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	<title>The Capricious Commuter &#187; Freeways</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>Namesake for I-680 segment is gone, but not forgotten</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/02/07/namesake-for-i-680-segment-is-gone-but-not-forgotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donald Doyle, the former state assemblyman whom Interstate 680 between Walnut Creek  and Dublin is named after, died Jan 31. If you look closely as you drive along I-680, you can see signs along the freeway marked, &#8220;The Donald D. Doyle Highway.&#8221; Doyle was 95. As a state lawmaker in the 1950s, Doyle lobbied for funding for I-680 in the San Ramon Valley - which [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/?p=832</guid>
		<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>Will the toll on bridge drivers be too big a toll?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/10/14/will-the-toll-on-bridge-drivers-be-too-big-a-toll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/10/14/will-the-toll-on-bridge-drivers-be-too-big-a-toll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who take car pools across seven Bay Area bridges may be in for an unpleasant change next year: the end of free rides for car pools during rush-hour periods. And on the Bay Bridge, regular drivers not in car pools also may in for a shock: higher tolls during peak commute periods than at other times. Proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweet that bridge open, please</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/08/31/tweet-that-bridge-open-please/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/08/31/tweet-that-bridge-open-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter users will get the news quickly this Labor Day weekend about the closing and reopening of the Bay Bridge. Go to to the Caltrans Web site - baybridgeinfo.org - for tips on getting tweets about progress on the construction project triggering the need to close the bridge for four days. We all know the bridge will close 8 p.m. Thursday. The big question is: Will it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want a piece of the $420 million pie?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/08/08/want-a-piece-of-the-420-million-pie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/08/08/want-a-piece-of-the-420-million-pie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caltrans is preparing to open bids Sept. 11 to expand the Caldecott Tunnel, the huge connector between the freeways and cultures of Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Caltrans reported this week that it has pushed the original bid opening date from this Tuesday, Aug. 11, to Sept. 11. The agency now is scheduled in mid-November to award the contract to add a new two-lane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toll road bill moving along</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/07/16/toll-road-bill-moving-along/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/07/16/toll-road-bill-moving-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill allowing the creation of an 800-mile network of carpool/toll lanes in the Bay Area has cleared its first stop in the California Senate. Assembly Bill 744 by Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico (D-Newark), passed today on a 6-1 vote of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, and will next go to the Senate Appropiations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Name that highway: Boatwright proposed for honor</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/05/10/name-that-highway-boatwright-proposed-for-honor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/05/10/name-that-highway-boatwright-proposed-for-honor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state senator and former Concord mayor wants to name a portion of Interstate 680 after a retired state senator who also served as Concord mayor. The man proposed for the honor: Daniel Boatwright. The man proposing the honor: Mark DeSaulnier. The Concord Democrat in the state Senate has proposed legislation to affix the Boatwright name to the stretch of I-680 between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and Highway 24 in Contra Costa [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/04/29/paying-to-save-time-on-toll-lanes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/?p=776</guid>
		<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>Politicos talk of gas tax, but will public support it?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/25/politicos-talk-of-gas-tax-but-will-public-support-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/25/politicos-talk-of-gas-tax-but-will-public-support-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk of a gas tax is getting more attention as our roads and public transit systems struggle  from money shortages, but it remains a risky proposition for politicians to consider a tax hike for a basic commodity in a recession. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Meet the Press Sunday he thinks we should consider raising the 18.4 cents a gallon federal gas tax to pay for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odometer debate: saving earth or saving privacy?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/17/odometer-debate-saving-earth-or-saving-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/17/odometer-debate-saving-earth-or-saving-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us want to protect our personal privacy and protect the earth from global warming. Can we do both? An East Bay legislator said she is trying to avoid conflicts between the two goals in her bill that would require California motorists to report their odometer readings during their annual motor vehicle registration. But concerns over privacy are spurring some people to [...]]]></description>
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