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For example, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) will learn that his district is home to 51 stores that sell bikes and that those stores grossed more than $20 million in 2009. Bikes, he’ll be told, are sold by small-business owners, and those sales create jobs.
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They are armed with statistics that show that 1.5 percent of federal transportation dollars are spent to support biking and walking while 12 percent of all trips are on two feet or two wheels.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030905908.html?wprss=rss_metrooldId.20110311160418678
Biking in Baltimore