Editing David Byrne (section)

===Cycling===
Byrne is known for his [[Cycling advocacy|activism in support of increased cycling]] and for having used a bike as his main means of transport throughout his life, especially [[Cycling in New York City|cycling around New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidbyrne.com/archive/art/books/bicycle_diaries/|title=Bicycle Diaries|work=davidbyrne.com|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> In [[Los Angeles]], Byrne drives a [[Citroën DS]], but in New York, he does not drive a car.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/david-byrne-and-barry-white-what-cars-they-drove/|title=David Byrne & Barry White: What Cars They Drove|first=Tom|last=Schnabel|author-link=Tom Schnabel|date=5 November 2011|work=KCRW Rhythm Planet|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809153034/http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/david-byrne-and-barry-white-what-cars-they-drove/|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/01/ted.david.byrne/|title=David Byrne: Song lyrics are overrated|last=Sutter|first=John D.|date=1 April 2010|publisher=CNN|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>
[[File:David Byrne Rocket bike rack at Stanford Museum of Art.jpg|alt=A red bike rack in the abstract shape of devil horns|thumb|A bike rack designed by Byrne outside the [[Cantor Arts Center]] at [[Stanford University]]]]
He says that he began cycling while he was in high school and returned to it as an adult in the late 1970s. He likes the freedom and exhilaration cycling gives him. He has written widely on cycling, including a 2009 book, ''[[Bicycle Diaries]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bikeportland.org/2009/07/23/rockerbike-activist-david-byrne-announces-portland-event-21399|title=Rocker/bike activist David Byrne announces Portland event|last=Jonathan Maus|date=23 July 2009|work=BikePortland.org|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> In August 2009, Byrne auctioned his [[Montague Bikes|Montague folding bike]] to raise money for the [[London Cycling Campaign]].

In 2008, Byrne designed a series of [[bicycle parking rack]]s in the form of image outlines corresponding to the areas in which they were located, such as a dollar sign for [[Wall Street]] and an electric guitar in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]], Brooklyn. Byrne worked with a manufacturer who constructed the racks in exchange for the right to sell them later as art. The racks remained on the streets for about a year.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/arts/design/09bike.html |first=Ariel |last=Kaminer |title=David Byrne, Cultural Omnivore, Raises Cycling Rack to an Art Form |work=The New York Times |date=8 August 2008}}</ref>

Two bike racks constructed from the Byrne Bike Rack Alphabet, a system of modular letter segments that can be combined to form various words, remain installed at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>{{cite web |title=David Byrne Bike Racks |url=https://www.bam.org/visit/david-byrne-bike-racks |website=bam.org |publisher=Brooklyn Academy of Music |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

He came to the 2023 [[Met Gala]] on a Budnitz [[single speed bike]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=David Byrne Rode His Bike to the Met Gala, Of Course |url=https://www.bicycling.com/news/a43769384/david-byrne-met-gala/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Bicycling |language=en-US}}</ref>