Urban Revolutionaries: 11 Crowds and traffic

Urban Revolutionaries: 11 Crowds and traffic

As more people were drawn from the surrounding countryside to populate growing towns and cities, the density of people within them rose. Accommodation became crowded, the streets were often full of people, and vehicle traffic threatened the safety of pedestrians. The people that cities thrived on for their labour force were also its greatest threat. Outbreaks of infectious disease were common: in London, over fourteen thousand died from cholera …