Vendors Upset Over Dust From BRT

Street vendors in Berkeley are voicing complaints that a new rapid bus line is passing by too quickly, stirring up dust along the sidewalk that covers them and their merchandise.

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September 3, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT

By Nate Berg

"Philip Rowntree says every time AC Transit's new express bus speeds by his T-shirt stand on Telegraph Avenue, he gets covered with dust and filth kicked up by the vehicle's exhaust."

"Russell Chatman, who sells jewelry next to Rowntree, said the buses dirty him too and go way too fast."

"'I realize it's a rapid transit because the drivers have their deadlines to beat, but for them to come as fast as they do, it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt,' Chatman said."

"'This is the first I've heard of anything like this,' AC Transit Deputy General Manager Jim Gleich said."

"Gleich said he is aware the newer buses have exhaust that comes out the side, 'so (Rowntree is) right about that. If they are saying the exhaust is blowing the dust, I find that hard to appreciate, I guess. It's just a tailpipe.'"

FULL STORY: New buses leave Berkeley vendors in dust

Friday, August 31, 2007 in The Oakland Tribune

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