Chelwood, Robert Cecil, Viscount 51
Chesterton, G. K. 40
Chetwynd-Talbot, Charles, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury 291
Chevrolet, Louis 190, 281–2
Civry, Frédéric, baron de 286
Clarke, Ernest 283–4
Claxton, Eric xix, 254
Clément, Adolphe 277, 282, 285
Clément, Jeanne 277
Clerc, Clovis 287
Cluley, Charles J. 283–4
Coatalen, Louis 292, 305
Cobb, Bruce 80
Cobb, Gerard 88, 128, 129
Cochrane, Charles 113
Codrington, Thomas 129, 131
Conwell, Valentine 175
Cooke, (Ernest George) Stenson 93
Cooper, Earl 214
Cooper, Fred 293
Cooper, James 219–21
Cooper, Joseph 298
Cooper, Tom 213, 213, 215–16
Coppi, Fausto 276
Corbett, Harvey, W. 264
Daendels, Herman 78
Daimler, Gottleib 30, 185
Dana, Charles Anderson 162
Dangerfield, Edmund 210, 211, 217
Darracq, Alexandre 282, 283, 285
Davis-Goff, William Goff 240
De La Warr, Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl 218
De La Warr, Lady Muriel 218
De La Warr, Reginald Sackville, 7th Earl 218
De Quincey, Thomas 70–1
de Rochas, Alphonse Beau 271
De Smedt, Edward J. 122
Dean, J. S. 80
Defoe, Daniel 42, 100
Delano, W. H. 118–19, 119
Denham, T. D. 173
Dent, J. W. 50
Desgrange, Henri 283, 287
Dibble, Alf 137
Dibble, Annie 138, 141–2, 141
Dibble, Harriet 138
Dibble, Mrs 137
Dickens, Charles (author) 45, 61
Dickens, Charles (Charley) 99–100
Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes 66
Diesel, Rudolf 8
Dion, Jules-Albert, Comte de 226, 239, 283, 285
Dobbins, Horace Murrell 171, 172
Dodge, Horace Elgin 191, 280, 287
Dodge, John Francis 287, 288
Dodge, Martin 237
Donnington, Sir John 65
Dorner, Otto 153, 153, 183, 184
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 116, 117
Drais, Karl von 14, 78, 201, 271
Dring, Jack 230
Du Cros, Arthur Roy 25, 26, 209, 266, 267, 282
Du Cros, William Harvey 22, 23–7, 24, 283
Duff, Alexander, 6th Earl of Fife 132
Duncan, Henry 193
Duncan, Herbert Osbaldeston
biography 21, 22, 213, 285–7, 286
on British Motor Syndicate 278
on Charles Rolls 302
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Emancipation Run 1896 230, 231
on Henry Lawson 27
on himself 227–8
on J. W. Stocks 217
on Opel brothers 299
on pneumatic tyres 26
on Pope and Duryea meeting 289
on relationship of bicycles and cars 212
on Thomas Pullinger cars 285
Dunlop, John Boyd 23–7, 23, pl. x
Dunlop, Johnnie 25
Dunn, James R. 153
Dunn, Thomas F. 186
Durant, William C. 281
Duryea, Charles Edgar 191, 235, 288, 288, 289
Duryea, Frank 20, 191, 230, 231, 288, 289
Dyke, Albert George 240–1
Eames, Harold Hayden 196, 204
Earle, Horatio S. 35–6, 35, 149, 158, 160, 236–7, 289
Eckermann, Erik 285
Edge, Selwyn Francis
biography 20–3, 21, 137, 218, 229–30, 232, 298
broke speed limit 93–4
businesses 28, 283, 295, 298
on early motor car shows 227
on J. W. Stocks 216–17
on Montague Napier 189
on pneumatic tyres 26
on Sir David Lionel Salomons 243
on Star motor cars 304
Edison, Thomas 109, 192, 202
Elgar, Edward 250, 305
Eliot, George 82
Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron 62
Elliott, Sterling
and AAA 234
biography 201–2, 202
knuckle-bone axles 192, 201
mailing machine 153, 195, 202
object lesson roads 165
offers L.A.W. to work with ORI 184
political predictions 178
Quadricycle 201, 201
road ownership, views on 76
Epperson, Bruce 17
Esher, William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount 181
Esslinger, Friedrich Wilhelm 11–12
Evans, Fred 287
Everitt, Byron 289
Evrard, Robert 91–2
Eynatten, Baron von 49–50
Faulconer, Robert C. 280
Faussier, Paul 212, 226
Fergusson, Sir James 50
Ferris, Frank E. 203
Fife, Alexander Duff, 6th Duke of 132
Firth, Joseph Firth Bottomley 71, 181
Fischer, Friedrich 197, 271
Fischer, Suzanne 4
Fisher, Carl Graham 198, 214–15, 214
Fisher, Gary 16
FitzGerald, William N. 206
Flanders, Walter 289
Flannery, Sir James Fortescue 133
Flink, James J. 192
Flint, Charles Ranlett 235
Foley, Thomas, 2nd Baron Foley of Kidderminster 99
Ford, Edsel 145, 147
Ford, Henry
biography 147, 189, 290, 290
manufacturing methods 194, 195, 196
movement for good roads 145–7
Ford, William Clay Jr. 267
Foster, Myles Birket 138
Fougasse 58, pl. xvi
Fournier, Henry 276
Francis, Graham Inglesby 296
Freeston, Charles Lincoln 189–90, 206, 234
Friswell, Charles 223, 232
Fry, Herbert 104
Gale, Ernest 92
Galsworthy, John 247
Garrard, Charles Riley 291
Gay, John 60–1
George, Arthur Edward 291
George, David Lloyd 31
George VI, King 293
Gibbons, Walter 93
Giffard, Pierre 226, 282
Gilbert, Sir W. S. 92
Gillies, J. M. 25
Girardot, Léonce 21, 276
Giuppone, Giosuè 214
Gladstone, Herbert, Viscount Gladstone 180
Glen, William Cunningham 68
Golias, Bernie 306
Gomme, Sir Laurence 102
Gompertz, Lewis 78, 79
Goodwin, John 215
Gormully, R. Phillip 301
Gorton, Samuel 231
Govan, Alex 274–5
Grabowsky, Max 291
Grabowsky, Morris 291
Graham, James L. 122
Grahame, Kenneth 72
Greville, Lady Frances Evelyn “Daisy” 182
Greville, Lady Violet 48–9
Griffin, Harry Hewitt 211
Groves, Walter 210
Gunter, Edmund xx, 106
Hales, John 152
Hall, Charles Martin 205
Hamilton, Charles 139
Hamilton, George, Lord 133
Hanna, Mark 178
313
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Happey, Alexandre 123
Harberton, Florence Pomery, Viscountess 142
Hardy, Thomas 45, 46
Harewood, Robert 91–2
Harlan, John M. 176
Harlow, John 70
Harmsworth, Sir Alfred (later 1st Viscount Northcliffe) 182,
207–9, 208, 218, 230–1, 232
Harmsworth, Sir Harold (later 1st Viscount Rothermere)
208–9
Harper, Charles 142
Harrison, Benjamin 179
Harrison, Carter Henry IV 176–7
Harrison, E. G. 184
Harrison, Edith Ogden 177
Harwood, George 8
Hass-Klau, Carmen 57–8
Hatton, Murray Edward, 12th Earl of Winchilsea 230
Haussmann, Georges-Eugène (Baron) 107
Haywood, William J. 111
Hearst, William R. 236
Henderson, Thomas W. 306
Henry de Bracton 62
Herbert, William Henry 292
Héroult, Paul 205
Hewetson, Henry 230, 232
Hill, Rowland 231
Hillier, George Lacy 208
Hillman, William 291–2
Hines, Edward N. 223, 224, 224
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter 9
Hitler, Adolf 11, 14, 15
Hobbes, Thomas 67
Hoddle, Robert 106
Holding, T. H. 128
Holmes, Sherlock 117
Hooley, Edgar 123
Hooley, Ernest Terah 26, 28, 296
Hore-Belisha, Leslie 253
Horton, Dave 261
Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkley 119
Hounsell, David 195
Howe, Francis, Viscount Curzon 131
Hughes, Joseph Henry 197
Hugo, Victor 108
Humber, Thomas 293, 293
Hunt, Alfred E. 205
Hunter, Alfred 93
Huntington, Henry E. 171
Hutchings, C. R. 128
Huygens, Christian 270
Iddesley, Henry Northcote, 3rd Earl of 257
Illf, Ilya 69
Illife, William Isaac 20, 207, 231
Ineson, S. H. 128
Ingersoll, E. P. 204
Innes, Charles E. 138
Inwood, Stephen 186
Jackman, W. T. 84, 85
Jackson, Horatio Nelson 307
James, William Gilbert 284
Jarrott, Charles 22, 23, 93, 96–7, 295
Jeanneret-Gris, Charles-Édouard (Le Corbusier) 108
Jeffery, Thomas Buckland 191, 301, 302
Jeffreys, William Rees
biography 30–5, 30
cyclists as road reformers 4, 135
Emancipation Run 1896 229
first Road Board secretary 134
Roads Improvement Association (RIA) 123–4, 132,
133–4
Jelley, Henry 231
Jelley, James 231
Jerome, Jerome K. 230, 249
Jerome, William Travers 178
Jeune, Susan, Baroness St. Helier 265–6
Jiel-Laval, Pierre 287
Jobling, Robert Lee 291
Jobs, Steve 64
Johnson, Boris 101
Johnson, Claude 222, 230, 238
Johnston, Frances Benjamin xxi
Joynson-Hicks, William 66
Judson, William 154
Kamen, Dean 64
Keen, John 139, 143
Kellogg, W. K. 210
Kemble, Fanny 83
Kenilworth, John Davenport Siddely, 1st Baron 303–4
Keppel, Sir Derek 283
Keppel, William Coutts, 7th Earl of Albemarle 129, 132, 136,
139, 181
Kidderminster, Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron of 99
King, Charles Brady 234, 290
King, Edmund xi
King, T. G. 275
Kinney, Thomas A. 193
Kipling, Rudyard 46, 80
Kirby, Rollin 248
Kleyer, Heinrich 12, 14, 273–4, 274
Knudsen, William S. 196
Knyff, Gaetan 213
Knyff, René de 187, 212, 213, 213
Kron, Karl 71
Lallement, Pierre 271
Lambert, T. Harrison 293, 293
Larrañaga, Pedro Juan 115
Law, Edward, 1st Baron Ellenborough 62
Lawson, Harry (Henry John)
biography 27–30, 27
British Motor Syndicate 278–9
businesses 20, 22, 207, 211, 223, 293
Emancipation Run 1896 228, 229, 230
International Motor Exhibition 227
Le Corbusier 108
Lea, Richard Henry 296
Leechman, George Douglas 240
314
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Leeming, J. J. 111
Lefèvre, Géo 283
Legh, Richard, 3rd Baron Newton 258
Leland, Henry Martyn 196, 203, 279–80
LeMond, Greg 16
Lessing, Hans-Erhard 11, 15, 201
Lewis, Vivian 296–7
Lightwood, James Thomas 65, 127, 129
Likeman, James 229
Lilwall, Alfred 277
Lisa, Gregory C. 183–4
Lisle, Edward 304
Lisle, Edward jnr. 304
Long, John D. 86
Long, Walter 132
Longhurst, James 170
Lucas, Harry 200
Lucas, Joseph 200
Luscomb, Charles H. 176
Mace, Thomas 59–60
Maddox, Keith xiv–xv
Mansfield, Ralph, 4th Baron Sandhurst 255
Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl of 62
Marcus, Siegfried 11
Margary, Ivan 123
Markham, Edward Russell 203
Marples, Ernest 34–5
Marriott, Thomas Rushforth 293
Marston, John 305
Martin, Lionel 187, 189, 275, 297
Marx, Groucho 48
Mason, Phillip 146
Mastermann, Charles Frederick Gurney 51
Maxim, Hiram Percy 9, 19, 248
Maybach, Wilhelm 284–5
McAdam, John Loudon xx, 43, 44
McAdam, Sir James 85
McCann, Barbara 261
McClintock, Miller 80
McClintock, William E. 158
McClure, Sam 17
McCullough 58
McGee, W. J. 246–7
McHardy, Hardy McDonald 92
McKinley, William 178
McShane, Clay 18, 62
Mecredy, Catherine 210
Mecredy, R. J. 31, 87–8, 209–10, 209, 230, 249
Mecredy, Ralph 210
Médinger, Paul 286, 287
Melanowski, Leo 306
Mellor, Sir John 63
Merckel, M. 225
Metcalfe, John 43
Metz, Charles Herman 300
Metzger, William E. 222, 224, 232, 244, 280, 289–90
Michaux, Pierre 271
Milloy, Courtland 56–7
Mills, G. P. 213
Mirbeau, Octave 52
Molesworth, Sir William 38–9
Monroe, Robert, Baron Alness 255, 256
Montagu, Edward Scott-, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu 6
Montagu, John Scott-, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu 6, 8,
33, 66, 74, 94, 95
Montague, Charles Edward 39–40
Moore-Brabazon, J. T. C. 52
Moore, James 197
Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield 191, 297–8, 298
Mosely, Oswald 297
Möser, Kurt 67
Mott, Albert 152
Mumford, Lewis 54–5, 97, 111
Munroe, Kirk 149
Murphy, Charles 88
Murray, William, 1st Earl of Mansfield 62
Nall-Cain, Ronald, 2nd Baron Brocket 257
Napier, Montague 22, 189, 298, 298
Napoleon III, Emperor of France 107
Newby, Arthur C. 198, 215
Newton, Richard Legh, 3rd Baron 258
Nicholson, Timothy 8–9, 27, 187, 243
Nixon, St. John C. 12
Noble, S. R. 133
Norcliffe, Glen 196
Northcliffe, Sir Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount 182, 207–
9, 208, 218, 230–1, 232
Northcote, Henry, 3rd Earl of Iddesley 257
Norton, Peter 79, 80
Nuffield, Willam Richard Morris, Viscount 297–8, 298
Nuvolari, Guiuseppe 276
Nuvolari, Tazio 276
Oddie, Ingleby 251
O’Galop (Marius Rossillon) 27, pl. x
Oldfield, Berna Eli “Barney 199, 213, 214, 215–16, 216, 282,
306
Olds, Ransom 288
Olson, Culbert L. 173
Opel, Adam 299
Opel, Friedrich (Fritz) 299
Opel, Wilhelm 299
O’Reilly, E. J. 26
O’Rourke, P. J. 295
Overman, Albert 153, 300
Owsley brothers 176, 177
Page, Logan Waller 159
Parker, Eric 143
Parmoor, Charles Cripps, 1st Baron 73
Paullin, Charles 147
Pausey, Herbert J. 296
Paxman, Jeremy 181
Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph 92
Pearson, Lady Annie 246, pl. v
Pearson, Sir Arthur 6
Pearson, Sir Weetman Dickinson, (later 1st Viscount
Cowdray) 245–6, pl. v
315
index
Peck, Barton L. 290
Pecqueur, Onésiphore 199
Pellant, Walter 218
Pennell, Elizabeth 140, 251
Pennell, Joseph 33, 69, 251, pl. vii
Perkins, George A. 158
Petrov, Evgeny 69
Petty, Ross 195
Peugeot, Armand 301
Phillips, Walter 231, 293
Picasso, Pablo 276
Pidoll, Baron Michael 74
Pierce, George N. 191, 301
Pilkington, George 274
Pius XI, Pope 276
Plowden, William 54, 180, 187
Plunkett, Sir Horace 52
Pollard, James pl. iv
Pomery, Florence, Viscountess Harberton 142
Pope, Albert Augustus
American Bicycle Company 296
biography 16–19, 16, 17, pl. i
called for better roads in 1903 159
funded L.A.W. good roads campaign 18–19, 146, 151,
152–3, 154–5
funded lobbying for Liberty Bill 75–6
met Charles Duryea 289
petition for federal Roads Department 155–6, 156
production methods 195–6
on workforce 194
Pope, Jessie 143
Porsche, Ferdinand 14, 276
Portsmouth, Newton Wallop, 6th Earl of 93–4
Potter, Isaac B. 163, 224
and automobile associations 235
and Liberty Bill 75
road improvement activities 148, 153, 163, 164, 165, 184
Pound, Arthur 191
Poyser, Arthur T. 52
Pratt, Charles E. xviii, 17, 74, 148, 149, 150, 178
Puch, Johann 301
Puleston, Sir John 29
Pullinger, Thomas Charles Willis 285
Queensberry, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of 181, 231
Raleigh, Sir Walter 121
Raskob, John Jakob 146
Rauck, Max 12
Raymond, Arthur 173
Raymond, Charles T. 167
Renold, Hans 198
Resler, Henrietta 260
Richard, Georges 305
Richards, Richard Watkins 119
Richardson, Sir Benjamin Ward 102, 103
Riley, William Jr. 302
Robbins, Michael 45
Robida, Albert 264
Robinson, Brooke 50
Rockefeller, John D. 6
Rockwell, Albert 292
Rockwell, Edward 292
Rocque, John 99, 104
Roger, Emile 14
Rolls, Charles Stewart 95, 132, 186, 187, 218, 230, 232, 302
Roosevelt, Theodore 16, 284
Root, Charles P. 206
Rootes, Reginald 293, 303
Rootes, William 293, 303
Rootes, William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron 303
Rootes, William, Snr. 303
Rose, Max Kaspar 12
Rossillon, Marius (O’Galop) 27, pl. x
Rothermere, Sir Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount 208–9
Rothschild, Henri de, Baron 218
Rothwell, Nicholas 83
Rouse, Harry G. 288
Royce, Henry 302
Rucker, Martin 213
Ruskin, John 82, 86, 86
Russell, John Francis Stanley, 2nd Earl Russell 94, 132
Sackville, Gilbert, 8th Earl De La Warr 218
Sackville, Reginald, 7th Earl De La Warr 218
Sadd, Myra 279
Sadler, Richard 44
Salamon, Nahum 128, 223
Salomons, Sir David Lionel 242
contributed to Wheelman and Motorcar Weekly 212
CTC trustee xvii, 21
organiser of Horseless Carriage Exhibition, 1895 21, 226
Self-Propelled Traffic Association founder 187, 241, 243,
271
worked for legalisation of motoring 30, 126
Sandhurst, Ralph Mansfield, 4th Baron 255
Sangster, Charles Thomas Brock 275
Saul, Charles F. 234
Schell, Richard 206
Schieren, Charles 164
Schmal, Adolf 206
Schnapp, Jeffrey T. 89, 112–13
Scott, George Isham 159
Scott-Moncrieff, David 12
Scott, Robert Pittis 247
Selby, Jim 83, 86
Seldon, George xvii
Seligman, Jefferson 235
Sennacherib, King of Assyria 270
Serpollet, Léon 218
Shacklock, C. H. 293
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate 151, 156, 158
Sharp, Archibald 198, 202
Sharp, George F. Laundy 211
Sharp, Thomas 54
Sharratt, Edwin John 304
Shattuck, Albert R. 69–70
Shaw, George Bernard 32
Shipton, Ernest Richard xii, 33, 132, 186, 252
Shorland, Frank William 189, 190, 230, 254, 284
316
index
Shrewsbury, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of 291
Shriver, E. J. 152
Siddely, John Davenport, 1st Baron Kenilworth 303–4
Simms, Frederick R. xvii–xviii, 28, 30, 186, 239
Simms, Henry Bernard 239
Simonds, William 290
Sinclair, Angus 222
Sinclair, Finlay 25
Singer, George 304
Sloan, Alfred P. 196
Smith, Dempster 198
Smith, Joseph 107
Smith, May 92
Soares, Sir Ernest 8, 73
Somerset, Lady Henry (Isabella) 182
Southam, Frederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of 8
Souther, Henry 204
Southey, Robert 43
Spencer, Charles 87
Spender, Harold 180–1
Spooner, Ed 206
Sprague, Frank J. 193
Sprague, Martha 142
St. Helier, Susan Jeune, Baroness 265–6
Stancer, George Herbert 256–7
Stanley, Francis 201
Stanley, Freeland 201
Starley, Hubert Granville 281
Starley, James 12, 15, 199, 271, 292
Starley, John Kemp xviii, 15–16, 15, 185, 303
Starley, John Kemp, Jnr. 303
Stead, William Thomas 157, 181–2
Stearns, E. C. 234
Stephenson, George 83, 271
Sterne, Felix 206
Steudle, Kirk T. 223–4
Stevens, Thomas 204, 204
Stiff, William Charles 203
Stockbridge, Frank Parker 146, 236
Stocks, John William 216–17, 216, 217, 232, 275
Stockwell, J. W. 158
Stone, Roy 155, 156, 164, 184
Strelinger, Charles A. 280
Strong, William L. 178
Sturmey, Henry
on The Anchor inn, Ripley 141
Autocar articles 49, 207, 244, 307
biography xii, 20, 20, 274, 284
Emancipation Run 1896 228–9
Times advertorial for automobiles 29
Suberbie, Louis 21, 286
Sugar, Alan, (Lord Sugar) 120
Suriray, Jules Pierre 197
Swindley, Harry J. 23, 141
Taylor, Charlie 205
Taylor, John 58
Taylor, Marshall “Major” 198–9
Telford, Thomas 43
Temperley, Charles 93
Temple, Ralph 222
Terront, Charles 282–3, 287
Thomas, Evelyn 289
Thompson, Flora 45
Thompson, Sir Henry 46–7
Thomson, Robert xx, 24, 25, 271
Thring, Henry, Baron Thring 131
Tickell, Oliver 38
Titus, Fred 214, 244
Todd, Robert 132, 132
Toglietta, Guido 43
Tomaselli, Giovanni 276
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de 195, 283, 287
Trépardoux, Charles 285
Trésaguet, Pierre-Marie-Jérôme 43
Trevithick, Richard 82, 270, 271
Triggs, Inigo 105–6
Tristram, W. Oustram 138
Turner, Elizabeth 83–4
Turrell, Charles McRobie 230
Twain, Mark xix, 107, 182
Van Wagoner, William 234
Van Wyck, Robert A. 177
Vanderbilt, Wililam Kissam II 282
Vaughan, Philip 197
Vavin, Ernest 286
Verney, Richard Greville, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke
50
Victoria, Queen 139, 305
Vincent, James Edmund 94
Vine, Sir J. R. Somers 231
Voigt, Carl 21, 276
Volk, Karl 11
Wait, George H. 284
Walford, Edward 99
Walker, John B. 201
Wallas, Graham 32
Wallop, Newton, 6th Earl of Portsmouth 93–4
Walsh, George E. 146–7
Walter, Arthur J. 23–4
Walton, John Lawson 74
Ward, E. S. 140
Ward, G. H. B. 57
Waring, George E., Jr 113
Warrington, Sir Thomas 252
Warwick, Frances Greville, Countess of 182
Wason, Cathcart 8, 50
Watling, H. R. 259
Weaver, Charles P. 177
Webb, Beatrice and Sidney 9, 32, 42, 46, 60, 96, 134
Webster, D 238
Welch, Charles Kingston 26
Wellbeloved, Robert 68
Wells, Christopher W. 168
Wells, H. G. 39, 66, 109–10, 114, 142
Wells, Henry 289
West, Enoch John 280
Westergarard, John 260
317
index
Weston, Frank 149
Wetmore, John C. 206
Wharton, Edith 188
Wheaton, C. 222
Whipple, Sett Arca pl. ii, pl. iii
Wilder, Laura Ingalls 121
Williamson, Billy 274
Willoughby de Broke, Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron
50
Willys, John North 191, 296
Wilson, A. J. (Faed) 87–8, 239–40
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow 3, 49, 154, 188–9
Winchilsea, Murray Hatton, 12th Earl of 230
Winton, Alexander 191, 212, 216, 306
Woodgate, Walter Bradford 72–3
Woodruff, Timothy L. 167
Worton, John 275
Wren, Sir Christopher 103
Wright, Orville 5, 205
Wright, R. M. 241
Wright, Wilbur 5, 205, 302
Wyld, James 222
Young, Alexander Bell Filson 95–6
Young, Arthur 126
Young, Brigham 107
Zimmerman, Arthur Augustus 214, 277
Zola, Émile 88
GENERAL INDEX
Italic text is used for titles publications and other media. If not printed matter the type is given afterwards in brackets. Bold
text is used to identify the pages where illustrations appear. Plates are identified as pl. i, pl. ii etc. Pre-modern counties are
used to locate towns and cities in the UK. There is also an Index of Names, starting on page 311.
1,000-Mile Trial motor race 216, 232–3
999 Ford racing cars 215–16
A1 Great North Road 16, 40, 59, 104, 295
A3 Portsmouth Road 40, 136–9, 144
see also Ripley, Surrey
A4 Great West Road (Bath Road) 34, 111, 253, 258
A5 Watling Street 40, 43
A10 Ermine Street 42
A40 Holborn, London 99, 104
A61 dual-carriageway xiii–xiv
A421 road 45
abuse of cyclists xiv–xv, 71, 262
accidents
coaches 84
cyclists 52, 87, 87, 88, 252
motor cars 51–3, 63, 91–2, 225, 231, 255
acetylene lamps 200
Address On The Streets & Traffic of London 77
Adelaide, Australia 296
Adler company, Germany 273–4
Adler safety bicycles 274
administration of London roads 119, 120
Adventure of the Priory School, The 117
advertisements
bicycles 17, 194–5
motor cars 28–9
pneumatic tyres 25, 27
Aeolus Works 197
aeroplanes 5–6, 110, 198, 205, 279, 302
Agence Générale des Automobiles 276
aggression of motorists 67
Aitken’s Pneumatic Tar Sprayer 123–4
Aldgate, London 104, 119
Alexandria, Scotland 274
Alfa-Romeo car company 285
All That is Solid Melts Into Air xv
Allard & Co., Coventry 274
Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung 206
Alness report 254–8, 259
Alston, Northumberland 99
aluminium xx, 205–6
Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) 205
America Bikes 261
American Asphalt Pavement Company 122
American Association for Highway Improvement 159, 160
American Association of State Highway Officials 160
American Automobile Association see Automobile Club of
America (later AAA)
American Bicycle Company 296
American Iron and Steel Institute 204
American Motor League 234, 235
American Road and Transportation Builders Association 35,
236–7
American Road Congresses 160
American, The, bicycles 302
Amish community road use xv
Anchor inn, Ripley, Surrey 137–8, 137, 140–2
Anerley Bicycle Club 22, 231, 233
Anfield Bicycle Club 303
Angel Inn, Thames Ditton 140, 143
Anglo-American Rapid Vehicle Company 27
Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (A.L.F.A.) car
company 285
anti-motoring feeling 7–8, 46–53, 50–2
Anticipations 109–10
ANWB (Royal Dutch Touring Club) 5, 79, 207, 237–8, 252
Argus, The 241
Argyll Motors company, Scotland 274–5
Ariel bicycles 275, 292
318
index
Ariel motorbikes 274
Ariel Motors, Birmingham 275
Armstrong Siddeley motor cars 304
around-the world cycle ride 203–4
Arroyo Seco Parkway, California 173
Art and Pastime of Cycling, The 87–8, 209
Art of Cycling, The 211
asphalt xx, 43–4, 112–13, 114–15, 120–3, 123–4
assembly-line manufacturing 195–6
Aster company 275
Aston Martin company 275
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States 147
attacks on cyclists 70, 71
attacks on early motorists 49, 70
attitudes towards cycling in 1890s 6
Australia 106, 241, 296, 304
Australian hardwood paving 118, 119
Austria 74
Austrian Automobile Club 206
authorities, roads 30–1, 32–3, 134
Auto, L’ 283
Auto Machinery Company 292
Auto-Vélo, Le 283
Autobianchi company 276
Autocar Handbook; A Guide to the Motor Car, The 240
Autocar, The
autocar as preferred name for motor cars xvii–xviii
cars sold at Holborn Viaduct 223
Crowden at Great Horseless Carriage Co. 296
Emancipation Run 1896 228–9
encourages Lady Violet Greville to try motoring 49
Institution of Cycle Engineers 240
origins of xii, 20, 207
Peugeot company 301
police speed traps 93
Salon du Cycle motor car show 227
transfer of cycling skills to motoring 244
on Winton cars 307
Automobile Age, The 192
Automobile Association 20, 39, 93, 93, 225, 238, 254
Automobile Club de France 5, 213, 227, 239
Automobile Club de Nice 234
Automobile Club of America (later AAA) 69, 182, 234–6,
272
Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland (later Royal
Automobile Club)
foundation xi–xii, 186, 227, 238–9
measured speeds in Piccadilly 90
motor racing 132, 218, 229, 232–3, 234
road signs 225
and Roads Improvement Association 33, 133
Automobile Club of Syracuse, New York 234
Automobile Magazine, The 79, 90, 146, 159, 221–2, 233, 234
Automobile Quarterly 11–12
Automobile, The 182, 289–90, 301–2, 301
Automobiles Charron company 276–7
automobiles, definition xvii
Automotor 204–5
axles 201
Babylon roads 120–1
Bacon’s Cycling and Motoring Map pl. vi
Badger Brass Company 200
badges, bonnet 201
ball bearings 196–7, 204, 306
Banker Brothers Co. 277
Bar Harbor, Maine 188
Barber Asphalt Paving Co. 151
Barber Company, The 122
Bards and the Bicycle, The 89
Barnes Cycle Company 234
Barnes White Flyer bicycles 234
Bartholomew maps 80–1, 119, 221, pl. viii, pl. ix
Bartleet’s Bicycle Book 208
Basel–Kleve cycle race 299
Bath Road Century time trial 210
Bath Road cycling club 22, 189, 275, 284, 298
Bath Road News 275
Battery Park, New York City 122
Beeston-Humber motor cars 293
Beeston Pneumatic Tyre Company 30, 231, 278
Begbie Manufacturing Co., Wembley, London 275
Belgian blocks xix
Belgrave Bicycle Club 286
Belle Époque xix
Benz & Cie cars xi, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 199, 203, 274
Benz Car, The 14
Berlin Auto Show 14–15
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex 218–19, 219
Bibendum 27, pl. x
Bicycle and Tricycle Supply Association 223
bicycle polo 209–10
Bicycle Roadbook, The 222
Bicycle Touring Club 20, 128
Bicycle Union 128
Bicyclette Safety bicycles 27, 278
Bicycling News 126–7, 207, 208
Bicycling World and the L.A.W. Bulletin 202
Bicycling World, The 3, 116, 205
Biggest People on the Road (illustration) pl. xi
Biggleswade and District Cycling Club 295
Binks company 277
Birmingham Daily Post, The 129
Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) motorbikes 274
Birmingham to Halesowen road court case 129–30
Birmingham, Warwickshire 38
bitumen 121
blacktop see asphalt
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway 38–9
Boer War, Second 291
Bogotá, Colombia xiii
bonnet badges 201
Bonnick Cycle Company, Coventry 302
Bordeaux-Paris cycle races 23, 213, 213
Boston, Massachusetts 38
Boy’s Own Paper 140
brakes on high-wheel cycles 127
Brass Era xix
Brewster & Company 193
Bristol and Bath Railway Path 39
319
index
Britain, roads xiv, 58–62, 99–104, 104–5, 105–6, 125–6, 132
see also roads by name
British Beer and Pub Association 101
British Cycle and Motor-cycle Manufacturers and Traders
Union 259
British Cycling Federation 31, 128
British Germain Motor Company 277
British Motor Syndicate 229, 278–9, 278
British political cyclists 180–2
Broadbent’s Official Road Guides Company 241
Broadway, New York 37
Brooklands racing circuit, Surrey 23
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 166
Brown & Sharpe 280
Brown Brothers company 279
Brown Voiturette motor cars 279
BSA motorbikes 274
Buckeye Iron and Brass Works 205
bugles used by cycling clubs 200
bush-roller chains 12, 198
bypasses 98–9, 110, 144
Bystander 93
cabs xvii
Cadillac Motor Car Company 232, 279–80
Cadillac motor cars 196, 203
Calcott Brothers, Coventry 280
California Cycle Way Company 171
California Cycleway, Pasadena xvi, 169, 170–4
Camel Trail, Cornwall 39
Cameron Brothers company 280–1
Canada 38, 48, 64
Canton, Ohio 178
Cape Colony Cyclist Corps 291
car-free events xiii
car parks, indoor 219–21, 220
carburettors 277
Carette motor cars 281
Carlton motor cars 297
cars, number on USA roads 7
Cary’s New Itinerary 222
Cassell’s Patent Lava Stone Works 121
Cautionary Rhymes 83–4
Central Park, New York City 75
Central Point, Jackson County, Oregon 168
Century Road Club 176–7
chains, bicycle 12, 197–9
chains, units of measurement xx, 106
Challenge bicycles 280
Champion Spark Plug company 281
Champion, The 207, 238, 238
Championnat de demi-fond cycle race 276
Champs Elysées, Paris 107, 108
Charing Cross Road, London 101, 119
Charron-Girardot-Voigt (CGV) car company 276
Chater Lea Manufacturing Company 281
chauffeurs xvii
Chautauqua Lake, New York State, cycle path 162
Cheapside, London 99–100, 100, 101, 104, 106, 119
Chevrolet Motor Car Company 281–2
Chicago, Illinois 120, 176–7
Chicago Times Herald 176
Chicago Tribune 177, 179
children on roads
cars for 277
danger of speeding traffic 50, 52, 61, 84, 92, 168
playing on roads xiv, 53, 68, 73
rights to the road 79, 96, 257
China, roads 78, 108
Chrysler company 293, 302
Churchill Way, Liverpool 38
ciclovías (open streets events) xiii
circumnavigation of the world by bicycle 203–4
city cultures 57–8
City of London roads 100, 101
City of Zion plan 107
Civil Service Bicycle Club 181
Claremont gardens, Esher, Surrey 138–9
Clarke, Cluley & Co. 283–4
Class in a Capitalist Society 260, 260
Clément-Panhard company 282–3
Clément-Talbot car company 230
Cleveland Machine Screw Company 197
Clipper Pneumatic Tyre Company 304
Cluley & Company 283–4
Clyde Motors company 284
coach travel 42, 45, 58, 70–1, 83–5
see also mail coaches
Coaching Days, Coaching Ways 138
cobbles xix
Colombia xiii
Columbia, Pope Manufacturing Company
bicycles 16, 18, 191, 195–6, 197, 203–4, 204, 280, 284
motor cars 16, 19, 191, 204, 284, 301
Commercial Motor 31, 211, 255
Compagnie Générale des Asphaltes de France 118
Competition for Horseless Carriages motor car race 226, 282
Complete Motorist, The 95–6
Complete Streets Coalition 261
Condition of England, The 51
Coney Island Cycle Path, New York 163, 165–7, 169
congestion
causes of 54–5, 101, 106, 109, 110, 111
reduction of 38, 77–8, 79, 108–11
Connecticut Cab Company 292
Continental Tyres 27, pl. x
Coo, look – there’s a cyclist (cartoon) pl. xvi
Coopers Horse Carriage Cycle & Auto Car Repository 220,
220, 221
Cordingley Show 227
Cordoba, Spain 270
Cork Pavement Company of London 116
cork road surfacing 116
costs of bicylces 251–2
costs of road building 134
Country Gentleman 7
Coupe de Voiturettes motor car race 214
court cases for road improvement 129–30
Coventry Machinists Co. 193, 273, 274, 275, 287, 292, 304
Coventry Rotary Tricycles 12
320
index
Coventry Sewing Machine Company 292, 304
Coventry Transport Museum 233
Coventry, Warwickshire 30, 190
Credenda Cold-drawn Seamless Steel Tube Company 203
Critical Mass movements xv
Crypto Bantam bicycles 284
Crypto Works Co. 284
Crystal Palace, London 23, 217
cushion tyres 26
Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal 300
Cycle and Motor World 209, 210
Cycle Components Manufacturing Co., Birmingham 275
Cycle Manufacturer and Dealers’ Review 210–11
cycle paths
definition xix
in England 38–.9, 253–4
in Germany 253
in USA xvi, 161–74, 169
Cycle Paths 165
cycle paths of USA 161–74
California Cycleway xvi, 169, 170–4
charges to use 168, 170, 171
Coney Island, New York 163, 165–7, 169
costs and funding of 166, 167–8, 170, 171
Illinois cycle paths 167–8
New York State 162, 167
opposition to 162–4, 168, 170
Oregon cycle paths 168
cycle races
Belgium 213
Britain 16, 23, 139, 217
France xix, 23, 197, 213, 213, 226, 276, 277, 281, 287
Switzerland 299
Tour de France cycle race xiii–xiv, 283
cycle racing 88, 128
“cycle” words xviii
Cycle World Illustrated, The 69
cycles legally defined as “carriages” 62–3, 65
cycleways see cycle paths
Cycling 142, 210, 211, 250
Cycling (Badminton Library) 131, 249
cycling decline 246–8
Cycling Echoes 211
cycling records 23, 275, 277
cycling speeds 85, 86–90
Cycling Weekly 210
Cycling World Illustrated 304
Cyclist, The xii, 20, 141, 207, 208, 291
cyclists and road improvement 3–4
cyclists’ rights of way 58, 62–3, 65, 67, 74–6, 79
Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC)
early years 128, 271
funding of Roads Improvement Association 33
Jeffreys, William Rees 31, 32
lobbying for better roads 129–35
membership badges pl. xii, pl. xiii
petition to include motorists as members 252
road improvements 4
road signs 225
Daily Mail 50, 208, 209
Daily Mirror 208, 209
Daily Telegraph 29–30, 136–7
Daimler Motor Company 20, 30, 278, 279, 284–5
Daimler Velocipede motor cars 15
Dallas, Texas 38
dangers of speeding 51–3, 83–5, 87–9
Darracq company 285
De Dion Bouton Cars and How to Drive Them 209
De Dion-Bouton company 21, 22, 216, 285–7
De Dion Bouton steam car 226, 285
de Havilland Aircraft Company 110
Decauville motor cars 233
Denver, Colorado 167–8
Department for Transport 101
Deserted Village, The 109
Detroit Athletic Club cycle racing team 213
Detroit Auto Show 232
Detroit Automobile Club 224
Detroit Free Press, The 206, 237
Detroit, Michigan 190
Detroit Tribune 6
Detroit Wheelmen cycling club 232, 288, 291
Deutscher Radfahrer Verband (German Bicycle Association)
253
Diamond Chain Company 198
differential gearing 199
Dingley Brothers 250
Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets 119
disused railways converted to cycleways 38–.9
Dobbins’ Cycleway see California Cycleway
Dodge company 287–8
Don Juan (Byron poem) 43
Dreyfus Affair 283
driverless cars 39
driving licences 65, 72
Duncan Suberbie & Co. motor cycle company 286
Dundee Post 171
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company 21, 26, 209
Dürkopp company 289
Duryea
company 288–9
motor cars 20, 191, 288–9
dust 32
Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and
Defense Highways 160
E. C. Stearns & Co 234
E. J. West & Co Ltd 280
Eadie Manufacturing Co., Redditch 275
early terms used for motor cars xvii–xviii
Easter Egg steam car 218
Eastern Chronicle 48
Eclipse bicycles 281
Eclipse Steam Buggy motor car 281
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées 43
Economist, The 50
Edinburgh, Scotland 120
Edwardian era xix
electric motor cars 15, 16, 19, 277, 284, 300
321
index
electric streetcars 193
elevated cycleways xvi
Emancipation Act 30
Emancipation Run 225, 228–31, 228, 231, 278, 289
Embankment, London 101, 106, 111, 113–14
Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco 38
Engineer, The 89, 226, 233
engineers of roads 43–5
English Mechanic 293
Ermine Street (A10) 42
Evans and Dodge
bicycles 287
company 191
Evanston, Illinois 48
Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company (E.M.F.) 232, 244,
289–90
exclusion of cycling traffic 57
Facile bicycles 277
Fair Mile Common, Cobham, Surrey 1 mile cycle race 139
Farmers’ Anti-Automobile League 48
farmers’ opposition to road improvements in USA 6–7, 152,
153, 164–5
fear of speeding motor cars 51–3
federal aid for roads, USA 155–6
Federal Aid Road Act 1916 3, 154, 160, 272
Federal Highway Administration 184
Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) 213
Fifth Avenue, New York City 122
films of traffic, early 20th century 7
Financial News 30
Finland 39
fire engines 296
First Automatic Cast Steel Ball Factory 197
Fischer AG 197
F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A 276
Flamborough Inclosure Act 1765 104
Fleet Street, London 100–1, 104
Foleshill Cycle Works 297
Ford Motor Company
999 racing cars 215–16
assembly-line manufacturing 195
Manchester factory 190
Model T motor cars 145, 147
movement for good roads 4
Quadricycle motor cars xi, 147, 198, 200, 203, 290
Forum, The 18–19, 152, 153–4
France xvii, xix, 43, 78, 105, 107–8
Frankfurt, Germany 273–4
Frankfurter Bicycle Club 273–4
freeway removal planning policy 38
freeways xix
French terms used in motoring xvii
Friswell’s Automobile Palace 223
Frontenac company 282
Fry, Herbert 117
function of roads, definition 57
funding of roads
Good Roads movement, USA 18–19, 146, 151–6, 159–60
Road Fund 30, 31, 32, 134
Gardiner Expressway, Toronto, Ontario 38
Garrard Electric Phaeton motor car 291
Garrard Manufacturing Company 290–1
Gazette (CTC) 32, 33, 133
gears, cycle xii, 20, 199
Genevieve (film) 285
Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer 104
Geographical 38
George & Jobling company 291
George N. Pierce Company 203
Germany
Frankfurt 273–4
Magdeburg, Germany 253
Mannheim, Germany 10, 11, 14
motoring organisations 233
Nazis anti-cycling propaganda 5, 10–11, 12, 15, 253
roads 55, 58, 107
Roman roads 41
Gilded Age xix
Gladiator Cycle Company 21, 282, 283, 285, pl. iii
Glasgow, Scotland 54
Globe bicycles 284
Gloria Cycle Company 305
GM Company 291
Good Roads 6, 122, 153, 157–8
Good Roads movement, USA
cyclists’ involvement xii, 3–4, 6–7
demonstration roads 35–6
funding 18–19, 146, 149–60
Henry Ford takes credit 145–6
Good Roads Trains 35, 36
Google 39, 104
Gordon Bennett Cup motor race 22, 209, 212, 216, 276, 298,
307
Gormully & Jeffery 151, 302
Gospel of Good Roads 153, 164
Grabowsky Motor Vehicle Company (GMC) 291
Gracechurch Street, London 100, 119
Grahamite Asphalt Pavement Company 122
Grand Bi bicycles 301
Grand Old Ordinaries see high-wheelers
Grand Prix de Paris cycle race 277
granite road surfacing 116
Graphic, The 48–9, 88, 229
Great Fire of London 103–4
Great Horseless Carriage Company 20, 278, 296
Great North Road (A1) 16, 40, 59, 104, 295
Great West Road (A4), London 34, 111, 253, 258
Guardian, The 40, 174
Gunter’s chain xx, 106
Hagerstown, Pennsylvania 148
Hans Renold Company 198
Happy Motorist, The 96
Harbor Drive Freeway, Portland, Oregon 38
Harper’s Magazine 140, 156
Harper’s New Monthly 78
Harper’s Weekly pl. vii
Hartford, Connecticut 16
Hartford Courant 145–6
322
index
Haus des Fahrrades (House of Bicycles), Frankfurt, Germany
274
health benefits of motoring 46–7
health benefits of wide streets in London 102
Helsinki, Finland 39
Hercules Cycle and Motor Company 251–2
Hibbard bicycles 176
high-wheelers xviii, xxi, 15–16, 17, 18
Highway Act (1835) 64, 130, 271
Highway Code Rule 170 xiv
highway improvement movement see roads improvement
movements
Highway Protection League 50–1
Highways Act (1829) 68
Highways and Byways in Surrey 143
Highways and Locomotives Ammendment Act 1878 271
Highways to Boulevards movement 38
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorbikes 286
Hillman & Herbert 291–2
Hillman–Coatalen Motor Company 292
Hillman Motor Company 291–2
history of roads 37–55
Holborn Cycling Club 139
Holborn, London 99, 104
Holborn Viaduct, London 119, 222–3
Homestead Act of 1862, USA 107
Hoquiam, Washington State 170
horns 200
horse manure on urban roads 113
Horseless Age, The 19, 204, 306
Horseless Carriage Exhibition, 1895 21–2, 226–7
horses, reduction in on the roads 5, 114
Houpt-Rockwell car company 292
House of Bicycles, Frankfurt, Germany 10, 12, 13
Hub, The 89–90, 180, 206
Huber & Metzger 232
Hull Botanic Gardens 217
Humber
bicycles 21, 182, 205, 209, 287
company 278, 293, 303
motor cars 190
Illife and Son 20, 207, 208
Illinois cycle paths 167–8
Illustrated Police News, The 87, 87, 231
Imperial Automobile Club 49
Improved Wood Pavement Company 119
incentives for developing motor cars xvii
Inclosure Acts 41–2
Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Co 198
Indianapolis, Indiana 120, 179, 214
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 198, 215
Indianapolis News 178, 199
Indispensable Bicyclist’s Handbook, The 20
indoor car parks 219–21, 220
induced demand 111
Institution of Automobile Engineers 31, 109, 125, 240, 291
Institution of Civil Engineers 65–6
Institution of Cycle Engineers 125, 240
Institution of Mechanical Engineers 240
International Cycling Association 274
International Motor Exhibition 227–8
International Pavement Company 151
Interstate Highway System 160
intimidation of cyclists by car drivers xiv–xv
ipayroadtax.com website 31
Ireland 31
Irish Automobile Club 52, 209, 240
Irish Cyclist and Motor Cyclist 210
Irish Cyclist, The 25, 31, 209
Irish Roads Improvement Association 31, 210
Irish Times 249
iron road surfacing 115
Italy 276
Ivel Agricultural Motors Limited 23
Ivel company 294–5, 294, 295
J. K. Starley and Company 16, 230, 303
Jacksonville, Oregon 168
James Slater 198
jaywalking xiv
Jeep
company 295–6
motor cars 191
Jesmond Road, Newcastle 104–5
John Griffiths Cycle Corporation 26
John Penn of Greenwich 292, 304
John R. Keim Mills 196
journalism 20, 182, 206–12
Judge pl. iv, pl. vi
Kangaroo bicycles 292
Keystone Bicycle Club 277
King of the Road lamps 200, 252
King William Street, London 100, 119
Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 48
Kirk Manufacturing Company 296
Klondike Gold Rush 162
knuckle-bone axles 201
lamps 200, 215, 252
Land Ordinance of 1785, USA 106–7
land-speed records 305
Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle record 277, 303–4
Late Victorian period xix
L.A.W. Bulletin 76, 153, pl. ii, pl. iii
Law Journal 65
L.A.W. Magazine 75, 247
Lea & Francis company 296, 304
League of American Bicyclists xviii, 261
League of American Wheelmen (L.A.W.)
and American Automobile Association 234–6
cycle paths 162–3, 164
foundation 6, 149–50, 271
Good Roads campaign 18, 35, 36, 146, 149–60
“Liberty Bill”, 1887 75
membership numbers 203, 248
political influence 175, 176, 178, 183–4, 187
Leamington Motor Car Works 296
Leeds, Yorkshire xiii–xiv
323
index
legal framework of road use 62–6
Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing 203, 280
Les Misérables 108
Leslie’s Weekly 90
Lewis car company 296–7
Lewis Cycle and Motor Works 297
Lewisham Bicycle Club 277
“Liberty Bill” 1887 75
limousines xvii
Lincoln Highway Association 215
Lincolnshire Automobile Club 240–1
Linley and Biggs bicycle company 281
Lion-Peugeot 214
Little Golden Calf, The 69
Little House on the Prairie 121
liveable streets (woonerven) 260
Liverpool, Lancashire 38
lobbying for better roads 129–35, 185–7
Local Government Act (1888) 65
Local Government Board 128, 129
Locomobile Company of America 201
Locomobile steam motor cars 174, 201
Locomotion Automobile, La 207
locomotives 82–3
Locomotives on Highways Acts 30, 271, 272
London and Manchester Railway 83
London and South Western Railway 38–9
London Cycle Mart 223
London Illustrated News 110–11
London roads
congestion 77–8
sizes 99–104, 105–6
surfaces 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, pl. viii, pl. ix
see also roads by name
London School of Economics 32
London-to-Brighton Veteran Car Rally 232
London Wood Paving Company 119
long distance roads 41–2
Los Angeles, California 38
Los Angeles Herald 171, 172, 173
Los Angeles Times 173, 174
Louisville, Kentucky 177
Lucas company 200, 252
M74 motorway, Scotland 54
macadam road surfaces xx, 43–4, 44–5
Mackinac Island, Michigan 47
Magdeburg Association for Bicycle Paths, Germany 253
mail coaches 45, 70–1, 83, pl. iv
Making and Mending Good Roads & Nature and Use of
Asphalt for Paving 151
Manchester Courier 69
Mannheim, Germany 10, 11, 14
manslaughter charges for motorist 91–2
Manufacturer and Builder 121
Manufacturers’ Challenge Cup motor car race 215–16
manufacturing methods 195–6
manufacturing tolerances 203, 279–80
maps 80–1, 99, 104, 119, 221, 222, 241, pl. vi, pl. viii, pl. ix
Marlborough Engineering company 297
Marseille–Nice cycle race 276
Maschinen & Velocipede Handlung, Frankfurt, Germany
273
measurement units xx
media relations 17
medieval roads 41, 66, 100, 270
Melbourne, Australia 106
Messrs. Mowlem and Company 119
metalled road surfaces xx, 43–4
Metzger Motor Company 232
Michaux Club 235
Michelin 26–7, pl. iii
Michigan Department of Transportation 35
Michigan, USA 223
middle-class cyclists 130, 138, 187, 249–50, 251, 261, 262
Midland Road Fund 129, 271
Milan, Italy 276
Mill on the Floss, The 82
Ministry of Transport 31
Minneapolis, Minnesota 168
Mitchell, South Dakota 47
Model T, Ford motor cars 145, 147
Modern Bicycle, The 87
modern cycling 260–3
Montagu Motor Museum 6
Morris
company 297–8
motor cars 190
Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund 275
Motor Book, The 209
Motor Car Act 1903 272
Motor Car Club 28, 29, 223
motor car races
24-hour distance records 23
1000-Mile Trial 216
Coupe de Voiturettes 214
Emancipation Run 225, 228–31, 228, 231, 278, 289
first in GB at Bexhill-on-Sea 218–19
Gordon Bennett Cup 22, 209, 212, 216, 276, 298, 307
Manufacturers’ Challenge Cup 215–16
Neuilly-sur-Seine to Versailles 212, 226
motor car speeds 89–97
Motor Carriages: The Vehicles of the Future 206
motor cars, definition xvii
Motor Cycling 244, 284
motor dealers 214, 222–3, 232, 276, 277
Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) 240
Motor Licence Duty 31
Motor Martyrdom (poem) 143
Motor Mills, Coventry 278, 296
Motor News 31, 209–10
motor racing drivers 212–17
Charron, Fernand 21, 212, 212, 276–7
Cooper, Tom 213, 213, 215–16
Fisher, Carl Graham 198, 214–15, 214
Giuppone, Giosuè 214
Knyff, René de 187, 212, 213, 213
Oldfield, Berna Eli “Barney 199, 213, 214, 215–16, 216,
282, 306
Stocks, John William 216, 216, 217, 232
324
index
Motor Show 227, 233
motor shows and events 226–33
“motor-specific” roads see motorways
Motor, The 110, 210–11
Motor Trader 189
Motor Trades Benevolent Fund 239–40, 275
Motor Vehicle Company 22
Motor West 206
Motorcycling & Motor 210
Motoring Annual and Motorists Year Book 23, 109
motoring events and shows 226–33
Motoring Illustrated 189, 217
motoring infrastructure 217–25
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex 218–19, 219
indoor car parks 219–21, 220
maps 80–1, 99, 104, 119, 221, 221–2, 222, 241, pl. vi, pl.
viii, pl. ix
motor dealers 214, 222–3, 232, 276, 277
museums of motor vehicles 6, 211, 217, 233
road centre lines 68, 223–4
road signs 225, 225
Motoring Manufacturing Company 190
motoring marques 243–4
see also names of companies
motoring organisations 233–43
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
35, 236–7
ANWB (Royal Dutch Touring Club) 5, 79, 207, 237–8,
258
Automobile Association 20, 39, 93, 93, 225, 238, 254
Automobile Club de France 5, 213, 227, 239
Automobile Club of America (later AAA) 69, 182, 234–6,
272
Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland (later Royal
Automobile Club)
foundation xi–xii, 186, 227, 238–9
measured speeds in Piccadilly 90
motor racing 132, 218, 229, 232–3, 234
road signs 225
and Roads Improvement Association 33, 133
Institution of Automobile Engineers 31, 109, 125, 240,
291
Irish Automobile Club 52, 209, 240
Lincolnshire Automobile Club 240–1
Motor Trades Benevolent Fund 239–40, 275
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria 241
Self-Propelled Traffic Association 187, 212, 234, 241, 243
Touring Club Royal de Belgique 243
motoring press 206–12
Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung 206
Autocar, The xii, 20, 207
autocar as preferred name for motor cars xvii–xviii
cars sold at Holborn Viaduct 223
Crowden at Great Horseless Carriage Co. 296
Emancipation Run 1896 228–9
encourages Lady Violet Greville to try motoring 49
Institution of Cycle Engineers 240
Peugeot company 301
police speed traps 93
Salon du Cycle motor car show 227
transfer of cycling skills to motoring 244
on Winton cars 307
Champion, The 207, 238, 238
Harmsworth, Sir Alfred (later 1st Viscount Northcliffe)
182, 207–9, 208, 218, 230–1, 232
Motor News 31, 209–10
Motor, The 110, 210–11
Omnia 211, 211
Wheelman and Motorcar Weekly 211–12
motoring technology 193–206
aluminium xx, 205–6
assembly-line manufacturing 195–6
ball bearings 196–7, 204, 306
bonnet badges 201
differential gearing 199
horns 200
knuckle-bone axles 201
lamps 200, 215, 252
pneumatic tyres 21, 24–7, 199–200, 209, 266, 291
shaft-drives 202–3, 280, 306
Motorists’ Mutual Association 93
motorists’ rights of way 58, 62, 65–7, 68, 74, 79
Motors and Motor-driving 189, 205
motorways (Britain) 34, 40, 54
motorways, definition xix
Mowbray House Cycling Association 157, 182
Munsey’s Magazine 159, 235–6
museums of motor vehicles 6, 211, 217, 233
Must the Farmer Pay for Good Roads? 153, 184
Muswell Hill, London 62
Napier
company 298
motor cars 22, 23, 205, 217, 232, 298
Nash Motors 302
National Association of Amateur Athletics of America 178
National Clarion Cycling Club 250
National Complete Streets Coalition 261
National Cycle company 287–8
National Cycle Network 39
National Cycle Show 231
National Cyclists’ Union 23, 31, 33, 128–9, 181, 271
National Motor Museum 6
National Philanthropic Association 113
National School of Bridges and Highways, France 43
National Wheelmen’s McKinley and Hobart club 179
Native American trails 37
Nazis anti-cycling propaganda 5, 10–11, 12, 15, 253
Netherlands 55, 58, 78, 79, 260, 262
Neuilly-sur-Seine to Versailles motor car race 212, 226
New Beeston Cycle Company 211
New Departure Manufacturing Company 292
New Howe Machine Company, Chatham, Kent 21
New Howe Machine Company, Glasgow 275
New York City, USA
Broadway 37
congestion cures 109, 111
cycle paths 163, 165–7, 169
Edith Wharton cycles in 188
General Sidepath Act (1899) 167
325
index
Liberty Bill, 1887 cyclists’ rights 75
political influence of cyclists 177–8
proposal to remove asphalt 122
reduction of traffic xiv
street cleaning 113
wooden block road surfacing 120
New York Evening Post 6
New York State USA, cycle paths 162, 167
New York Sun 162
New York Times, The
advantages of cyclists paying for cycle paths 166
American Motor League 235
complains about size of motor cars 100
Coney Island cycle path opening 166
counters Ford’s claim to have started Good Roads
movement 146
credits cyclists for improving roads 155
cycle path between New York and Chicago 162
displeased by “automobile” xviii
L.A.W. to support politicians in favour of good roads
175–6
President Roosevelt rides in a motor car 16
rural road quality 7
against separate cycle paths 163, 164
New-York Tribune 7
New York World 5
New Yorker, The 111
New Zealand 297, 304
Newark, New Jersey 122
Newby Oval velodrome 198
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 104–5, 219–21
Newport, Rhode Island 6
Niagara County Side Path League 167
Nice-Marseille-Nice cycle race 213
Nineteenth Century, The 72
Nineveh, Assyria 270
Norden, John, map of London 1593 104
North American International Auto Show 232
North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington (painting) pl.
iv
North Road Cycling Club 239
Northumberland Avenue, London 102, 119
object lesson roads 35–6, 165
Office of Public Roads 159
Office of Road Inquiry (ORI), USA 35–6, 156, 159, 183
Ogilby and Morgan map of London, 1676 104
Ohne Chauffeur 206
Ohne Hast Cycling Club 210
Old Park Cycling Club, Chicago 177
Olds Motor Company 248, 280
Oldsmobile motor cars 288
Omnia 211, 211
On Forsyte Change 247
Opel company 299
open streets events xiii
ordinaries see high-wheelers
Ordnance Survey 221
Oregon cycle paths 168
Orient-Aster motor cycle 300
Orient company 299–300
Orient Victoriette motor cars 299
Ormonde Bicycle Depot 297
Outing 150, 162
Overland Motor Company 296
Overman Automobile Company 300
Overman Wheel Company 167
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 102, 302
Oxford Directory 298
Oxford English Dictionary xx, 71
Oxford Street, London, motoring accident 91–2
Pacific Electric Railroad company 171
packhorse transport 59
Paddockhurst House, Sussex 245, pl. v
Painshill, Cobham, Surrey 139
Pall Mall Gazette 180, 182
Panhard & Levassor 285
Panhard-Levassor motor cars 21, 22, 26, 188, 226, 230,
276–7
Parade bicycles 285
Paris 88
Paris–Amsterdam–Paris cycle race 276
Paris-Brest-Paris cycle race 226, 287
Paris, France, roads 105, 107–8
Paris Grand Prix cycle race 276
Paris–Roubaix cycle race xix, 281
Paris-Rouen cycle race 197
Paris Wood Paving Company 119
Pasadena, California, elevated cycleway xvi, 169, 170–4
Pasadena Daily Evening Star 173
Pasadena Star News 174
Passing of the Horse (illustration) pl. vii
Patent-Motorwagen, Benz motor cars
cycle parts xi, 10, 12, 199, 203, 274
later version with wooden wheels 14
Nazis anti-cycling propaganda 11, 15
patents, bicycles 194
Patton and Davies Lumber Company 172–3
Paul Mijksenaar Design for Function Award 223
pavé xix
pavement see sidewalk
Pearson’s Magazine 171, 173
pedestrian street reclaimation movements xv
Pedestrians’ Association 80, 91
pedestrians’ rights of way
H. G. Wells on 66
Highway Code Rule 170 xiv
legal framework 58, 62, 67, 68, 72–3
marginalisation by wheeled vehicles 57, 60–1, 63–4,
68–70, 74, 80
Peerless motor cars 216
pennies see high-wheelers
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. 3, 122
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation xv
penny-farthings see high-wheelers
Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times 228
Perils of the Cycle Path, The 253–4
Permanent International Association of Road Congresses
(PIARC) 57
326
index
petitions 155–7, 156
Petrol Age, The (TV programme) 20
Petros Motor and Cycle Company 251
Peugeot company 21, 300–1
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876 18
Piccadilly, London 90, 101
Pickwick Bicycle Club 230, 298, 303
Pierce-Arrow
bicyles 203
company 301
motor cars 191
Pioneer Cycling Club of London 180
pioneers of cycling and motoring 10–36
Benz, Carl 5, 10–15, 10, 185, 271
Du Cros, William Harvey 22, 23–7, 24, 283
Duncan, Herbert Osbaldeston, on Pope and Duryea
meeting 289
Dunlop, John Boyd 23–7, 23, pl. x
Earle, Horatio S. 35–6, 35, 149, 158, 160, 236–7, 289
Edge, Selwyn Francis 20–3, 21, 137, 218, 229–30, 232,
298
broke speed limit 93–4
on early motor car shows 227
on J. W. Stocks 216–17
on Montague Napier 189
on pneumatic tyres 26
on Sir David Lionel Salomons 243
on Star motor cars 304
Jeffreys, William Rees 30–5, 30
cyclists as road reformers 4, 135
Emancipation Run 1896 229
first Road Board secretary 134
Roads Improvement Association (RIA) 123–4, 132,
133–4
Lawson, Harry (Henry John) 27–30, 27
British Motor Syndicate 278–9
businesses 22, 207, 211, 223, 293
Emancipation Run 1896 229, 230
International Motor Exhibition 227
Pope, Albert Augustus 16–19, 16, 17, pl. i
called for better roads in 1903 159
funded L.A.W. good roads campaign 18–19, 146, 151,
152–3, 154–5
funded lobbying for Liberty Bill 75–6
met Charles Duryea 289
petition for federal Roads Department 155–6, 156
production methods 195–6
on workforce 194
Starley, John Kemp 15–16, 15, 185, 303
Sturmey, Henry xii, 20, 20, 274, 284
on The Anchor inn, Ripley 141
Autocar articles 49, 207, 244, 307
Emancipation Run 1896 228–9
Times advertorial for automobiles 29
pitch 121
Pittsburg, Pennsylvannia 205, 277
planned obsolescence 194
Pneumatic Tyre and Booth’s Cycle Agency Ltd. 25
pneumatic tyres 21, 24–7, 199–200, 209, 266, 291
police speed traps 93
political influence of cyclists
British politics 65, 132–5, 180–2
Chicago, Illinois mayoral campaign, 1897 176–7
League of American Wheelmen (L.A.W.) 149–52, 183–4
Louisville, Kentucky mayoral campaign, 1897 177
McKinley presidential campaign, 1896 178–80
New York City, USA mayoral campaign, 1894 177–8
Pope Manufacturing Company
Columbia bicycles 16, 18, 191, 195–6, 197, 203–4, 204,
284
Columbia cars 16, 19, 191, 204, 284, 301
Pope-Hartford motor cars 188
Pope-Toledo motor cars 296
production methods 194, 195–6
shaft-drive bicycles 203
supported Niagra County Side Path League 167
Popular Recreator, The 138
Popular Science 264
Portland, Oregon 38, 168
Portsmouth Road (A3) 40, 136–9, 144
see also Ripley, Surrey
posters 27, 195, 283, 287, pl. iii, pl. x
potholes 112
prehistoric routes 40, 41
Premier Cycle Company 292
Princes Street, Edinburgh 120
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 198
product durability 194
prohibition of motor cars in USA towns 47–8
promotional cycle races 16
public health reform 101–3
Puch company 301
Puck Magazine 91, pl. vii, pl. xi
Punch 8, 76, 87, 89, pl. xvi
quadricycles
Daimler Velocipede 15
Elliott’s 201, 201
Ford Motor Company cars xi, 147, 198, 200, 203, 290
racing 186
Sociable 199
racing drivers 21–3
racing quadricycles 186
racism in cycling 5
railways 38–9, 82–3, 85–6, 85, 116
Raleigh Cycle Company 189, 230, 293, 305
Rambler
bicycles 302
company 301–2
motor cars 191, 200, 301, 301
Rambler, The 76–7, 209
Rapid Motor Vehicle Company 291
Rapid Transit Company 174
Rathclaren Rovers 210
Rational Dress for women cyclists 142
Reclaim the streets movement xv
Redditch, Worcestershire 275
Reduction Company of Pittsburgh 205
Referee 166, 206
327
index
Regent Street, London 113
Regina v Sprague case 142
Reine Bicyclette, La 226
Renault motor cars 216
Republican politics 178–80
Research Association for the Construction of Automobile
Roads (STUFA) 253
Review of Reviews 157, 182
Rex Motor Manufacturing, Coventry 274
Richmond, Virginia 193
rights of way on public roads 57–60, 62–76, 79–81
Riley company 302
Ripley, Surrey 136–44, pl. vii
the Anchor inn 137–8, 137, 140–2
attractions of the Portsmouth road 136–9
Marquess of Queensberry cycled there 181
racing on Fair Mile Common road 139
Regina v Sprague case 142
War of the Worlds, The 142–3
Road Board 30–1, 32, 134
Road Book of Ireland 210
road bullies 61
road centre lines 68, 223–4
road engineers 43–5
Road Fund 30, 31, 32, 134
road hogs 69–72, 71, 88
road improvement movements xii–xiii
Road Menders’ feeds 140
road names in Britain 40
road signs 225, 225
road surfaces
asphalt xx, 43–4, 112–13, 114–15, 120–3, 123–4
cork 116
iron 115
macadam xx, 43–4, 44–5
rubber 116
setts xix, 115, 116, 270
wooden block 113, 115, 116, 118–20
road tax 30
roads
Britain xiv, 58–62, 99–104, 104, 104–5, 105–6, 125–6, 132
China 78, 108
France 78
Germany 55, 58, 107
London
congestion 77–8
sizes 99–104, 105–6
surfaces 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, pl. viii, pl. ix
Netherlands 58
Roman roads 40–1, 41, 78, 99, 123, 129, 270
USA 106–7, 147–9
see also roads by name
roads authorities 30–1, 32–3, 134
Roads Improvement Association – Its Teaching Confirmed 131
Roads Improvement Association (RIA) 131–5
cyclists’ involvement 4, 33, 271
Jeffreys, William Rees 31, 32, 34, 123–4, 132, 133–4
Roads Improvement Bureau 153
Rochester, Monroe County, New York 167
Rochester Post Express 167
Rockwell company 292
Roger motor cars 226
Rolling English Road, The (poem) 40
Rolls-Royce company 302
Roman roads 40–1, 78, 99, 123, 129, 270
Romance of the Ripley Road, The 142
Rootes Group company 302–3
Roubaix, France xix
round-the world cycle ride 204, 204
Rouse-Duryea Cycle Company 288
Route 101, Los Angeles 38
Route 209, New Jersey 37
Rover
company 16, 303, pl. vi
motor cars 190
Safety bicycles xviii, 15–16, 185, 229, 303
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria 241
Royal Automobile Club (RAC) see Automobile Club of Great
Britain and Ireland (later Royal Automobile Club)
Royal Commissions on London traffic 34, 78
Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB) 5, 79, 207, 237–8, 252
Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, Wisley, Surrey 139
rubber road surfacing 116
Rudgate road, Yorkshire 99
Rudge Cycle Company, Coventry 21, 27, 275, 278
rules of the road 68
rural roads 3, 4, 7, 79, 149, 152–3, 188
Saddle and Cycle Club, Chicago 177
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 44
safety bicycles
Adler 274
Henry Lawson 27, 29, 229
Humber 209
Ivel Cycle Works 295
Rover xviii, 15–16, 185, 229, 303, 303
technology of 194, 198
Safety Cycling 240
sales of bicycles 250
Salon de l’Automobile du Cycle et des Sports 227
Salon du Cycle 227
Salt Lake City, Utah 107
Salvo tricycles 12–13
San Francisco, California 7, 38, 175–6
San Francisco Call 175
San Francisco Road Club 175
sanitation in London 113–14
Scientific American 117, 171, 186, 306
Scorcher, The (poem) 90
scorching (speeding)
cycles 5, 52, 87, 88–9, 137
motor cars 90–1, 93–4
Scotland 31, 54, 274
Scottish Cyclist 194
Scottish Manufacturing Company, Glasgow 275
Scribner’s Magazine 19
Segways 64
Self-Propelled Traffic Association 187, 212, 234, 241, 243
self-starter motors 279
Selly Oak, Birmingham 275
328
index
Seoul, South Korea 38
separation of road vehicles 34, 58, 77–8, 79, 106, 107, 257
setts xix, 107, 115, 116, 120, 270
sewing machines 193, 193, 289, 299
shaft-drives 202–3, 280, 306
Shops Act (1911) 250
Siddeley Autocar Company 303–4
Sidepaths 170
sidewalk xix
Simpson bicycles 218
Singer
bicycles 273
company 275, 280, 296
motor cars 304
size of cars 98
SKF, Sweden 196, 197
Snell Fittings Company 296
Sociable quadricycles 199
Sociable tricycles 12
social status of cycling 4–6, 9, 185–6, 187–9, 245–63
Société des Cycles Georges Richard company 305, pl. xiv
Society of Cyclists 103
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders motor car
shows 233
Solar Lamps 200
South Korea 38
Spa-Bastogne-Spa cycle race 213
Spain 270
Spectator, The 46, 51, 63–4, 78
speed limits 91, 92, 93, 94
speed of travel 82–97
coaches 42, 45, 58, 70–1, 83–5
cycles 85, 86–90
motor cars 89–97
railways 82–3, 85–6, 85
speed traps 93, 94
speeding fines 62–3, 87, 94, 95
speeding motor cars, fear of 51–3
Spider bicycles 293
Spohr & Krämer 274
Spokane, Washington State 168
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) 98
Sport Vélocipédique 12
Sporting Life, The 176
St. Nicholas Manufacturing Company 176
St. Paul Cycle Path Association, Minnesota 168
stage coaches see coach travel
standard tests for cycle parts 204
Stanley Cycle Club Shows 15, 26, 226–7
Stanley Steamer motor car 201
Star-Benz motor cars 304
Star company 304
Starley and Sutton of Meteor Works, Coventry 15, 303
Starley Bros. 273
Starley Premium Award 240
Starling bicycles 304
State Route 5 162
stationary engines, cars used as 47
Statue of Winchester 1285 104
steam cars 8–9, 174, 201, 218, 226, 285, 295, 300
Stearns bicycle factory team 215
steel tubing 194, 203, 204
Stevenage, Hertfordshire xix
Stock Exchange Gazette 279
Stockton High Street, Stockton-on-Tees 105, 105
Strand, London 101, 119, 270
street cleaning 113
Street Orderly Brigades 113
street reclaimation movements xv
streetcars 171, 174, 193
Sturmey-Archer gears xii, 20
suburbs 193–4
Success Cycle Company 240
suffragettes 5, 182, 183
Sunbeam
bicycles 305
company 305
motorcars 190
Sussex Giant Safety bicycles 278
Sustrans 39
Sweden xiv
Swedish softwood paving 118, 119
Swift bicycles 275
Swift Club Tourist bicycles 189
Sylph spring-suspension “comfort” bicycle 288
Talbot motor cars 230
Tale of Two Cities, A 61
tandem cycles 239
tandem tricycles 275, 293, 293
tanks 295
tar spreading trials 123–4
tarmac 43–4, 123–4
taxation of cyclists 167, 168, 170
taxi cabs 292
Taylor v Goodwin court case 58–9
Temple Austrian Company 222
Temple Press 210
Terre Haute, Indiana 179
testing of cycle parts 204
Theoretical and Practical Cycling 211
Thomas B. Jeffery Company 301, 302
Thomas Smith & Sons 223
Tiffany & Company, New York, bicycles 246
Time 196, 290
Times, The
automobile advertisement 28–9
ball bearings 197
horse manure on London roads 113
letter from Sir W. S. Gilbert 92
reckless driving 63
speed limits 93
wooden block road surfacing 118
tires see tyres
Titanic, The (ship) 182
Toledo, Ohio 295–6
Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon 38
TomTom satellite navigation system 54
Topeka, Kansas 76
Toronto, Ontario, Canada 38
329
index
Tour de France cycle race xiii–xiv, 283
Touring Club Royal de Belgique 243
track cycle races see cycle races
track-pacing motorcycles 300
tractors 295
Traffic in Towns 260
trams 7, 57, 114, 248
Treatise on the Law Relating to Highways 68
trial of motorist for manslaughter 91–2
tricycles as basis of motor cars 10–14, 27, 46
Triumph company 305
Trivia: or the art of walking in London (poem) 60–1
Trusty bicycles 303
tubing 203–5
Tunbridge Wells, Kent 21–2, 226
turnpike roads 39, 42–3, 45, 83–4, 126, 270
tyres xx, 21, 24–7, 199–200, 209, 266, 291
underground railways 114, 193, 248
UNIC company 305, 305
Union Carbide 215
urban roads see London roads; New York City, USA; Paris,
France, roads
US Census 1900 6
US Highway 12 37
USA roads 106–7, 147–9
see also roads by name
user fees for cycle paths 167, 168
Val de Travers Asphalte Company, Switzerland 121
Vanity Fair 6
Vélo, Le 283
Vélo Magazine 217
Velo (Velocipede), Benz motor cars 14, 15
Veloce Club e Club Automobilisti d’Italia 234
Velocipede – Its Past, Its Present & Its Future, The 181
Velocipede, Daimler motor cars 15
Vélocipède Illustré, Le 212, 226
velocipedes
bicycles xviii, 11, 12, 78–9, 292, 293
motor cars 14, 15
velodromes 198, 281, 283, 287
verbal abuse of cyclists xiv–xv, 262
vestry management of roads in London 119, 120
Veteran Car Club 238
Viaduct Bicycle Depot 223
Vickers 303
Victor bicycles 277, 300
Vie électrique, La 264
Vienna, Austria 74
Viktoria, Benz motor cars 14
Villiers Cycle Components Company 305
Vision Zero, Sweden xiv
Voiturette motor cars 275
Volkswagen motor cars 14
Volvo 196
vulnerable road users xiv, 38, 60, 63, 101
W. Edlin & Company, Belfast 25
Wadesmill, Hertfordshire 42
Waltham Bicycle Park track 300
Waltham Manufacturing Company 299–300
War of the Worlds, The 142–3
Washington D.C. 122, 148
Washington Post 56–7
Waterford, Ireland 240
watering of streets 113, pl. v
Watling Street (A5) 40, 43
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary xx
Weed Sewing Machine Company, Hartford 18
Weekly Times and Echo, The xvii
weight of bicycles 194
Western Avenue cycle path, Ealing, London 253, 258
Western Wheel Works 195
Wheaton’s Map of the British Isles for Bicycle Tourists 222
Wheel World 140, 141
Wheeling 27, 129–30, 208, 277
Wheeling (board game) 140
Wheelman and Motorcar Weekly 211–12
Wheelman, The 150
wheelmen, terminology xx
wheels 10, 12, 14, 42
see also tyres
Wheels of Chance, The 114, 142, 250
wheels (used as name for cycles) xviii
Wheelwoman and Society Cycling News, The 231
When the Sleeper Wakes 114
Whippet bicycles 281
White Flyer bicycles 234
Whitehall, London 101, 119
width of roads 98–111
American roads 106–7
British roads 99–104, 104–5, 105–6
bypasses 98–9, 110, 144
congestion 38, 77–8, 79, 108–11
German roads 55, 58, 107
Melbourne, Australia 106
Paris, France 105, 107–8
Willesden Cycle Company 240
Wind in the Willows, The 72
Winton Bicycle Company 306
Winton bicycles 203
Winton Motor Carriage Company 306–7
Wolseley motor cars 190
Wolverhampton Automobile Club 305
women
artist’s images of cyclists pl. i, pl. ii, pl. iii, pl. iv, pl. v, pl.
vi, pl. vii, pl. xi, pl. xiv, pl. xv
bicycles designed for 288, 295
cycling clubs 182
cyclists xx, xxi, 5, 30, 85, 166, 210, 218, 228, 246, 266
driving cars 306
and speed 87, 95
women’s rights 5, 142, 183
Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Dallas, Texas 38
wooden block road surfacing 108, 113, 115, 116, 118–20
Woodlanders, The 45
Woodward Avenue, Detroit 36, 37, 107
woonerven (liveable streets) 260
working class cyclists 134–5, 250–1, 261
330
index
World on Wheels, The 285–6
World Set Free, The 109
World’s Fair, Philadelphia, 1876 18
Worth Abbey, Sussex 246, pl. v
Worvan bicycles 275
Wright Cycle Company 205
Wright Flyer 205
Wyld’s New Bicycle Map of the Roads of England, Wales and
Scotland 222
Yale motor cars 296
Yellow Taxicab Company 292
Yorkshire roads xiv, 104, 132
You have been warned (cartoon) 58
Zephyr Bicycle Club of Maida Vale 140
Zig Zag Cycle Club 198, 215
331