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Fri, Nov 20, 2009 -- 9:00 AM
Students Occupy UC Berkeley Building / Bridge Toll Hike
In response to the UC Regents' vote to raise tuition by 32 percent, a group of UC Berkeley students has taken over Wheeler Hall and barricaded themselves from police in protest. We get an update on the situation. Then, drivers on seven Bay Area bridges may soon see tolls go up $1 for cars, and for the first time see a $3 toll in the carpool lane. The Bay Area Toll Authority is holding hearings through next month on how much to raise tolls. Officials say they need to charge more due to rising costs, decreased bridge traffic and the need to seismically retrofit the Dumbarton and Antioch bridges. We discuss the various proposals, and how they might impact drivers.
Host: Dave Iverson
Guests:
- Andi Walden, member of the Student Worker Activist Team (SWAT) at UC Berkeley, an alliance of student groups and campus workers' unions
- Dan Brekke, KQED reporter outside UC Berkeley's Wheeler Hall
- Bob Ramorino, chair of the California Trucking Association and president of Roadstar Trucking Inc.
- John Goodwin, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
