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Today Show Features MTC Commissioner Tom Bates

June 1, 2009... In this video clip, Tom Bates, mayor of Berkeley and an MTC commissioner, talks about living carless during the “Live Simply, Save Big Today” segment of the Today show aired May 14, 2009. Host Meredith Vieria introduces the piece, which is narrated by Phil LeBeau, CNBC. LeBeau states that Mayor Bates is “leading the charge as Americans say so long to gas guzzlers.” The mayor recently gave up his car and walks or uses public transit on a daily basis, he says in the interview.


	Transportation News Today Show Features MTC Commissioner Tom Bates June 1, 2009... In this video clip, Tom Bates, mayor of Berkeley and an MTC commissioner, talks about living carless during the “Live Simply, Save Big Today” segment of the Today show aired May 14, 2009. Host Meredith Vieria introduces the piece, which is narrated by Phil LeBeau, CNBC. LeBeau states that Mayor Bates is “leading the charge as Americans say so long to gas guzzlers.” The mayor recently gave up his car and walks or uses public transit on a daily basis, he says in the interview.