Free Byrne: Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been
| The Austin Public Library Friends Foundation presents: WHERE WE’RE GOING AND WHERE WE’VE BEEN BICYCLES, CITIES AND TRANSPORTATION IN AUSTIN A panel discussion with David ByrneSunday, September 27 Doors/Bar @ 6pm / Show @ 7pm The Paramount Theatre This event is free and open to the public with RSVP. |
| Join bicycle enthusiast David Byrne for a panel discussion addressing the intersection between bicycle advocacy, urban planning, civic responsibility, and the pleasure of seeing the world from the vantage point of a bicycle. Special guest panelists include:
Annick Beaudet, City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Project Manager David Byrne might be best known for his extraordinary music career, but he’s also an artist, an author, and an avid cycling advocate. Since the early 1980s, David has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking them with him when travelling around the world. While his choice was initially made out of convenience rather than political motivation, the more cities he saw from his bicycle, the more David became hooked on this mode of transport and the sense of liberation, exhilaration, and connection it provided. This point of view, from his bike seat, became his panoramic window on urban life, a magical way of opening one’s eyes to the inner workings and rhythms of a city’s geography and population. Austin Public Library |
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