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        <title><![CDATA[North Americas best transit system...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[.. is in my parking space downstairs.My wife and I drove parents from their hotel to dinner and back in it.I hauled boxes and furinture in it to help my daughter move to a new apartment.I'll be hauling floor tiles in it today and also going to the bank and to lunch.It will take me home tonight, and also to my friend's house.I will take my guitar and amp in it to practice and to gigs.All this at 27 mpg and in air-conditioned comfort with my own voice-activated sound system and hands-free telephone.No Mass Transit system cound accomplish any of the above.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bad PR probably hurt them when cutomers were surveyed.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[- - But regular SEPTA riders werent convinced - -http://philadelphia.about.com/od/transportation/a/SEPTA_strikes.htm- - After each strike, SEPTA ridership has been lower than what it was before the strike began. Usually ridership continues to rise over the following months, although not always to pre-strike levels. - -I do not know how any system that is difficult to navigate and is hated by most regular customers can win.Even the overpriced, schedule cutting, no show hack jobs bloated MBTA in Boston is reasonably easy to get around on and has not gone on strike in decades.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:15:53 -0700</pubDate>
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