Taking the long route to the coffee shop

Everyday cycling, everyday! — motto of Bicycle Queensland

Talking Heads talking cities

Really interesting stuff about cycling and what makes a city livable. I’m buying David Byrne’s book when it comes out.

As someone who has used a bicycle to get around New York for about 30 years I’ve watched the city—mainly Manhattan, where I live—change for better and for worse. During this time I started to take a full-size folding bike with me when I traveled so I got to experience other cities as a cyclist as well. Seeing cities from on top of a bike is both pleasurable and instructive. On a bike one sees a lot more than from a freeway, and often it’s just as fast as car traffic in many towns.

via David Byrne’s Perfect City – WSJ.com.

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