Cycle Town USA: Unpacking Rochester’s Bike History

Evan Friss is a history professor at James Madison University. He’s the author of On Bicycles: A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City, and The Cycling City: Bicycles and Urban America in the 1890s. He was also the guest curator of “Cycling in the City,” an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. His research has been profiled in The New Yorker, Slate, National Geographic, The Economist, The New York Times, and other media outlets.

James Longhurst is a historian of urban and environmental policy at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, with a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. The author of the book Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road, he volunteers his time for a variety of active transportation policy projects. He was named “Advocate of the Year” by the Wisconsin Bicycle Federation in 2016 and is a member of the board of directors of the advocacy group 1000 Friends of Wisconsin.

Robert McCullough is Professor and Director of Historic Preservation, University of Vermont.  He lives in Montpelier, surrounded by challenging gravel roads, and is the author of several books exploring America’s cultural landscapes and built environments, including Old Wheelways: Traces of Bicycle History on the Land.  His current book project, Old Wheel Works: Places of Industrious Architecture, Engineering, and Invention, is nearing publication.