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"content": "\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/hyperloop\">\u003cstrong>Read Musk's 'hyperloop' proposal here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/musk-mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Musk discusses plans on media conference call\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: Elon Musk has released his proposed \"hyperloop\" plans. One is tempted to describe them as the rantings of a madman who has seen a little bit too much of \"The Jetsons\" except, you know, the dude's track record is pretty impressive, to say the least. Musk is the founder of SpaceX and the co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal. 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The air would be sucked by a powerful fan at the front and expelled at the rear.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/hyperloop2.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106600\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/hyperloop2.png\" alt=\"hyperloop2\" width=\"596\" height=\"760\">\u003c/a>Businessweek has posted an \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-12/hyperloop-physics-101-with-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">interview with Musk explaining the physics behind the proposal\u003c/a> and answering some of the skeptics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-speed rail critics will be delighted to read that Musk starts his proposal by dissing that project. \"How could it be that the home of Silicon Valley and JPL --doing incredible things like indexing all the world's knowledge and putting rovers on Mars -- would build a bullet train that is both one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world?\" he writes. \"Short of figuring out real teleportation, which would of course be awesome (someone please do this), the only option for super fast travel is to build a tube over or under the ground that contains a special environment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \"this is where things get tricky,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No kidding. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk spoke on a conference call today to the media. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105881\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit20130806-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-105881 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/actransit20130806-640-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"An AC Transit bus waits at Macarthur BART station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit bus waits at MacArthur BART station in Oakland. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Wednesday:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and other workers for AC Transit reached a tentative agreement with their employer late Tuesday, avoiding a strike that threatened to affect hundreds of thousands of commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District struck the deal shortly before midnight, when the union had vowed to go on strike. It gives about 1,800 workers a 9.5 percent raise over the course of three years, with employees contributing for the first time to their medical benefits. Those payments will reach $180 per month in the third year of the contract. Workers will still not have to make any payments toward their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit drivers are paid an average salary of $55,000 a year, or $103,000 with benefits, transit system spokesman Clarence Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yvonne Williams, president of ATU Local 192, said, a ratification vote will occur later this month. \"We’ve been in negotiations for over five months,\" she said. \"At times it seemed that we weren’t going to be able to get an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit board member Elsa Ortiz said the parties came into Tuesday's talks determined to make a deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think one of the things that helped both sides reach an agreement was that we were very respectful of each other. We were very professional and very courteous, so I think that created an environment conducive to reaching an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 181,000 trips are taken daily on the transit system.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest: AC Transit management and union leaders are continuing negotiations in order to avert a walkout that could begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. A press release from AC Transit said the two sides are very close to an agreement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Most notably, on the key issues of wages and health care, the distance between the two parties has narrowed substantially. On wages, AC Transit is proposing a nine percent (9%) wage increase over the life of a three-year contract while the ATU now seeks a nine point seventy-five percent (9.75%) wage increase over the same period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On the more sticky matter of ATU employees making contributions toward health care costs, there is only a ten dollar ($10.00) difference between the two parties. Both the District and ATU agree on monthly contributions of $70 and $180, respectively, for the first and third years of the contract. However, during the second year of the contract, AC Transit is hoping for $145 monthly contribution while the union is offering a $135 monthly payment.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But despite the narrowing gap in the talks, Local 192 President Yvonne Williams said via Twitter that \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_23808846\" target=\"_blank\">a report in the Oakland Tribune\u003c/a> that the two sides \"might have reached a tentative pact\" was premature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>\"We hope to get a tentative agreement,\" is the quote from President Yvonne Williams. Other reports premature. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23strike&src=hash\">#strike\u003c/a> @ATUComms \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ACTransit&src=hash\">#ACTransit\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Yvonne M. Williams (@atulocal192) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/atulocal192/statuses/364938047885815810\">August 7, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The AC Transit Board of Directors met earlier this evening in closed session to review the status of negotiations. KQED reporter Andrew Stelzer said a one-minute-long public board meeting included a union representative saying during audience comment, \"I hope there is an agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit provides service to 13 cities and unincorporated areas in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, as well as transbay service via the Bay Bridge to San Francisco. Buses also cross the Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges. The transit system has been locked in months-long negotiations with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union’s current contract expired on July 1, but workers chose not to strike at the same time as BART. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192, which represents 1,625 mechanics and bus operators, notified the board about a possible work stoppage on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's at Stake?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit has offered the union a 9 percent salary increase over three years and wants union workers to pay 10 percent of their health care premiums -- what other district employees pay. The union wanted a 10.5 percent raise and to phase in health care payments at a \"reasonable level,\" but didn't share details about what that might mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said he's optimistic an agreement with the union can be reached by midnight tonight, despite the gaps on the wage hike and health care plan contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://actransitstrike.511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit 511.org for commute options if AC Transit workers strike\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"We're now only about $4 million apart, as of last night,\" Johnson said. \"We're about 1 percentage point apart in our wage proposals. We're offering 9 percent. The union is now seeking 10 percent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said a strike would be \"catastrophic.\" About 181,000 trips are taken on AC Transit daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Miller, who said he's been an AC Transit bus driver for 25 years, showed up at an AC Transit press conference Tuesday morning to correct what he called misinformation. He said safety and wages are the big concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't had a raise in almost 15 years. And the raise that they so-called are offering is absorbed by the additional medical payments that they want us to pay,\" Miller said. \"They want us to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 percent of the total costs, which would eat up the entire 9 percent that they're asking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides have been talking through a state mediator. Johnson was uncertain whether overnight bus service would end at midnight if a strike is called. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105545\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/04/bart-strike-deadline-update-talks-go-down-to-the-wire-again/rs5245_115-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105545\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-105545\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/RS5245_115-scr-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"BART passenger enters fare gates. \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART passenger enters fare gates.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 11:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest:Gov. 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The inquiry could lead to a formal cooling-off period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown acted under a state law that allows him to order a board of inquiry if a strike or lockout threatens to disrupt public transportation and endanger \"the public's health, safety, or welfare.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union leaders expressed frustration that this weekend's marathon talks ended with the two sides still far apart on the three central issues: pay and future pension payments and contributions to medical benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to say that we have been here for the last 24 hours, and we only got a very regressive proposal from BART in the last 45 minutes,\" SEIU Local 1021 chief negotiator Josie Mooney said. \"We're very disappointed in their continued posturing, their continued negotiations, which are in very bad faith.\" \u003c!--more-->In a brief press conference at BART headquarters after Brown's announcement, BART board President Tom Radulovich disputed Mooney's account. \"We don't think we put forward a regressive offer,\" Radulovich said. \"As we've sat here this weekend, our wage offer went up and up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130804.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a statement, BART said \u003c/a>Radulovich \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/8.4.13_Gov_Brown_Cooling_Off.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">wrote Brown earlier Sunday\u003c/a> to ask him to declare a 60-day cooling-off period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A cooling-off period would “allow us to continue negotiating while assuring the public that it will have transit service tomorrow and for another 60 days as we continue to bargain,” Radulovich wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown's decision to order the board of inquiry stopped short of Radulovich's request, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SEIU Local 1021 President Roxanne Sanchez thanked the governor for stepping in, but said that all sides must now focus on presenting a case to the investigating board. \"Unfortunately, it takes our attention away from the bargaining table,\" Sanchez said. \"But perhaps this will shed the light on what we've been trying to tell you, the press and the public.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under law, the board of inquiry's report to the governor must be made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter, Brown said the board of inquiry includes: Jacob Appelsmith, the board's chairman, director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Micki Callahan, director of human resources for the city and county of San Francisco; and Robert L. Balgenorth, president emeritus of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor concluded by asking all sides for a quick resolution. \"For the sake of the people of the Bay Area, I urge—in the strongest terms possible—the parties to meet quickly and as long as necessary to get this dispute resolved,\" Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown acted under \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=03001-04000&file=3610-3616\" target=\"_blank\">California Code Section 3612, subdivision a\u003c/a>. That provision reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Whenever in the opinion of the Governor, a threatened or\u003cbr>\nactual strike or lockout will, if permitted to occur or continue,\u003cbr>\nsignificantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger the\u003cbr>\npublic's health, safety, or welfare, and upon the request of either\u003cbr>\nparty to the dispute, the Governor may appoint a board to investigate\u003cbr>\nthe issues involved in the dispute and to make a written report to\u003cbr>\nhim or her within seven days. The report shall include a statement of\u003cbr>\nthe facts with respect to the dispute, including the respective\u003cbr>\npositions of the parties, but shall not contain recommendations. The\u003cbr>\nreport shall be made available to the public.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post:\u003c/strong> About 8 p.m., BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, left the talks at Caltrans District Four headquarter to confer with the transit agency's management. He told reporters there had been some progress in the talks. But the unions' lead negotiators also left the talks for a dinner break, and they suggested there's been little or no progress. If you're looking for a reason to feel hopeful the trains will be running in the morning, it's in the insistence of both sides to keep talking tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how the latest report from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/bart/ci_23793808/bart-talks-begin-sunday-morning-chance-monday-morning\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area News Group sums up\u003c/a> the scene with less than three hours to go until the midnight strike deadline:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART chief negotiator Tom Hock, leaving the bargaining table Sunday night to brief other agency officials, said \"we're getting closer\" but that talks were moving \"slowly.\" As he walked, about two-dozen union workers shouted at him: \"Hock go home!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minutes later, Chris Finn, recording secretary for the local Amalgamated Transit Union, said no progress had been made but that union leaders were ready to negotiate all night: \"We've got a hotel room and we're ready to meet around the clock if need be,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART spokesman Rick Rice said proposals were going \"back and forth\" between management and the unions. He was encouraged that the talks had stretched on so long and hoped unions would see enough progress that, even without a deal, they would extend the talks into Monday while keeping service intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of activity going on. I'm hopeful,\" Rice said. \"When I see this much activity (and talks go on) this long I'm more hopeful we'll keep talking and keep trains running.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, the main news as we move toward the midnight deadline for a second BART strike in five weeks is ... that there's very little of substance to report about the actual negotiations..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was one media flurry early this afternoon. The BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and Local 1555 of the Amalgamated Transit Union put out word that they'd hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. in Oakland. That drew a crowd of media. But just before the appointed time, an SEIU representative appeared, apologized for the inconvenience, and canceled the press event. KQED's Alex Emslie said a groan went up from the crowd of reporters, some of whom asked whether the cancellation was a good sign. All the union rep had to say was, \"We're working diligently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just to recap what the major issues are—\"the generals,\" or general issues, in the parlance of BART General Manager Grace Crunican:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Pay\u003c/strong>: Unions are seeking a substantial raise after agreeing to a wage freeze in their 2009 contract. Their opening position was 23 percent over four years. It's unknown what their current proposals might be, but BART has said in the past few days that it has stuck to an 8 percent raise over the four-year term of the new contract—compared to an opening position of 4 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Pensions\u003c/strong>: Most BART union employees currently pay nothing into their pensions. BART said in a recent statement it wants them to pay 5 percent of their salaries into their pension plan and that the unions are seeking to hold the contribution to 3 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Medical benefits\u003c/strong>: BART's union employees currently pay $92 a month for medical insurance, regardless of how many people are covered in an employee's policy. BART says it's seeking to get workers to cover 10 percent of the monthly cost of their plans and that the unions want to continue paying a flat rate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unions have also sought unspecified improvements in safety procedures for station workers, train operators, and maintenance personnel.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Citing a gag order on negotiations, the unions have not released details of their current proposals for pensions or medical benefits.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a running account of the this evening's developments, with some commentary from around the social media sphere:\u003cbr>\nhttp://storify.com/danbrekke/bart-strike-watch-sunday-august-4\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Balgenorth, president emeritus of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor concluded by asking all sides for a quick resolution. \"For the sake of the people of the Bay Area, I urge—in the strongest terms possible—the parties to meet quickly and as long as necessary to get this dispute resolved,\" Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown acted under \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=03001-04000&file=3610-3616\" target=\"_blank\">California Code Section 3612, subdivision a\u003c/a>. That provision reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Whenever in the opinion of the Governor, a threatened or\u003cbr>\nactual strike or lockout will, if permitted to occur or continue,\u003cbr>\nsignificantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger the\u003cbr>\npublic's health, safety, or welfare, and upon the request of either\u003cbr>\nparty to the dispute, the Governor may appoint a board to investigate\u003cbr>\nthe issues involved in the dispute and to make a written report to\u003cbr>\nhim or her within seven days. The report shall include a statement of\u003cbr>\nthe facts with respect to the dispute, including the respective\u003cbr>\npositions of the parties, but shall not contain recommendations. The\u003cbr>\nreport shall be made available to the public.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post:\u003c/strong> About 8 p.m., BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, left the talks at Caltrans District Four headquarter to confer with the transit agency's management. He told reporters there had been some progress in the talks. But the unions' lead negotiators also left the talks for a dinner break, and they suggested there's been little or no progress. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_73339\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/08/16/chivalry-101-when-do-you-give-up-your-seat-on-public-transportation/bart640/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73339\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-73339 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/08/bart640-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Another BART strike deadline looms. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another BART strike deadline looms. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: Noon Saturday\u003c/strong>: Negotiators for BART and its two biggest unions resumed talks this morning amid mixed signs about whether an agreement to avert a second transit strike is within reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one hand, union negotiators are trying to focus attention on BART's lowest-paid employees, workers who clean BART stations and trains. Saturday morning, SEIU Local 1021 negotiator Josie Mooney appeared at BART's 16th Street/Mission station in San Francisco along with workers and billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer. The purpose: to showcase what maintenance crews face at what they call one of BART's \"most challenging\" stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mooney said Friday that BART's past economic proposals for station workers would cut their pay substantially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They start out making $42,000 a year,\" Mooney said. The BART offer \"puts them $1,950 behind where they are today in four years from now. So that's a problem.\" But she added that the union was evaluating a new BART offer that may represent a step forward in the talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also Friday, BART General Manager Grace Crunican said during a press conference at agency headquarters in Oakland that getting an agreement before Sunday night's strike deadline was \"Plan A and Plan B\" for the agency—and that Plan C is to keep talks going until a deal is reached.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nCrunican stood by BART's hired chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, despite \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/unions-file-conflict-interest-complaint-agains-bar/nY5gQ/\" target=\"_blank\">a formal union complaint \u003c/a>that he has a conflict of interest because his company, Veolia Transportation, earned $500 in fees for helping provide bus service during last month's four-day BART strike. Union negotiators have faulted Hock for his 10-day absence during the talks and have also accused him of being intransigent in talks and blocking BART officials from making progress toward a contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They get to pick who they have [at the table], and I get to pick who I have. He's a tough negotiator, but he's a fair negotiator, and we're looking for a fair deal,\" Crunican said. She said several times that she respects BART's union negotiators and unions. \"They're really great people,\" she said. \"I love 'em.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's video from Crunican's Friday afternoon presser:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5eoi9yN5ZYY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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