Congressan James L. Oberstar Honored For Bike Legislation

The National Center for Safe Routes to School has announced it will establish an annual award in the name of Congressman James L. Oberstar. An avid bicyclist, Congressman Oberstar is recognized as the leading bike advocate in Congress. As the senior Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Congressman Oberstar has led the way in promoting legislation that is bicycle-friendly. During his 32 years in Congress, he has shaped the nation's surface transportation policies to encourage bicycling as an important alternative to travel by car or other motorized conveyance. He championed the Safe Routes to School program and built bipartisan support to secure its inclusion in the final version of a massive highway and transit bill last year. SAFETEA-LU, which was signed into law in 2005, included $612 million for grants over five years for communities in all 50 states to build bike lanes, sidewalks, and trails that will make it safer and easier for children to bike and walk to school.

http://www.businessnorth.com/pr.asp?RID=2028

SF Cyclists Stalled In Bike/Road Improvements

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has been working on a very ambitious plan to widen lanes, add signage and install more bike racks through out the city of SF. Unfortunately, a private citizen filed an injunction to stall the the implimentation of the Coalition's project.

Read the full story here:
http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2006/11/08/n/HeadlineNews/BICYCLE-INJUNCTION/resources_bcn_html

ICF Drops Doping Case Agains Basso!

Italian Cycling Federation drops doping case against Ivan Basso. On October 28, 2006, the Canadian Press Published: The Italian cycling federation dropped doping allegations against Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso on Friday. The organization upheld the Italian Olympic Committee's recommendation that the case against Basso be dismissed, the federation said in a statement. Basso was excluded from this year's Tour de France after being linked to a Spanish doping investigation. "It's the right outcome," Basso's lawyer, Massimo Martelli, told The Associated Press. "More than being happy, we feel it was deserved."

So what's next for Basso - he will be going to the DISCOVERY TEAM

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