Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway! Because the federal government ponied up some money in 1916 to make sure the roads were all in good condition. Or you can always head out on the parkway that New York built in 1919, and of course, you can always take your highway out to the first regional suburban shopping center too.
Transportation Epochs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borchert%27s_Epochs#:~:text=Borchert's%20epochs%20refer%20to%20five,of%20growth%20of%20American%20cities.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=geosciences_facpub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5gDWNE7rfs
1916 Federal Highway Act:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/96summer/p96su2.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Road_Act_of_1916
https://historylink.org/File/7243
1919 First Parkway in the U.S.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway
https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X004/history
http://npshistory.com/publications/colo/colo-pkwy-context.pdf
1922 First Auto-Oriented Shopping Center:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Club_Plaza
https://www.visitkc.com/2017/06/27/today-i-learned-history-behind-country-club-plaza
