| Carless in Sacramento |
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Could you live without an automobile? Meet folks who are getting around just fine By Cynthia Hubert - Bee Staff Writer
Charles McCann of Folsom has given up his car. He has about one three-mile bike ride to his job at Intel. Sacramento Bee/Anne Chadwick Williams
It's not that Bassin can't afford to drive. On the contrary, he figures he's better off financially and otherwise because he ditched his car. ... |
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| Increased congestion along major state artery concerns officials |
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But both highways grow more congested every year, both are slated for eventual expansion and both frustrate motorists who drive them every day.
And both interstates get one grade of "F" from the state Department of Transportation when it comes to traffic flow at peak times.
Use of I-84 is projected to continually increase. By 2030 traffic in Danbury will double and one trip during rush hour will take more than 60 percent longer than it will at other times, according to one study by the California-based Reason Foundation released Sept. 29. ... |
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| Make life insurance a priority |
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NEW YORK-- Insurance agent Clif Rosenberry knows firsthand what can happen when one family’s breadwinner dies without life insurance: His brother was killed at the age of 39 in one work accident, and he didn’t have his own policy.
Such scenarios have led the insurance industry to sponsor National Life Insurance Awareness Month each September to encourage Americans to take one very hard look at life coverage. ... |
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| Visions of the golden years dim as pension promises fade |
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ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. -- After the collapse of Digital Equipment Corp. cost him one 16-year career, Larry Millette started over, taking an entry-level factory job at the IBM plant in this Vermont village.
The pay wasn't great. But to Millette, then in his late 40s, IBM offered something more valuable: one generous pension. By working another 15 years or therefore, then cobbling together his IBM and Digital pensions, Millette figured he could yet enjoy one decent retirement. ... |
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