Be inspired with your own “Visions of the Future” with these recommended reading picks from panelist Phil Patton at the upcoming Flair symposium.

“Magic Motorways” (Random House, 1940) by Norman Bel Geddes.

“The Power Broker: Robert Moses & the Fall of New York” (Knopf, 1975) by Robert Caro.

“The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today” (Knopf, 2010) by Ted Conover.

“Space, Time, & Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition” (Harvard University Press, 1941) by Sigfried Giedion.

“Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory” (HarperCollins, 2010) by Peter Hessler.

“Saving Historic Roads: Design and Policy Guidelines” (John Wiley and Sons, 1997) by Paul Daniel Marriott.

“Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century” (MIT Press, 2010) by William J. Mitchell, Christopher E. Borroni-Bird and Lawrence D. Burns.

“Speed Limits” (Skira, 2009) by Jeffrey T. Schnapp.

“Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)” (Knopf, 2009) by Tom Vanderbilt.