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	<title>The Capricious Commuter &#187; Caltrans</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>Two Caltrans workers fired from inspection unit had stolen gov construction materials, fed probe finds</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/11/27/two-caltrans-workers-fired-from-inspection-unit-had-stolen-gov-construction-materials-fed-probe-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two weeks after disclosures that a Caltrans technician had falsified inspection data on agency construction projects, a federal report says that the worker and his boss stole goverment construction materials for a project at the supervisor&#8217;s personal property. The new report, disclosed by the Sacramento Bee, is fueling an East Bay lawmaker&#8217;s suspicions that there is a problem in the culture of a Caltrans section that does tests to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was Caltrans culture prepared to deal with technician who falsfied inspection data?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/11/23/was-caltrans-culture-prepared-to-deal-with-technician-who-falsfied-inspection-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state Senate transportation committee on Tuesday offered an unusual forum to question whether Caltrans did enough quickly enough when it discovered one of its technicians had falsified inspection data on construction projects. State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, asked whether the Caltrans culture built around hard data and orderly procedures was prepared to deal with a case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Bridge to turn 75 on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/11/09/bay-bridge-to-turn-75-on-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Toll Authority]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The workhorse of Bay Area bridges  &#8211; the Bay Bridge - turns 75 years old on Saturday without any big fuss.  A modest invitation-only celebration will be held Thursday morning on Treasure Island, but it is not open to the general public.     &#8221;With the bridge being a state owned facility, there aren&#8217;t the resources to throw a big party or have fireworks,&#8221; said John Goodwin, spokesman for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caltrans to install last deck section Friday for suspension span of new Bay Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/10/28/caltrans-to-install-last-deck-section-friday-for-suspension-span-of-new-bay-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caltrans contractors on Friday will install the 28th and last segment of the suspension span deck on the new Bay Bridge eastern span, reaching another milestone in the $6.3 billion project. Lifting into place the last deck segment enables contractors to push ahead with preparations to begin stringing cable for the self anchored suspension span later this year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highway 12 daytime closures set:Tues through Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/06/06/highway-12-daytime-closures-scheduled-for-three-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/06/06/highway-12-daytime-closures-scheduled-for-three-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highway 12 between Highway 160 near Rio Vista and Interstate 5 in San Joaquin County will be closed from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday during Caltrans maintenance work.  No through traffic will be allowed during those hours on this commute route. Caltrans advises motorists to consider traveling on Instates 80 and 5 as an alternative routes, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to make the S-curve safe on the Bay Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/07/how-to-make-the-s-curve-safe-on-the-bay-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/07/how-to-make-the-s-curve-safe-on-the-bay-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bay Bridge has had nearly an accident a day on the new S-curve that opened after Labor Day modifications of the span. There was another crash there Friday even though Caltrans added new safety measures on the curve during the recent six-day closure of the bridge. Caltrans took advantage of that closure to add more prominent [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buses]]></category>
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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>How did the Bay Bridge closure affect you?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/02/how-did-the-bay-bridge-closure-affect-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/02/how-did-the-bay-bridge-closure-affect-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/?p=831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We invite our readers to post comments below about how the Bay Bridge closure affected them during the five and a half days the span was out of service.  Did the closure change your travel plans? Did the closure try your patience? Was it understandable Caltrans took so long to fix a Labor Day repair that failed Tuesday? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing the fix; when will the Bay Bridge reopen?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/10/28/fixing-the-fix-when-will-the-bay-bridge-reopen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/10/28/fixing-the-fix-when-will-the-bay-bridge-reopen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a deja vu experience for news reporters and motorists last night as the Bay Bridge was closed indefinitely to shore up a cracked bridge piece called an eyebar. It turns out that parts of the the Labor Day weekend fix &#8211; a giant metal splint - failed and crashed onto the bridge. Caltrans said this morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A chance to chime in before bridge tolls are raised</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/10/27/a-chance-to-chime-in-before-bridge-tolls-are-raised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/10/27/a-chance-to-chime-in-before-bridge-tolls-are-raised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/?p=829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bay Area bridge operators have scheduled three public hearings on a proposed toll increase on seven state bridges. While bridge operators appear determined to raise tolls, they have many details to figure out. Members of the Bay Area Toll Authority are wrestling with how to revamp tolls to do two new things: collecting tolls from car pools during rush hour periods on all seven [...]]]></description>
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