Showing posts with label cyclist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cyclist. Show all posts
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Friday, June 18, 2010
A US$ 12 million budget for cyclist and pedestrians
Last year, President Barrack Obama prepared in amount of US$1,2 million as a budget for bicycle and pedestrians facility project. This project is created as an alternative way for US citizens to use bicycle or walk for daily activity than drive their own cars.
According to Federal Highways agency, budget for bicycle and pedestrians facility project increase from US$600 million in 2008. While 20 years ago the federal government only prepare US$6 million as a budget for that project.
Last year, there is certainly an improvement budget for this project. However, the estimate budget was increased through out of expected presumption at the beginning because the government got additional US$400 million budget from a funding that included on an economic recovery program.
Focuses about bicycle and pedestrians project reflect a transition from Bush regime. Bush's US Ministry of transport Mary Peters, refused bicycle and pedestrians project as a facility considered "its not a transportation" besides there's no policy about it in federal transportation.
In March, Obama's US Ministry of transport Ray LaHood announced a big change in transport policies. A bicycle and pedestrians project facility is same as important and equal to others transportation project. The new policy is a form of practice as an alternative way to solve transportation problem in United States.
According to annual report in US, there is an increasing number of cyclist and pedestrians. Mount of pedestrians rise dramatically from 18 million in 1990 to 42,5 million in 2009. While mount of cyclist rise from 1,7 million to 4 million in the same period of time.
"With easier access for cyclist and pedestrians, we provide more options for US citizens and creating an active and living community" said LaHood.
source Tempointeraktif.com (available only in Bahasa Indonesia)
According to Federal Highways agency, budget for bicycle and pedestrians facility project increase from US$600 million in 2008. While 20 years ago the federal government only prepare US$6 million as a budget for that project.
Last year, there is certainly an improvement budget for this project. However, the estimate budget was increased through out of expected presumption at the beginning because the government got additional US$400 million budget from a funding that included on an economic recovery program.
Focuses about bicycle and pedestrians project reflect a transition from Bush regime. Bush's US Ministry of transport Mary Peters, refused bicycle and pedestrians project as a facility considered "its not a transportation" besides there's no policy about it in federal transportation.
In March, Obama's US Ministry of transport Ray LaHood announced a big change in transport policies. A bicycle and pedestrians project facility is same as important and equal to others transportation project. The new policy is a form of practice as an alternative way to solve transportation problem in United States.
According to annual report in US, there is an increasing number of cyclist and pedestrians. Mount of pedestrians rise dramatically from 18 million in 1990 to 42,5 million in 2009. While mount of cyclist rise from 1,7 million to 4 million in the same period of time.
"With easier access for cyclist and pedestrians, we provide more options for US citizens and creating an active and living community" said LaHood.
source Tempointeraktif.com (available only in Bahasa Indonesia)
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Cyclists receive gold medals after 60 years late
LONDON (AFP) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has presented an Olympic gold medal to a Belgian cyclist - 62 years after he won it, The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Eugene Van Roosbroeck, 82, and his two team-mates - 81-year-old Lode Wouters and the late Leon De Lathouwer - were blissfully unaware they had won the team cycle race at the 1948 Olympics in London.
The trio simply got on the bus after the 194 kilometres ride while the judges sorted out who had won the medals.
"It was complete chaos after the race - there was no ceremony or stage to collect the medals," Van Roosbroeck recounted.
"Lode Wouters finished third, Leon De Lathouwer was fourth and I was ninth.
"With these results we were first in the team standings but that was a result that they drew up only after many calculations.
"After the event we jumped on the double decker bus back to the barracks that served as the Olympic Village.
"A day later I was back in Belgium."
Van Roosbroeck said that the trio weren't even aware that medals were awarded for the event, which was officially started by the then Princess Elizabeth, now Elizabeth II.
"It was only afterwards that we heard we were the best team. None of us thought that there was a medal awarded for the team event.
"The honour was enough for us."
While Van Roosbroeck, who pursued his claim for him and his team-mates to be awarded the gold medal after reading about a sailor from the 1960 Olympics who received replica medals after his originals were lost in a fire, has received his medal, Wouters will be awarded his later as he was too sick to attend the ceremony.
Van Roosbreck, who along with his team-mates had to even hand back their Belgian team sweaters after the Games were over in an era when the Olympics were strictly amateur, was just relieved to have the medal in his hands at last.
"Better late than never," he said.
via Yahoo! News
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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