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	<title>The Capricious Commuter &#187; Safety</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>Gov. signs BART safety bill, vetoes red light camera, bike safety bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California bike safety advocates and critics of cameras that catch red-light runners were disappointed by the governor&#8217;s vetoes, but BART officials are pleased he signed a transit safety bill. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed SB 29 that would have restricted government use of cameras to ticket drivers who  run red lights. State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, got the idea for the bill from a constituent responding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilty plea in hit and run death of Martinez bicyclist</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/06/16/guilty-plea-in-hit-and-run-death-of-martinez-bicyclist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2011/06/16/guilty-plea-in-hit-and-run-death-of-martinez-bicyclist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The son of a Martinez cyclist killed in a hit and run accident in 2008 saw some measure of  justice Wednesday when an SUV driver pleaded guilty to the crime. It took authorities a year and a half to identify the driver, who hid the vehicle in a relative&#8217;s garage.  Click here for reporter Robert Salonga&#8217;s story on the plea, and the reaction from the son [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smile kids, you&#8217;re on car camera. Don&#8217;t get killed by cars backing up.</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2010/12/04/smile-kids-youre-on-car-camera-dont-get-killed-by-cars-backing-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government proposes a rule to reduce the accidental deaths of two children a week on average from car backovers. The rule would require  back-up cameras on new cars and trucks, effective in 2014.   Read here for an AP story about the rule proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and read here for a blog on it by Transportation Secretary Ray [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text me the death total: 5,474 died last year in traffic accidents linked to distracted driving</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2010/09/21/text-me-the-death-total-5474-died-last-year-in-traffic-accidents-linked-to-distracted-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2010/09/21/text-me-the-death-total-5474-died-last-year-in-traffic-accidents-linked-to-distracted-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some 5,474 people died last year in this country in traffic crashes linked to distracted driving practices like texting or making cell phone calls, Obama administration transportation leaders said today at a summit on trying to reduce the carnage. That&#8217;s a heavy toll for people not paying attention. The good news is that the death toll dropped [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge]]></category>
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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>Transit workers behaving badly? Did they do really do that?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/06/transit-workers-behaving-badly-did-they-do-really-do-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/06/transit-workers-behaving-badly-did-they-do-really-do-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BART]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running a public transit system is dependent on the labor of many workers, but what happens when one of those workers goes rogue.  Read about a San Francisco Muni worker allegedly punching a teenage girl in San Francisco, and misdemeanor charges being filed against a BART train operator for allegedly making lewd advances to a female passenger he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to prevent car versus bicycle crashes that kill and maim?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/06/how-to-prevent-car-versus-bicycle-crashes-that-kill-and-maim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2009/11/06/how-to-prevent-car-versus-bicycle-crashes-that-kill-and-maim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcuff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we in the Bay struggle with conflicts between cars and bicyclists sharing the same road, so does the public in Los Angeles County. Check out this story about a doctor on trial for four felony accounts related to a collision with some bicyclists who allege the physician tried to harm them. &#8220;Though data suggest that cycling [...]]]></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>
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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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		<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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