North Bay
SMART train critical to green transportation strategy
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08/27/2008MY FRIEND and colleague Hal Brown listed some great ideas for reducing car trips in his Marin Voice column ("Some real alternatives to SMART," Aug. 17).
Providing financial incentives for employees to carpool, walk, bike or take public transit is a necessary step to get cars off the road and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and it has been working well since the county introduced the Green Commute program last year.
Allowing and encouraging more telecommuting also can be an effective tool for employers to reduce vehicle trips by their employees.
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Equal Voice Festival & Forum!
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Manzanita REC Center - Marin CityCity:
Marin CityCost:
Free
October 18th From: 10am-1pm
At the Manzanita REC Center - Marin City.
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Rare opportunities for Marin workforce housing
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08/10/2008MARIN and much of California have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide a supply of affordable housing without fostering environmentally unsound growth. The current precipitous decline in real estate prices makes that possible.
Instead of foisting inappropriate development, government and housing advocates including the Marin Community Foundation must shift their focus.
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Plan calls for hundreds of homes in Corte Madera
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08/04/2008Hundreds of new homes could be built as part of a long-term vision being considered in Corte Madera.
A draft Corte Madera general plan that includes proposals to add 300 housing units as part of an expanded shopping mall at The Village at Corte Madera and 180 units at the WinCup plant site near Highway 101 is up for review at public hearings this month.
A draft environmental impact report also has been prepared for the plan, which offers a tentative road map for growth over the next 10 to 20 years with a variety of early stage possibilities for the town to expand its retail and housing options.
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Film: ¡Salud! - Cuban Healthcare
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522 Valencia St.City:
San FranciscoCost:
.lo sigue en español
Come celebrate the 26th of July, the date that began the Cuban Revolution, with CPE and ¡Salud!, a feature-length documentary about Cuba's dedication to just health systems around the world.
Featuring mojitos, maduro frito, música Cubana, and post-film discussion with Professor of Raza Studies at SFSU and Clínica Martin Baro advisor Felix Kury.
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SMARTrain issue on Novato City Council Meeting Agenda
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Novato Unified School District Education Center 1015 Seventh St. City:
NovatoCost:
freeNovato City Council Meeting
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
6:30 PM
On Tuesday, July 8th the Novato City Council will be directing Novato's Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)/Transportat ion Authority of Marin (TAM) representative Carole Dillon-Knutson on how she should vote regarding SMART for the November 2008 election.
The SMART District Board of Directors will be voting on July 16th at their regular meeting regarding the expenditure plan language to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the ballot to build a train and pathway that would run between Larkspur and Cloverdale (70 miles).
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SR's hybrid bus offers a quiet ride
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12/31/1969THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
April 21, 2008
The only noise heard on Santa Rosa CityBus' hybrid bus is the mechanical whir of an electric motor and the air conditioning.
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Tenant advocate stages protest
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04/17/2008A tenant who serves on the Marin County Housing Authority board is so frustrated that tenant complaints are unresolved that he walked out of a board meeting this week in protest.
The Rev. Isaiah Wallace, one of two tenants who serve with the five county supervisors on the board, said, "Somebody needs to do something to get them started up."
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Bridge board vote was a needed step
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03/17/2008The bridge board voted 10-8 to approve a carefully phrased "congestion pricing" plan that is primarily designed to preserve a $158 million federal transportation grant for the Bay Area.
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