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A Bridge Not Too Far
by Peter Ferry | 03.01.14 | 1:25 PM ET
Photo: Peter Ferry On a sunny summer day, novelist Peter Ferry bikes to a Dutch bridge where hundreds of soldiers perished
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Yahoo! BuzzDavid Byrne on NYC’s New Bike-Share Program
by Jim Benning | 05.29.12 | 11:02 PM ET
iStockPhoto The former Talking Heads frontman and cycling enthusiast is pretty excited about New York City’s new bike-share program, which launches this summer and will lead to more than 10,000 additional bicycles on city streets.
People who live and work in New York will be able to travel quickly and cheaply between many neighborhoods. This is major. It will make New Yorkers rethink their city and rewrite the mental maps we use to decide what is convenient, what is possible. Parks, restaurants and friends who once seemed beyond plausible commuting distance on public transportation will seem a lot closer. The possibilities aren’t limitless, but the change will be pretty impressive.
How serious is Byrne about cycling and cities these days? He mentions that he just got back from a Latin American tour—“not a music tour, but a series of discussions about bikes and transport.”
If you haven’t read it, his unconventional travel memoir, Bicycle Diaries, is well worth a read.
David Byrne’s ‘Bicycle Diaries’ Audio Book to Feature Music, Sounds
by Jim Benning | 09.09.10 | 1:34 PM ET
The “Bicycle Diaries” audio book comes out Sept. 28. I’m intrigued. From DavidByrne.com:
The audiobook version of Bicycle Diaries is available as individual chapters in a podcast-style download exclusively via this site. In addition to music and narration by DB, it also features location sounds, creating an atmosphere more akin to a radio show than a simple reading of the book.
We published Cycle Killer, an excerpt from the book, last year.
Photo You Must See: Ice Bike in Berlin
by World Hum | 01.28.10 | 11:47 AM ET
REUTERS/Christian Charisius An ice-coated bicycle leans against a wall in central Berlin.
Video You Must See: Biking Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
by Eva Holland | 10.07.09 | 5:06 PM ET
Bolivia’s notorious Death Road from La Paz to Coroico has become popular with mountain bikers and other adventurous travelers since being named “the world’s most dangerous road” by the Inter American Development Bank back in the mid-90s. Here’s a taste.
0:24—First good look at the drop-off
0:54—Sneaking past a truck
1:20—Biking through waterfalls
Video We Love: David Byrne Cycles Times Square
by Eva Holland | 09.21.09 | 12:41 PM ET
0:19—“Lady, if I was a truck you wouldn’t be doing that.”
1:31—“Times Square, crossroads of the world.”
2:27—“Sometimes when I tell people I ride around New York they think I’m crazy. That may be.”
3:52—“If this were a bike lane, there would be a truck from New Jersey in it.”
Cycle Killer
by David Byrne | 09.21.09 | 10:27 AM ET
iStockPhoto In his new book, "Bicycle Diaries," David Byrne reflects on his travels on two wheels. Herewith, an excerpt.
For the Love of the European ‘City Bike’
by Eva Holland | 08.25.09 | 1:48 PM ET
Can’t get enough of the Dutch-style two-wheelers? You’re not alone. Slate’s Seth Stevenson confesses his love for the “primly rectilinear” bicycles he first encountered around Amsterdam, and reviews a few different models that are available from specialty shops here in North America.
Pedaling Through New York’s Neighborhoods
by Eva Holland | 07.15.09 | 9:47 AM ET
Good news for travelers on two wheels: New York City’s planning department has launched a series of cycling guides to lesser-visited areas of the five boroughs. The Times’ J. David Goodman took the first installment, “Queens Around the World,” for a test drive, and apart from a few logistical hitches he gives it a positive review. He wrote of his trip through Flushing, Corona and Jackson Heights: “Cruising this route by bike reveals how each community bleeds into the next, and does so at a speed that is quick enough to show the juxtapositions, but not so fast that each is lost in a blur.”
A guide to the Bronx is due out next.
What We Loved This Week: Twitter, Portland’s Cheap Eats, ‘Before Sunrise’ and More
by World Hum | 03.13.09 | 2:18 PM ET
Our contributors share a favorite travel-related experience from the past seven days:
Valerie Conners
Trip-planning via Twitter and the fabulous tweeps following @worldhum. I’m heading to Buenos Aires in April and have been posting questions out to our twitterverse of followers, looking for tips on sights, food, estancia tours and more—the response has been so warm and incredibly helpful. What an amazing resource. Some great ideas have crossed my path and are making their way into my itinerary.
Eva Holland
I watched one of my favorite travel movies, “Before Sunrise,” again for the first time in a couple of years and was thrilled to find that none of the crazy, spontaneous magic of Jesse and Celine’s one night in Vienna had worn off. Here’s a classic sequence:
Morning Links: The Zion Curtain, Pynchon and Baedeker, and more
by Michael Yessis | 03.12.09 | 10:00 AM ET
- Utah may tear down the “Zion Curtain” and make it easier to get into bars. Will that boost the state’s tourism?
- See Europe ... in New York City.
- Kurt Andersen in Nicaragua: “[T]he country has become one of those Places on the Verge, discovered by cognoscenti but not yet overrun.”
- Yes, Los Angeles has a bike culture. Matthew Segal immerses himself.
- MetaFilter celebrates Baedeker travel guides—“the de facto travel guide for international men of leisure”—and how they served as a research tool for Thomas Pynchon.
- Man sues US Airways for $1 million after it allegedly lost his Xbox and gave him “an unconscionable runaround.”
- Man jumps into Niagara Falls and survives, only the third person ever to do so.
- Welcome, Big World Magazine.
- Finally, another U.S. Senator, another embarrassing airport incident. If only someone had caught Sen. David Vitter’s alleged outburst on video like Cathay Pacific caught the Airport Auntie.
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Cycling India’s Wildest Highway: Deliverance
by Jeffrey Tayler | 02.27.09 | 10:12 AM ET
In which Jeffrey Tayler pedals more than 1,000 miles along the Grand Trunk Road. Part five of five: journey's end.
Cycling India’s Wildest Highway: The Ganges
by Jeffrey Tayler | 02.26.09 | 11:03 AM ET
REUTERS/Arko Datta In which Jeffrey Tayler pedals more than 1,000 miles along the Grand Trunk Road. Part four of five: "Thou shouldst not mourn."
Video: Jeffrey Tayler: ‘I Was Getting in Over My Head’
by World Hum | 02.25.09 | 10:34 AM ET
Jeffrey Tayler pedaled more than 1,000 miles down the Grand Trunk Road in India, a journey he chronicled for World Hum.
Cycling India’s Wildest Highway: Paradise is Stinky
by Jeffrey Tayler | 02.25.09 | 10:20 AM ET
REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw In which Jeffrey Tayler pedals more than 1,000 miles along the Grand Trunk Road. Part three of five: To the Taj Mahal.
Cycling India’s Wildest Highway: ‘Arise, Son of Kunti’
by Jeffrey Tayler | 02.24.09 | 9:56 AM ET
iStockPhoto In which Jeffrey Tayler pedals more than 1,000 miles along the Grand Trunk Road. Part two of five: The road to Delhi.
Bicyclists in India
by World Hum | 02.24.09 | 9:42 AM ET
REUTERS/Munish Sharma A photo slideshow of cycling in India, from Kolkatta and Delhi to Ladakh.
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Video: Jeffrey Tayler on Cycling Across India
by World Hum | 02.23.09 | 10:42 AM ET
Jeffrey Tayler pedaled more than 1,000 miles down the Grand Trunk Road in India, a journey he chronicled for World Hum.
Cycling India’s Wildest Highway: Into the Hurly-Burly
by Jeffrey Tayler | 02.23.09 | 10:42 AM ET
REUTERS/Desmond Boylan In which Jeffrey Tayler pedals more than 1,000 miles along the Grand Trunk Road. Part one of five: setting out.
How to Ride a Bike in Holland
by Terry Ward | 10.12.05 | 9:43 PM ET
Photos by Terry Ward The country was made for pedaling, but before you hit the road, you'll need a few tips. Terry Ward explains how to roll like a Dutchman.
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