Recent Streetsblog USA posts about David Byrne

Cities for Cycling Launches With Blumenauer, Sadik-Khan, Byrne

By Elana Schor | Dec 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Addressing a packed house in Washington last night, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus, posed a Zen-like ‘universalist cyclist question’. (Photo: Cities for Cycling) "How many people, right now," he asked, "are stuck in traffic on their way to ride a stationary bike in a health club?" The quip got a […]

1,200 Pack Town Hall for “How New Yorkers Ride Bikes”

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 8, 2007 | 5 Comments

Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was at Town Hall on Saturday night for the New Yorker Festival’s "How New Yorkers Ride Bikes," hosted by former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. Clarence wasn’t allowed to film the event so he published a nice write-up on StreetFilms. Some excerpts: Mr. Byrne, dressed in black and sporting his cool taxi-yellow […]

David Byrne on Bicycling in NYC

By Jason Varone | Jun 28, 2007 | 8 Comments

Transportation Alternatives’ Noah Budnick and David Byrne prior to the Manhattan Borough President’s "Manhattan on the Move" conference, October 2006. Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne writes about his 30 years of cycling in New York City on his website. Byrne is an avid bicyclist, and an alternative transportation advocate: I have been riding a […]