Street Smarts: From Footpath to Freeway--A Miscellany
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Travel through the endless lore of roads, turnpikes, highways, and whatever byways humans have put on Earth in these short, funny, and interconnected essays.
Deborah Warren is a sure and entertaining guide to nearly every road-related topic out there--from odonymy (the study of street names) to map-making techniques to the history of the world's most celebrated lanes.
Did you know...
The word "travel" derives from Latin tripaliare: "to trouble" (literally "impale with three stakes; torture").The length of the parasang, used in Arabia and Persia, was a day's walk: hence its distance was a function of climate and terrain--i.e, longer under smooth conditions.Realtor.com reports that streets with female names are higher-value than ones with male names.Street names in the US include Bucket of Blood Street (Holbrook, AZ), Divorce Court (Heather Highlands, PA), Haviture Way (Eugene, OR), Weiner Cutoff Road (Mallard Landing, AR), and Justin Bieber Way (Forney, TX).Japan does not name its actual streets. You typically get directions and addresses from landmarks or traffic signals, which do have names.In California it is illegal for a woman to drive wearing a bathrobe. San Francisco forbids polishing your car with your underwear.Skippers Canyon Road in New Zealand is considered so dangerous that your rental car insurance won't be honored if you drive on it.Read Street Smarts, and laugh as you turn the pagesFormat:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1589882113
ISBN13:9781589882119
Release Date:March 2026
Publisher:Paul Dry Books
Length:220 Pages
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