city traffic

"As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan ... transformed the streets of one of the worlds greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers... Breaking the street into its component parts, 'Streetfight' demonstrates, with step-by-step visuals, how to rewrite the underlying source code of a street, with pointers on how to add protected bike paths, improve crosswalk space, and provide visual cues to reduce speeding..."--Provided by publisher.

"After a canine family leaves the hot hazy city for a picnic by the shore, they run into a traffic jam crammed with vehicles ranging from one pickup to ten troopers cruisers, consequently creating an unexpected opportunity--for a picnic"--Provided by publisher.

A fire engine gets stuck in a traffic jam on the way to a fire.

Simple text and illustrations present tips for staying safe near roads, covering what to remember when crossing a road and other topics.

The movement of different kinds of vehicles is controlled by traffic lights.

People in the various vehicles stuck in a long line of traffic wonder what is holding them up.

Text and accompanying photographs present the history of the various types of public transportation used in cities including horsecars, streetcars, trolleys, interurbans, cable cars, subways, light rails, and monorails.

Taxis, trucks, horses, buses and more all hurry along a busy, noisy city street.

Describes the hustle and bustle as people rush to work in the morning and home again at night, taking trolleys, subways, bikes, ferries, vans, and more.