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“After decades of urban cycling, he’s come to believe that cities are best seen and understood from a cyclist’s-eye view, which hits a perspectival sweet spot, “faster than a walk, slower than a train, and often slightly higher than a person.” The results can almost mystical, he says in his new book, Bicycle Diaries.” Jebediah Reed writes about David Byrne’s dangerous infatuation with urban cycling on Infrastructurist.com.

Emmy-winning filmmaker Ken Burns’s new work “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” will begin showing on PBS September 27. It’s a six-episode series directed by Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan.

You can watch Backpacker magazine’s new 4-minute video interview with Burns here.

In The New York Times, Steve Regenold describes how, as telecommuting becomes the norm rather than the exception, places like Crested Butte, Colorado have attracted those ready for immediate escape. “Working from a vacation home — be it a beachside condo or a mansion in the mountains — has become increasingly common as broadband Internet, expanding cellphone coverage, and overnight courier delivery service have added flexibility to many corporate careers.”