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		<title>Gov. Patrick Rescinds $5 RMV Fee A Day Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after putting it into effect, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday it is rescinding a $5 "counter fee" on transactions conducted with a representative over the phone or in person at the state's branches.]]></description>
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		<title>Storm Expected To Snarl Evening Mass. Commute</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is bracing for Wednesday's east coast blizzard, which began sprinkling wet flakes across the state by late morning and is forecast to turn into heavy snowfall by the evening.]]></description>
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		<title>Logan Airport Briefly Shuts Down After Flight Aborts Takeoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Logan International Airport was briefly shut down Friday morning after a Delta commuter flight to Columbus, Ohio, aborted takeoff. Passengers inside the cabin smelled fumes from de-icing fluid, officials said.]]></description>
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		<title>Suspended MBTA Safety Director Speaks Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawyer for suspended MBTA safety director Cynthia Gallo is calling the suspension "retaliation" for Gallo's complaints about gender pay inequity at the T.]]></description>
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		<title>MBTA Safety Director Suspended</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MBTA's director of safety was suspended on Thursday, according to a state transportation official familiar with the matter. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Charlie On The MTA&#8217; Folklorist Spoke To Riders&#8217; Frustrations</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/12/01/obit-hawes</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREA SHEA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fare hikes are not unique to contemporary rail riders. Folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes, who died this week at 88, spoke to the frustrations of money-conscious commuters back in the ’40s with the now-legendary song “Charlie on the MTA.”]]></description>
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		<title>State Offers First Set Of Real-Time MBTA Transit Data To Developers</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/14/mbta-real-time-data</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MBTA is taking its first significant step towards offering realtime information on where its buses are, and when they'll get to the next stop.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Transit Worker Caught Texting</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/13/mbta-texting</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An MBTA driver has been suspended and is facing termination after being caught sending a text message while operating a Green Line trolley.]]></description>
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		<title>The Jury&#8217;s Still Out On Coakley&#8217;s Big Dig Settlement Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/12/senate-defining-situation-coakley</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/12/senate-defining-situation-coakley#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As attorney general, Martha Coakley has made many decisions that affect citizens in the commonwealth. But the one with the most breadth of coverage and potential impact is one you don’t hear her talk about on the campaign trail: choosing to settle the criminal case against the contractors of the big dig for $458 million, instead of going to trial.]]></description>
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		<title>MBTA Security Camera Captures Orange Line Near-Miss</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/09/orange-line-pictures</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just 27 seconds. That's all the time MBTA Orange Line operator Charise Lewis had to stop her train. As MBTA security camera images released Friday show, Lewis had just seconds to pull the emergency brake as she headed into North Station to avoid hitting a woman who had fallen on the track.]]></description>
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		<title>Belmont Teenager Killed By Commuter Train</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/05/belmont-commuter</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/05/belmont-commuter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ABIGAIL BESHKIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Belmont High School student was killed by a commuter train on the tracks behind the school Thursday afternoon.]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers Push For Ban On Alcohol Ads on T</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/05/alcohol-ads</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston University researchers who studied how many alcohol ads young people see on the MBTA on a typical day are calling for a ban on alcohol advertising on the T.]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds MBTA Passenger Safety Being Compromised</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/04/mbta-safety</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/04/mbta-safety#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sweeping review of MBTA finances found the largest transportation provider in Massachusetts has relied on an overly optimistic and unsustainable financing model that now is compromising safety because it cannot fund critical maintenance and equipment replacements.]]></description>
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		<title>New MassDOT Super-Agency Opens Doors, With Few Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/02/new-transpo-agency</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/02/new-transpo-agency#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Controversy and criticism greeted the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation as it opened its doors Sunday. It is widely hailed as one of the largest governmental reorganizations undertaken by the state in the past 50 years.]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick: Cuts Force Hard Questions About State Services</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/30/budget-cuts</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/30/budget-cuts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FRED THYS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Deval Patrick is preparing to lay off anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 state workers before the end of the year. The cuts come as the state grapples with another surprise budget deficit. This time, Patrick has to plug a $600 million hole in the budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Grabauskas To Join MassINC As Senior Policy Fellow</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/26/grabauskas-massinc</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/26/grabauskas-massinc#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FRANNIE CARR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After being ousted from his post in August, the former head of the embattled MBTA will join the non-partisan think tank MassINC as a senior fellow for public policy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Power Outage Causes Delays At Logan</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/16/logan-outage</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials say a power outage at Logan International Airport caused flight delays and some cancellations and temporarily required baggage to be checked by hand at security checkpoints.]]></description>
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		<title>MassDOT On Track For November Launch; Labor Issues Remain</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/10/08/massdot-hearing</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A massive restructuring of the state’s transportation agencies is on track to reach a major milestone next month. The new Massachusetts Department of Transportation will officially launch on Nov. 1, according to Jeffrey Mullan, the incoming state transportation secretary. But major concerns over labor unions remain.]]></description>
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		<title>Boston&#8217;s Plan To End Its Bike-Unfriendly Image? More Bikes</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/09/21/boston-bike-safety</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2009/09/21/boston-bike-safety#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SACHA PFEIFFER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston isn't known as the most bicycle-friendly city. It's been ranked not once, not twice, but three times as one of the worst places in the country to ride a bike. But now the city is trying to change its reputation. And it plans to do that by -- guess what? -- putting more bikes on the city's streets.]]></description>
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		<title>Threatening Note Forces Boston-Bound Jet To Turn Around</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/09/18/miami-flight-threat</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A threatening note forced a Boston-bound airplane to return to a Miami airport about 40 minutes after takeoff, but nothing suspicious was found.]]></description>
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