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	<title>The Capricious Commuter &#187; Buses</title>
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	<description>Getting around the Bay Area with Denis Cuff and the Queen of the Road</description>
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		<title>Franklin of BART board to run for Oakland city council</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2012/01/09/franklin-of-bart-board-to-run-for-oakland-city-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BART Director Bob Franklin announced he&#8217;s running for Oakland City Council in November - a decision forcing him not to defend his BART seat in the same fall election.     Frankin said two terms on the BART board has prepared him for city office.  BART in the past two years has been on the hot seat over police shootings and the cutoff of cell phone service to thwart one of many protests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No fare hike for BART, but AC Transit eyes increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BART won&#8217;t need a train fare increase this year, but AC Transit will hold a public hearing 4 p.m. April 27 on a plan to raise its basic bus are from $2 to $2.10, and boost the youth pass from $15 to $20 per month. That was the upshot of news from the two transit agencies in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AC Transit Board to shop for new buses and new general manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AC Transit Board tonight will consider adopting procurement criteria for 143 new buses it plans to buy, beginning the process to  recruit general manager candidates, and taking measures to improve on-time performance of buses on the busy 1R route. The meeting starts at 5 p.m. at AC Transit headquarters, 1600 Franklin St. Oakland.  To view the agenda and staff reports online, click here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I-680 freeway fix in San Ramon Valley: little now, more later</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/04/i-680-freeway-fix-in-san-ramon-valley-little-now-more-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/04/i-680-freeway-fix-in-san-ramon-valley-little-now-more-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caltrans will close two of the four lanes on southbound Interstate 680 in Alamo for three or four hours today &#8211; starting at 10 a.m - to repair a hole in the pavement. A major rehabilitation of the entire freeway in the San Ramon Valley is being planned for summer of 2010. This is one beat up freeway. I drive it regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death on the highways: Texting, twittering and calling</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/09/26/death-on-the-highways-texting-twittering-and-calling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/09/26/death-on-the-highways-texting-twittering-and-calling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evidence keeps piling up  &#8211; along with dead and mangled bodies &#8211; that use of electronic communications devices while driving is taking a heavy toll. But it&#8217;s not like Americans are going to go back to the days of pulling off the road to make calls from a phone booth. So what are the best actions for drivers and lawmakers to take to minimize the carnage from use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying to save time on toll lanes</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/04/29/paying-to-save-time-on-toll-lanes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you pay to save time driving the freeways? Would paying a toll to use an express lane seem less painful if you knew it was helping ease freeway traffic congestion for the masses?. Bay Area residents are getting closer to finding out. A plan to create an 800-mile network of express lanes open to carpools for free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AC Transit is latest expected to boost fares</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/11/ac-transit-is-latest-expected-to-boost-fares/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/11/ac-transit-is-latest-expected-to-boost-fares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AC Transit board tonight is expected to raise fares in the latest of a series of public transit fare increases sweeping across the Bay Area and California. For anyone who wants to attend, the meeting is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. at AC&#8217;s headquarters at 1600 Franklin St, Oakland. The basic fare is proposed to rise from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Possum not playing; it leaves BART line dead in its track</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/03/possum-not-playing-it-leaves-bart-line-dead-in-its-track/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/03/possum-not-playing-it-leaves-bart-line-dead-in-its-track/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Service on one of BART&#8217;s busiest train lines was disrupted for an hour in Contra Costa County this morning by a possum. The marsupial paid with its life when it wandered into a track switching mechanism near Concord, burning out the switching motor and halting train service between Concord and Pleasant Hill until repairs were made. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been here four and a half years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama provides recipe for pothole relief</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/02/20/obama-provides-recipe-for-pothole-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/02/20/obama-provides-recipe-for-pothole-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people who live on bumpy Charles Hill Road in Orinda have something to cheer about because of President Barack Obama&#8217;s economic stimulus package. Orinda - which ranks lowest among Bay Area cities for local road conditions - plans to spend some of its job stimulus money to fix the narrow, winding road where drivers regularly steer around potholes and big cracks. The condition of Charles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BART hopes to ride stimulus bill to the Oakland Airport</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/02/13/bart-hopes-to-ride-stimulus-bill-to-the-oakland-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/02/13/bart-hopes-to-ride-stimulus-bill-to-the-oakland-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BART&#8217;s plan for a rail link to the Oakland International Airport may get back on track with money from the federal job stimulus bill. Back in November last year, I reported that the plan for a 3.2-mile-long elevated tramway hit a dead end for lack of funding. BART needed private partners to share in project costs, but failed to attract any allies amid deteriorating economic conditions and sharp declines [...]]]></description>
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