Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around: A Special Urban Sustainability Forum

Posted by on January 04, 2010

Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around: A Special Urban Sustainability Forum with David Byrne

When: Thursday, February 4th
Registration: 6:00-6:30 p.m.
Program: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy

David Byrne has been writing and performing music and directing video and film for more than 30 years.  He was the lead guitar player and singer for the Talking Heads. What might not be as well known is Byrne’s passion for biking, and advocacy for bicycles in cities around the world. His new book, Bicycle Diaries is an account of his urban bicycle odyssey through the streets of Istanbul, Buenos Aires, London, Berlin, Paris, Belgrade, Sydney, Manila, New York, and San Francisco.

To learn more about Bicycle Diaries and David Byrne, go to: http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/books/index.php

David Byrne will be joined on stage by a local civic leader, a bicycle advocate, and an urban theorist.  Together they will address the intersection between bicycle advocacy, urban planning, civic responsibility, and the pleasure derived from seeing the world from the vantage point of being on a bicycle.
Register! http://davidbyrneusf.eventbrite.com/