The M1 Motorway opened 60 years ago and in this timely history of
the Motorway Age, David Starkie provides a fascinating history of
how and why post war Britain was transformed by new roads, bridges
and tunnels. From Prime Minister Clement Attlee to Margret Thatcher
the policy agenda is unfolded, showing that alongside atomic power
and Concorde, the new technology of motorways captured the
imagination of the nation before collapsing into controversy. But
why were elaborate road schemes first considered necessary; why an
early concentration on building roads between cities; how did
cities cope in the meantime with a rising tide of traffic; how did
they continue to cope once road plans were abandoned; how did
policies translate into decisions to build particular roads and
when to build them, and did political considerations dominate? This
generously illustrated book focuses on these and similar issues,
picking out the most important events and personalities involved
and provides a valuable insight into 'how' and 'why' road policies
changed during the forty years following the Second World War.
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