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City takes part in Eco program

The city of Sunnyvale will be participating in the Valley Transportation Agency's Eco Pass program.

The passes will be made available to all full-time city employees, as well as City Councilmembers.

The passes cost $20 a year and can be used for all mass transit in the San Jose area, including buses and light rail.

With about 875 full-timers, a year of participation in the program will cost the city about $17,000.

The City Council approved the item on a one-year trial basis.

The Eco Pass program was started in Denver, Colo., with the intention of getting drivers off heavily congested area roads.

Bird causes power outage

More than 10,000 people lost power in Sunnyvale when a bird flew into a power line that feeds into the Lawrence Substation.

The bird crashed into an active line at noon on Feb. 25 as workers repaired a second deactivated line. The bird was instantly killed, and the collision caused the line to arc. No workers were injured, and power was restored to all customers by 5 p.m.

"A lot of times, birds will do this," PG&E's Scott Blakey said. "We spend a lot of money to try and keep lines far enough apart to try and prevent it."

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, March 4, 1998.
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