David Byrne on NYC’s New Bike-Share Program
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.29.12 | 11:02 PM ET
iStockPhotoThe 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
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Austin Scott Brooks 05.31.12 | 10:01 AM ET
I think any avid bicyclist, whether or not they’re a celebrity, would be excited about the NYC bike share program. Even if you have your own bike, having a rental available for quick trips and not having to worry about locking it up somewhere or being able to travel one-way is convenient.
Anila at Loco2 06.06.12 | 7:47 AM ET
So excited to see this finally. France, although hardly seen as the most progressive country in Europe has largely pioneered municipal bike sharing systems with much success.
In London where I am from, the Barclays bicycle hire scheme has done phenomenally well in spite of some initial complaints.
France is now launching the Autolib scheme in Paris - electrical car sharing and I can’t wait to see the results of that too.
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