Fredrik Gertten, director of Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, returns to Full Frame with another David and Goliath story. Bikes vs Cars depicts the fight over pavement on several continents, as scrappy bikers jostle for space in cities that have catered to private cars at the expense of other forms of transit. In São Paulo, where an explosive rise in car ownership has pushed average daily commute times to nearly three hours, activist blogger Aline Cavalcante presses the city council for bike lanes. In Los Angeles, writer and “urban explorer” Dan Koeppel seeks traces of a boardwalk bicycle freeway from the 1900s, when L.A. boasted the world’s best public transit system. Bolstered by historical footage and surprising facts (e.g., the planet’s complement of cars is projected to rise from one billion in 2012 to two billion in 2020), the film includes lighter moments, as when a taxi driver in Copenhagen offers a contrarian view of a city overrun by anarchic cyclists.  MM