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DESCRIPTION:What:\nInaugural public forum to discuss the need for a new people-centric 
 bus system in Berkeley, and to launch the B-Line!\n\nWhen:\nMonday, October 
 25, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm\n\nWhere:\nBerkeley Public Library, central 
 branch, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck), Berkeley, Community Meeting Room, 
 Third Floor\n\nWhy:\nBerkeley needs to launch its own transit system in 
 order to better serve its residents and to re-establish Berkeley's 
 leadership role in green initiatives. A.C. Transit has repeatedly cut 
 service to Berkeley in recent years, and is threatening to cut service yet 
 again in the upcoming months. And yet more cuts are predicted on the 
 horizon. A.C. Transit is already barely usable as a viable public transit 
 system within Berkeley. After the inevitable future cuts, it will no longer 
 function as a practicable bus system within Berkeley city limits. A.C. 
 Transit buses will no longer even service many neighborhoods, and the 
 remaining core lines will be infrequent and unpredictable.\n\nWe can't wait 
 until it's too late to think about how to remedy this crisis. We need to 
 get the ball rolling on a municipal bus system for Berkeley ASAP, before 
 the existing bus service collapses completely.\n\nWho:\n• You.\n• 
 Public transit patrons (BART and A.C. Transit riders).\n• Anyone who 
 would take public transit if only it were more accessible and 
 reliable.\n• Activists who care about sustainability, pollution, traffic 
 congestion, the planet!\n• Anyone who wants to see Berkeley take the lead 
 in populist green movements.\n• Public officials, decision-makers, 
 stakeholders.\n• Business owners who want to attract more customers and 
 tourists without increasing Berkeley's parking problems.\n• Student 
 leaders.\n• Neighborhood activists who want to ensure that all of 
 Berkeley's neighborhoods are better served by public transit.\n• Your 
 friends, family and colleagues.\n• Everyone! Come one, come all. Let's 
 make this happen!\n\nFor more info: http://berkeleytransit.wordpress.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/18/18661645.php
SUMMARY:Berkeley's new municipal transit system - community forum
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library, central branch, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck), 
 Berkeley, Community Meeting Room, Third Floor
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/18/18661645.php
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