Book Review: 'Pedaling Revolution'. By David Byrne, NYTimes, May 31, 2009. "Jeff Mapes, the author of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities... details how cities from Amsterdam to Paris to New York to Davis, Calif., have developed policies encouraging cycling in recent decades, and how other towns are just beginning to make way for bikes. He lays out in an easily digestible way a fair amount of material on trip patterns, traffic safety and air pollution. He quotes the relevant studies and shows how those studies have been either heeded or ignored. All this information is great ammunition for those of us who would like to see American cities become more bike-friendly but may be a tough sell for the people on the fence -- the ones who've taken the occasional Sunday ride along a riverfront greenway or in a park, or have a vague feeling that they might possibly bike to work somehow someday." David Byrne's most recent album is Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. His book "Bicycle Diaries" will be published in the fall.
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