A Brief History
Abstract
The history of roads is much longer than the history of motor vehicles. In the first chapter of this book, the histories of road construction and vehicle-road interaction are reviewed briefly. A detailed history of heavy goods vehicles is not presented: this can be found elsewhere (see, for example, [21, 62, 254, 289, 320, 507] 1 ). An excellent book on the history of roads and vehicles is ‘Ways of the World’ by Max Lay [298].
Fields of Study & Subjects
Transportation Systems and Logistics
Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
Civil and Structural Engineering Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 3–11
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter