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		<title>Why defend the indefensible?</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2011/11/why-defend-the-indefensible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CORRECTED, at bottom. Though support for Occupy Oakland is clearly plunging quickly, I&#8217;m amazed there is any organized support left for the encampment following the utterly predictable events of Occupy’s big protest last Wednesday. The next day the City Council heard public testimony and a staff report about the illegal encampment that has forced them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Mayor Quan&#8217;s visibility also productivity?</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2011/04/is-mayor-quans-visibility-also-productivity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the four-year snoozefest of Ron Dellums’ administration, Mayor Jean Quan is enjoying a honeymoon with voters who approve of her high visibility. To solve Oakland’s enormous budget deficit and make a dent in unemployment, she will need to produce significant gains in jobs and business taxes. Given her anti-business stances on the City Council, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Bay BRT could create longest Complete Street in California</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2010/01/east-bay-brt-could-create-longest-complete-street-in-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureoaklandblog.com/?p=555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next week, the City of Oakland will begin a series of public meetings about a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) to create a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line crossing the entire city. BRT has been debated for a decade in the East Bay, and its key feature, exclusive bus lanes, has been the source of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferry failing, nobody notices</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/12/ferry-failing-nobody-notices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureoaklandblog.com/?p=553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote last month about the many problems confronting Oakland&#8217;s transportation planning process. With civic leaders pushing new ballparks, my thoughts turned to the transportation aspects of planning a major entertainment destination. Two of the announced sites were West of Jack London Square, including a site called Jack London North that has stirred significant interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transit advocates are making progress</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/10/transit-advocates-are-making-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureoakland.wordpress.com/?p=501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog is about decisions made today that shape the future. I often focus on transit and bike/ped issues because transportation is the fabric of Oakland, and can be the foundation of a healthier and more successful city. Last week, the Oakland City Council took on two vital and controversial transportation issues, parking pricing and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bike to Work Day 2009: Progress with a gift bag</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/05/bike-to-work-day-2009-progress-with-a-gift-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day, of course. The local tradition started in Oakland, and to this day Oakland hosts the biggest Bike to Work Day event in the Bay Area. Bicyclists congregating on City Hall to listen to politicians give speeches may not seem all that encouraging when daily many cyclists are faced with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DTO Nightlife: Far from footloose and fancy-free</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/05/dto-nightlife-far-from-footloose-and-fancy-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Oakland it seems that one has to attend a late-night City Council meeting to spend late nights out clubbing. With dancing all but illegal, our grittier, more crowded version of the small town from Footloose forces nightlife lovers to engage in elaborately choreographed routines to appeal to public sympathy, with no guarantee of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland government&#8217;s woes reflected in parking proposal</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/04/oakland-governments-woes-reflected-in-parking-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eager readers of the blogoaksphere certainly noticed many bloggers’ cause du jour – preventing the city from installing a surface parking lot in the middle of downtown’s up-and-coming Uptown neighborhood. The issue touched on a lot of the causes dear to bloggers’ hearts: pedestrian and transit-oriented planning, civic engagement, and enjoying nightlife. While advocates were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three years of Oakland&#8217;s future</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/04/three-years-of-oaklands-future/</link>
		<comments>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/04/three-years-of-oaklands-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago today, V Smoothe and I started this blog, FutureOakland (then on blogspot). We were disappointed by media coverage of the mayor’s race, and felt the minority of Oaklanders opposed to growth and revitalizing the city were completely dominating the public discussion of Oakland’s future. Under the reactionary handle of OaklandNative, I hoped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lowdown on parking in Uptown</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/04/the-lowdown-on-parking-in-uptown/</link>
		<comments>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/04/the-lowdown-on-parking-in-uptown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Becks and I have written, we and other pedestrian advocates are opposed to the construction of a surface parking lot on Telegraph Avenue at 19th St, next to the Fox Theater. The one hundred or so spaces created by this ugly lot could be found by better using existing parking resources, including the several [...]]]></description>
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