[sustran] Re: [World Streets] "Pedaling Revolution" - Book review from today's Internationa...

Morten Lange morten7an at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 3 03:40:15 JST 2009


Thanks, dear Editor   ;-) 

For some this link might work better : 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/books/review/Byrne-t.html

Thought I'd add this about the reviewer :

David Byrne’s most recent album is “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.” His book “Bicycle Diaries” will be published in the fall.


Best Regards,
Morten 

--- On Tue, 2/6/09, The Editor <editor at worldstreets.org> wrote:

> From: The Editor <editor at worldstreets.org>
> Subject: [sustran] [World Streets] "Pedaling Revolution" - Book review from today's Internationa...
> To: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org
> Date: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009, 6:21 PM
> [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/books/review/Byrne-t.html?scp=4&sq=david%20byrne&st=cse]
> 
> 
> Today's International Herald Tribune carries a book
> review of "Pedaling Revolution; How Cyclists are
> Changing American Cities, by Jeff Mapes.  I firmly doubt
> that any of our regular readers are going to learn a great
> deal from the book as described here. But it is perhaps
> useful for us to get some understanding of what is going on
> in the States -- in people's minds as well on the city
> streets -- as the process that interests us here begins to
> kick in. 
> 
> For a first paragraph of the review and
> the link to the full text, read on:
> 
> 
> Full disclosure: I’ve ridden a bike
> around New York as my principal means of transport for 30
> years, so I’m inclined to sympathize with the idea that a
> cycling revolution is upon us, and that it’s a good thing.
> Like Jeff Mapes, the author of “Pedaling Revolution: How
> Cyclists Are Changing American Cities,” I’ve watched the
> streets fill over the years with more and varied bike
> riders. It’s no longer just me, some food delivery guys
> and a posse of reckless messengers. Far from it.
> 
> * For remainder of article, click here.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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