The history of paved roads.

“The improvement of roads was first lobbied for – and paid for – by cycling organisations. … Now motorists tell us to get off their roads. Hmmm.”

A short history of paved roads by Carlton Reid, the author of the upcoming book, Asphalt: A Love Story: The hidden history of hardtop and how sealed roads paved the way for modern life as we know it.

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