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	<title>The Capricious Commuter &#187; global warming</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>Should employers have to offer help for workers&#8217; commute costs for transit, cycling, and carpools?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/07/21/should-employers-have-to-subsidize-their-workers-commutes-by-transit-bike-or-carpool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill sent to the governor aims to reduce greenhouse gases and auto congestion by giving regional governments the authority to require employers to offer subsidies to workers who commute by bus, rail, bicycle, carpool and other low-emission means. Bay Area public transit and regional governments backed the bill, but it was opposed by the California Chamber of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can smart driving campaign reduce greenhouse gases?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re from the government and we&#8217;re here to help you drive smarter and cleaner to reduce greenhouse gases. Can it work ? Can the Bay Area pioneer new gains in the climate change arena with a $4.5 million public education campaign to get motorists to slow down and change their driving behavior?   The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the region&#8217;s transportation planning agency, is going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concord hosts regional workshop on cutting greenhouse gases</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/05/04/concord-hosts-regional-workshop-on-cutting-greenhouse-gases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A regional planning effort to rein in greenhouse gases produced in the Bay Area makes a stop in Concord from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday with a public workshop at the Concord Senior Center, 2727 Parkside Circle. Come if you want to discuss a state-mandated effort at marrying transportation and land use planning to cut pollution that warms the earth.   Click here for [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Can a dinosaur evolve before it&#8217;s too late?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/20/can-a-dinosaur-evolve-before-its-too-late/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/03/20/can-a-dinosaur-evolve-before-its-too-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#8217;t nominate the boss of a major American auto manufacturer as the likeliest person to suggest the nation consider a huge increase in the federal gas tax. But General Motors CEO Rich Wagoner told reporters earlier this week that a big gas hike might be good for America as an incentive for consumers to save energy by [...]]]></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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		<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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		<title>Jet Fuel Made From &#8230; Jatropha?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2008/12/30/jet-fuel-made-from-jatropha/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2008/12/30/jet-fuel-made-from-jatropha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>queen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we hover on the cusp of the New Year, here&#8217;s a story that might inspire us to consider alternative fuels: Air New Zealand today tested a passenger jet powered partially with oil from a plum-sized fruit known as jatropha, Scientific American reported. It was the the world&#8217;s second commercial flight of a jet on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rage on the road: How do we avoid the ghost bikes?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2008/12/10/rage-on-the-road-how-do-we-avoid-the-ghost-bikes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2008/12/10/rage-on-the-road-how-do-we-avoid-the-ghost-bikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt a shiver when I saw Doug Oakley&#8217;s front page story and photo today about &#8220;ghost bike&#8221; memorials to cyclists killed in collisions with cars or trucks. A recreational cyclist and occasional bike commuter, I like to think of cycling as healthy and refreshing. But reading Oakley&#8217;s story reminded me how vulnerable humans on a 25- to 30-pound bicycle are when sharing the roads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>closing the record on high-speed rail</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2008/07/08/closing-the-record-on-high-speed-rail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2008/07/08/closing-the-record-on-high-speed-rail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>enelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may be wondering why I went to the California High-Speed Rail Authority board&#8217;s final hearing on its environmental impact documents and didn&#8217;t write a story. There will be a story, but only when the board votes to approve the final EIR-EIS tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Of course, if they vote it down there [...]]]></description>
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