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“After a very successful world cup campaign the Giant Factory Off-Road team hit their last stop of the season — the World Championships in Champery, Switzerland. The steep, rooty, rough and demanding track favored the loose riding style of Giant’s young Danny Hart. The week started out dry and sunny, but as the race drew closer the skies opened up and made for epic race conditions. Some fared better than others, and Danny Hart and the Factory Off-Road team came out victorious. 2011 UCI DH World Champion — Congratulations Danny!”
This year, around $700 million of Federal transportation funds, which in reality is less than 2 percent of total transportation dollars, will be spent on bicycling and walking. In 2012 that figure might be a big fat zero.
In the next few days, Senator Coburn (R-OK) will ask Congress to eliminate the federal Transportation Enhancements program – the primary funding source for the past 20 years for … More