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		<title>LRV in Accident Speeding, Driver On Phone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to MTA officials conducting an investigation of last weekend&#8217;s accident at AT&#038;T Park, the trailing vehicle was speeding (17 MPH in a 3 MPH zone) and the operator may have been on the phone.  
More details to follow.
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		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/06/17/lrv-in-accident-speeding-driver-on-phone/</link>
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		<title>Light Rail Accident Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Muni often gets into fender benders, but this one was worse than usual.  On Saturday, one LRV crashed into another on the section of the N/T line near the Caltrain depot and AT&#038;T Park.  Fortunately, no injuries were life threatening, but 16 people including both drivers were taken to the hospital.
This crash [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/06/15/light-rail-accident-saturday/</link>
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		<title>Cole Valley / Haight Neighborhood Meeting on SFTEP Thursday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live in the upper Haight, Cole Valley, or Parnassus Heights, or if you haven&#8217;t come to a SFTEP briefing yet, come to this community meeting to hear about SFTEP proposals with a particular focus on this area and the lines that serve it.
Community Meeting: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Grattan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/28/cole-valley-haight-neighborhood-meeting-on-sftep-thursday/</link>
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		<title>More Commuters Switching To Transit Due to High Gasoline Prices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This time in Washington, DC, where ridership is up on all regional systems incluing Metro.  Said Metro GM John Catoe this week, &#8220;There is a point at which we may see a massive move of commuters from driving to transit because of cost.&#8221;
Are Bay Area transit systems ready for big increases in ridership?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/26/more-commuters-switching-to-transit-due-to-high-gasoline-prices/</link>
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		<title>Last Minute Notice:  Call Supervisors on MTA Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From our friend Dave Snyder at SPUR:
Today (Thursday) at 4:00 p.m. the Board of Supervisors Budget &#038; Finance Committee is hearing the MTA Budget. This budget is good for transit riders, but it’s run into some political difficulties. We need your help to get the necessary votes to avoid a rejection of this budget by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/22/last-minute-notice-call-supervisors-on-mta-budget/</link>
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		<title>MTC Wants Your Long-Term Vision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (who brought us Translink) is looking for your input on their Regional Transportation Plan.  They update this every three years, so once again we have a chance to comment on what projects are the top priority - this time stretching out to 2035.  (The last one was adopted in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/20/mtc-wants-your-long-term-vision/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Make The Meetings?  Comment on the SFTEP Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t been able to make the public meetings on the SF Transit Effectiveness Project, you can submit your comments online.  SFTEP / MTA staff are particularly interested in your comments on the proposed service policy framework (standards for frequency, speed, and reliability), the proposed Rapid network (red lines on the map) as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/17/cant-make-the-meetings-comment-on-the-sftep-online/</link>
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		<title>Transbay Blog on Muni/BART Station Customer Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Of all things that Muni should make easy for riders, paying the fare is right at the top of the list.&#8221;  
We couldn&#8217;t have said it better ourselves.
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		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/14/transbay-blog-on-munibart-station-customer-service/</link>
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		<title>Three More SFTEP Meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t had a chance to comment on the SF Transit Effectiveness Project at a public meeting, this week is your last chance (at least for the initial proposal).  The SFTEP is holding three more public meetings this week where you can hear the detailed proposals and provide your feedback.
Some of the specifics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/11/three-more-sftep-meetings/</link>
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		<title>NYT: Riders Switching to Mass Transit Due To Higher Gas Prices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ San Franciscans have known for decades that mass transit is the cure to high gas prices, but today&#8217;s NY Times reports that commuters nationwide are moving to transit with gasoline reaching $4/gallon in many areas.  Of course, transit agencies including Muni are also facing higher fuel prices themselves, with diesel at all time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rescuemuni.org/2008/05/10/nyt-riders-switching-to-mass-transit-due-to-higher-gas-prices/</link>
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