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Planning for Climate Change in a Growing Bay Area

April 30, 2013, 6:00 am • Posted by Lauren Sommer
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This won’t come as a surprise to Bay Area residents: the region is still growing. By one estimate, the Bay Area will add two million people by 2040, a 30 percent increase over today’s population of about seven million. More … Continue reading »

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Californians' Commute Times Rank 10th Longest in US

November 1, 2012, 1:00 pm • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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by Joanna Lin, California Watch Californians rank 10th in the country for having the longest commute times, taking an average of 26.9 minutes to travel to work, recently released census data show. Workers in the state spent 10.4 minutes more … Continue reading »

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What Color is Your (New) BART Train?

August 11, 2011, 2:00 pm • Posted by Gretchen Weber
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Have an opinion about the color palette of the next generation of BART trains? Really feel strongly about the shape of your seat? Here's your chance to weigh in. Tonight in Richmond is the first in a series of open … Continue reading »

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BART News Chugs Along...Haltingly

August 9, 2011, 2:30 pm • Posted by Rachel Dornhelm
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Update as of 2:15 pm: A computer router failure caused yesterday’s BART shutdown. That’s according to BART spokesperson Linton Johnson. The routers send information about the trains from the side of the tracks to the central computer system. There are … Continue reading »

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