Thursday, December 20, 2007

headlines 12-20-07

Responders prepare for emergency
Lake Sun Leader (subscription) - Camdenton,MO,USA
They sat down with
Lake Regional Hospital staff and school officials to focus on emergency preparedness involving bus accidents. 'It is something that can ...
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Kids In Hospital After Van Hits Bus
Queens Tribune - New York,NY,USA
"Maybe it was icy and that's why he couldn't make the turn," he noted. "Minor accidents have happened here but nothing like that."
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One dead, 7 hurt in road accidents
Times of India - India
After the driver of a Maruti applied its brakes due to some reason, a Maruti car hit it from the rear, followed by a Mahindra Bolero and a private bus. ...
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Deadly night and day for city
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
19: Beginning last night and leading into this afternoon, a series of six unrelated city traffic accidents have left four persons dead and three injured. ...
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North Carolina Mother and Daughter Killed in Benson accident
By Michael A. DeMayo
Hudson, was not hurt. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the accident. If someone you love is killed in
North Carolina or South Carolina because a truck driver, car driver, motorcyclist, or bus driver was negligent, ...
North Carolina Injury Lawyer Blog - http://www.northcarolinainjurylawyerblog.com/

Back to School: Bus Safety Tips
By patsyasselin
Every year children die or are injured in school bus related accidents. Many die as a result of a collision involving their bus with another vehicle while others are killed or hurt as they fail to clear the area around the bus or are ...
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i'm even blogging lazily
By babies for breakfast(babies for breakfast)
Have any car accidents? haven't been driving. couple bus accidents. Buy a new car? not yet. New BF/GF? new ex. Get a new job? yes. then quit again after about four months. Do you have a New Year's resolution? ...
this song is about you - http://kindertwin.livejournal.com/

I WANT TO KNOW....WHY...???
By Matty(Matty)
If 75% of all accidents happen within 5 miles of home, why not move 10 miles away? If a bus station is where a bus stops, and a train station is where a train stops, why do I have a work station on my desk? ...
Running On Empty - http://runningonempty-matty.blogspot.com/

oy vey!
By Gretchen.(Gretchen.)
On the bus home today, the bus driver had to threaten to turn the bus around because tensions there were running high. IT'S A MADHOUSE, A MAAAADHOUSE!!! I myself am liable to snap at any given second. Everyone definately needs a break, ...
.::...hurrah for happy accidents...::. - http://impaired-logic.livejournal.com/

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Your Guide to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Reflective getaway from the city's chaos and confusion; by Mayank Austen Soofi Viewpoint – Mrs. Sheila Dikshit's Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

Better public transit ahead
South Asian Focus - Brampton,Ontario,Canada
The Ontario government is investing an additional $6.84 million in
Brampton Transit in shared gas tax receipts to help get more people out of their cars and ...
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Wheelchair Van Drivers Accept Pact, Ending 10-Day Strike
New York Times - United States
10, shutting down operations at Atlantic Paratrans, the Maggies Paratransit Corporation, MV Transportation and the Transit Facility Management Corporation. ...
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Strike looms for Go Transit buses
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The union representing GO Transit bus drivers and ticket agents says a strike is inevitable after its members rejected a tentative deal that would have ...
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Transit installs sign over holidays
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Transit has installed a sign to advise drivers of travel times when heading to the
Coromandel Peninsula over the Christmas holidays. ...
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Election Software Lost in Transit
Wired News - USA
... Election '08 More than a hundred computer chips containing voting machine software were lost or stolen during transit in
California this week. ...
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Drivers for NY's Disabled OK Settlement
Forbes - NY,USA
Transit officials used other transportation providers and private van carriers, and some riders received vouchers for taxis or car services.
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New York Transit Agency Approves Fare, Toll Increases (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
Transit agencies throughout US are raising tolls and fares to fund improvements and expansions as ridership increases because of rising gas prices and ...
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Pierce Transit approves annual budget
Tacoma Daily News - Tacoma,WA,USA
The Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners voted Dec. 10 to approve next year's annual budget. Priorities in the approved $196 Million budget include ...
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MTA board approves some transit fare hikes; Base fare holds at $2
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board has voted to increase some transit fares, but the base fare for subways and buses will remain at ...
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City to invest in public transit
NorthernLife.ca - Sudbury,ON,Canada
Other plans include the implementation of a "U-Pass" or universal pass for post-secondary students, improvements to the
Sudbury Transit Terminal, ...
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Transit discount for disabled discriminates others, Saudino says
Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada
Despite protests of discriminating against other low-income people in
Timmins, city council has approved lowering transit rates for Ontario Disability ...
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TTC Transit Reporter Holiday Schedule
Market Wire (press release) - USA
19, 2007) - Due to the early afternoon rush hour anticipated for Monday, December 24th and Monday, December 31st, the TTC Transit Reporter will begin the ...
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Former transit authority worker facing charges
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
A former transit worker is facing charges she embezzled at least $184000 from the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority. Authorities say Maria Borrego was ...
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York Transit's free New Year's Eve
King Township Sentinel - Beeton,ON,Canada
York Region Transit and Viva will once again offer complimentary YRT/Viva rides starting at
7 pm Dec. 31 until the early hours of New Year's Day. ...
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Transit strike in 2008?
CJAD - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Contract talks broke off Monday between transit workers and the MTC -- specifically, bus and metro drivers and ticket takers. The union claims there was a ...
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GO Transit bus drivers reject tentative deal
Globe and Mail - Canada
TORONTO — GO Transit says a tentative contract settlement it reached earlier this month with its bus drivers and ticket agents has been rejected. ...
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Tunisie Telecom upgrades IP transit connectivity to Seabone
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
Tunisian national telecommunications company Tunisie Telecom has upgraded its international IP transit connectivity with Seabone, Sparkle's internet ...
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Heathrow unveils new transit system details
Just the Flight - Guernsey,UK
Work has begun to develop a new personal rapid transit system (PRT) at the new Terminal 5 at
Heathrow Airport. The £25 million scheme, when complete, ...
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Pentagon probing transit-subsidy fraud
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
The latest report found a "high risk" that Defense Department workers will commit fraud by holding transit subsidy benefits and subsidized parking benefits ...
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Former Contra Costa County transit worker charged with embezzling
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
A former ticket agent for a
Contra Costa County public transit system has been charged with embezzling at least $184000, authorities said Tuesday. ...
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Transit strike looms
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
The new year could start with a transit strike, the union representing
Montreal bus and métro drivers said yesterday. Talks broke off late Monday between ...
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Bay Area transit officials see metering lights make highways flow
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Weary commuters all over the Bay Area could start seeing red more often - at the foot of every freeway on-ramp. Transportation officials want to install or ...
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Regional transit system on track to the future
Tampa Bay Newspapers - Seminole,FL,USA
By SUZETTE PORTER TAMPA BAY - Imagine a transit system that could take you places more conveniently and more affordably than you can drive in your personal ...
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Scottsdale panel will review transit proposals
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
Proposals to make it easier to bike, walk and ride transit in
Scottsdale will be reviewed by a city advisory panel on Thursday. ...
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GET gains $41000 to beef up transit center security
Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA
The Golden Empire Transit District received $41000 Tuesday to beef up security at its transit centers from the state Office of Homeland Security. ...
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St. Louis County Council repeals transit tax vote ordinance
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
5 on a half-cent increase in a transit sales tax.
County Counselor Patricia Redington said she would seek a court order today to cancel the vote. ...
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Pushing mass transit
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
With gasoline at $3 a gallon and expected to rise, the operators of the county's mass-transit system are fanning out to remind municipal officials of the ...
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LIRR Plan to Expand Delayed
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Steve Ritea, Newsday)
A plan to bring the Long Island Rail Road into Grand Central Terminal is likely to be delayed to 2014 because of issues with a contract to carve out space for a new underground concourse, an MTA official said yesterday.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

GO strike a possibility, says transit boss
The head of GO Transit says a strike is a "real possibility" since the union rejected a tentative agreement and no more meetings are scheduled.
The Spectator News - http://www.thespec.com

Affton woman wins free year of transit
Metro has awarded a free year of public transportation to Angela Johnson of Affton as part of the agency's Try Transit promotion.
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Transit & development news in Flagpole
By brent(brent)
Real-time information on
Athens Transit buses will be available in January on the Athens Transit website (www.athenstransit.com), and soon also on the website "Google Transit." Also, "Holes in the Road": ...
BikeAthens Blog - http://bikeathens.blogspot.com/

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R. Kelly's Bus-Stop Blues
E! Online - USA
The singer missed a court date Wednesday in his child-pornography case after his tour bus was stopped by police in Utah on its way to Chicago from ...
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3 Arrested in Vegas Bus Stop Shooting
The Associated Press -
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three more people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a school bus stop that wounded six people, police said. ...
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MTA Approves Subway and Bus Fare Increase
New York Times - United States
The base subway and bus will remain $2, but the overwhelming majority of riders — who use unlimited-ride cards or get a discount for buying multiple rides ...
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Tourists hurt in Northland bus crash
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
The bus was on its way back from a day trip to
Cape Reinga when it plunged down a bank. Thirteen tourists were taken to two Northland hospitals after the ...
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Drunken-driving suspect hits Greyhound bus; several injured
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
A drunken-driving suspect crashed into a Greyhound bus early Wednesday, injuring several people. Witnesses said the man ran a red light in his sport utility ...
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Thompson's Iowa closing tour
MSNBC - USA
CORALVILLE, Iowa -- Day two of Fred Thompson's "The Clear Conservative Choice: Hands Down" bus tour rolled through the Iowa River Power restaurant here ...
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Downtown bus tunnel closed again
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Bus routes that usually run through the tunnel are operating on surface streets downtown. All of the systems in the tunnel such as ventilation, lighting, ...
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Retired bus worker charged with theft
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Rick Ramacier, general manager for the bus service, said Borrego treated herself to as much as $5000 a month from sales of BART tickets, or as much as 20 ...
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Dedicated bus lane for new airport
Times of India - India
But soon, the BMTC's Volvo buses will use a dedicated bus lane to let passengers reach the airport in a jiffy.
Bangalore's first dedicated bus lane will be ...
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MTA Approves Subway and Bus Fare Increases
After an unusually vigorous and spirited debate, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted at 10:50 am today to raise fares on subways, buses and commuter railroads and tolls on bridges and tunnels.
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Postcards from the Pug Bus - Jamie Lynn Spears Gets Pregnant as ...
Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, is knocked up higher than her no-account big sister on a three-day, Little Debbies-and-Red Bull binge.
HumorFeed News Headlines - http://www.humorfeed.com/

Bus fares rising as standards fall: Opposition
A stoush has erupted between the New South Wales Opposition and the State Transit Authority (STA) over the number of cancelled bus services in Sydney.
ABC News : New South Wales - http://www.abc.net.au/news/nsw

Student And Driver Injured In High Point School Bus Accident
High Point, NC -- Emergency crews are reporting minor injuries after a bus collided with a semi on Baker Road in High point. The driver of the bus and one student was transported to High Point regional hospital with minor injuries. ...
digtriad.com Top News - http://www.digtriad.com

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Bus hits man on Second near Market
Examiner.com - USA
Mannina said Monday's incident appears to be the pedestrian's fault. Police have also ruled two prior incidents — a man hit by a historic streetcar on the ...
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Two Broward County students report they were abused on buses
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
DCF spokeswoman Leslie Mann could not release additional details about the bus incident, citing privacy concerns. She said DCF district administrator Jack ...
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Student Shootings Stem From Shoe Kissing, Neighbor Says
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
The man says the family moved to the subdivision two months ago and that deputies have been called there several times to investigate incidents in which his ...
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Pupils' unruly behaviour on school bus
East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich,England,UK
Following any incident, we will work with the school and the bus operator to review how the incident was dealt with."
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City Leaders Work To Make Mass Transit Safer
WBAL - Baltimore,MD,USA
MTA police were called to the scene of another altercation involving teenagers on a city bus on Wednesday afternoon at
Winchester and Bentlow streets. ...
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Five students, driver injured in Goshen bus crash
Troy Messenger - Troy,AL,USA
Bazzell said the driver is an experienced bus driver who has a good record with the school system. "This driver has been involved in no incidents during her ...
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Police say Huntsville incident not related to Madison child ...
The Huntsville Times - al.com - Huntsville,AL,USA
Allen said in
Huntsville all of the schools have been notified of both incidents and officers who work in the schools are also on alert. ...
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11:45 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 7 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Daily Crime Incidents for December 19, 2007.
By spdk(spdk)
On
18/12/2007 at 1945 hrs at Kankanady Mangalore one driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-AC-9905 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a car bearing Reg. No. KA-19-N-6836 driven by one Roopa Rodrigo'sR/o ...
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Bus hits man on Second near Market
A Monday evening Muni accident on Market Street sent a 45-year-old man to the hospital and brought the number of Muni-pedestrian incidents since July 1 to 20.
Examiner San Francisco - http://www.examiner.com/San_Francisco-Top_News.html?cid=rss-San_Francisco

Muni's incompetent management structure injures more people.
By kfarr
Muni means murder? The Examiner reports a Muni bus hit a pedestrian Monday evening bringing the total number of "pedestrian incidents" to 20 since the start of Muni's fiscal year on July 1. 20 incidents? Why so many? Is this excessive? ...
blog - http://kfarr.wordpress.com

London\'s Booze Bus
By Krstic All Star
Demand increases 10-15% on a busy Friday night before Christmas November was the busiest month in history of the London Ambulance Service Liverpool St station has ambulance staff and vehicles for alcohol incidents in the City ...
Basketball Forum - NBA & College... - http://www.basketballforum.com

Police Plan To Have Lanes With Sand Traps At Accident-prone Locations
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Recently, Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh had said that the accident involving a tour bus and a tanker at the Jelapang toll plaza ...
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Rwanda: 3 Perish in Jaguar Bus Accident
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Balidawa said that bus accidents are common around the scene of yesterday's accident. "That accident occurred early in the morning, and therefore not so ...
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3 children hurt in pool car crash
Times of India - India
This is the latest in a series of pool car accidents over the past year. In July, Kaustav Bhattacharyya, a class-III student of
South Point School, ...
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All Shall Perish tour crash kills two
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The accident occurred about 7am when a minibus left the road, rolling down an embankment. The bus had been carrying eight passengers, all men in their 20s, ...
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Six Taken to Area Hospitals After Bus Crash
WSFA - Montgomery,AL,USA
At this time we do not know the school system to which the bus belonged or the number of students onboard. An investigation into how the accident occured is ...
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Ballina man dies after crash with bus
Lismore Northern Star - Australia
Police are investigating, and the cause of the accident will be determined by the coroner, Insp Driver said. A Blanch s Bus Company spokesman, ...
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RALLYING: Co-driver Motuvo released from hospital
Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
Local rally ace Tanveer Alam was killed in an accident involving his Subaru Legacy and a bus while on "recce" in the Mombasa Rally in 1996. ...
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10 killed in road accidents in Orissa
KalingaTimes - Bhubaneswar,Orissa,India
Four persons were killed and three injured in another accident in Nayagarh district when a Nawrangpur-bound bus from
Bhubaneswar overturned near Chandpur. ...
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What You Need to Know About Los Angeles and Orange County Personal ...
By safercalifornia
Other accident situations could involve a railroad accident, truck accident or other types of vehicular bus accident while riding as a passenger, driving to or from work or on the way to the swimming pool at the health club. ...
California Legal and Regulatory News - http://www.safercalifornia.com/

Dear Bus: I Quit
By Malingering
If you read my blog, you know I am extremely accident prone. I've been to the ER twice since June thanks to freak injuries and I've been in 3 not-at-fault car accidents since October 2006. I was almost hit while in a crosswalk (by a ...
LAist - http://laist.com/

accidents, other stuff
By TL(TL)
Today, as I was waiting for a bus, a school bus pulled in to the convenience store across the street. The driver (I think) got out and went inside. About two minutes passed. Then someone inside the bus started honking the horn. ...
The Transit Librarian - http://transitlibrarian.com/

Tricounty DFA Update: Holiday Wishes, Meeting Date Change, The ...
By Larry Dudley(Larry Dudley)
A few of these sudden changes remind me of stories (apparently true) of bus accidents in New York City, where people rush to get on a bus after it's had a crash, holding their necks and writhing in pain, so they can get in on the ...
Democracy For The Southern Adirondack... - http://townmeetingday.blogspot.com/

India accident kills at least 19
Children were among those killed in the accident in Moga district.Railway official Sriprakash said the bus rammed into a manned railway crossing and hit a train.Road accidents are common in India, claiming thousands of lives every year. ...
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Rs 25 lakh is all it took for world's best bus service
By churumuri
NEW DELHI: Delhi's blueline buses have killed 113 people in the last 12 months, prompting citizens to blame drivers, police, politicians and transport officials. Some even blame privatisation. Former P&G head Gurcharan Das writes that ...
churumuri - http://churumuri.wordpress.com

Bluelines claim 100th victim in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 27 - A privately operated Blueline bus in the national capital Saturday crushed a minor boy to death, taking the toll in such accidents to 100 this year.Tushar, a class four student of South Delhi, died on the spot when ...
Kashmir - http://www.nerve.in/tags:kashmir

one morning in my delhi life
By Diana(Diana)
I try to avoid these blue line buses. They're famous for killing people all the time. Seriously. The ridge park. Historically an area where some of the events of the 1857 rebellion happened. Also a short cut to my college. ...
Diana in Delhi - http://dianaindelhi.blogspot.com/

Contra Costa transit clerk accused of embezzling $184000
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
(12-18)
14:56 PST MARTINEZ - A former ticket agent for a Contra Costa County public transit system has been charged with embezzling at least $184000, ...
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Transit system moves forward with plans for new headquarters
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
By Michele Steinbacher BLOOMINGTON -- Facing with growing demand for public bus service, the Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System plans to buy up to 17 ...
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Reeling Visitors Back With Window Of Brunei Transit Tour Programme
Bru Direct - Brunei Darussalam
The 'Window of Brunei' will allow passengers who transit in Brunei Darussalam for more than four hours to enjoy a complementary transit tour and/or a meal ...
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New York City Orders 850 Hybrid Transit Buses
Wired News - USA
The largest transit agency in
North America has ordered 850 diesel-electric buses and will have the largest fleet of hybrids when the vehicles hit the ...
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House cancels session on gambling, mass transit
Chicago Defender - IL, United States
by AP Feuding at the state Capitol over gambling expansion and mass transit aid has claimed another casualty. House Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday ...
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NJ Transit Train Strikes Car, Kills 1
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
New Jersey Transit train 4613 struck the car at about 12:30 pm on the tracks where they cross over Atco Avenue. A person in the car was pronounced dead at ...
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The Kheel Plan: Double the Congestion Charge & Make Transit Free
StreetsBlog - New York,NY,USA
"If you were to design the ultimate system, you would have mass transit be free and charge an enormous amount for cars." So said Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
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Funding for Chicago area mass transit needs to be fixed, but how?
Quincy Herald Whig - Quincy,IL,USA
By Doug Wilson Lawmakers from throughout
Illinois agree Chicago area mass transit needs to fix its funding system. There's less agreement, however, ...
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NJ Transit board acts to meet hike in riders
New Brunswick Home News Tribune - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
By LARRY HIGGS With NJ Transit setting another record for the number of people riding its trains and buses, the agency also has to find ways to keep from ...
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London Transit in line for $8.9-million pickup
London Free Press - Canada
By KATHERINA DEHAAS, SUN MEDIA The London Transit Commission is set to get a $8.9-million boost from the Ontario government's gas-tax program, ...
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Transit upgrades get $36M funding boost
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By KHAIROON ABBAS, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA The provincial government is giving Ottawa transit a push, investing an additional $36 million locally through to ...
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Better transit service doesn't come cheap
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
During last week's budget deliberations, council wrestled with that very issue -- not for the first time -- and ended up increasing transit fares an average ...
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GO Feud Blocks Transit Upgrade
By rss@masstransitmag.com (The Toronto Star)
Mixed signals, intransigence and angry denials have stalled delivery of federal money for major improvements to public transit in
Toronto. Municipal officials, including Mayor David Miller, are quick to blame Ottawa for the gridlock in ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Planning association hails Metro transit program
By The Oregonian
ROSS WILLIAM HAMILTON/THE OREGONIANThe nation's leading urban planning organization will give Portland's Metro regional government an award for encouraging transit oriented development, such as this dense housing near the Portland ...
Breaking News Updates - OregonLive.com - http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/

Transit plans take long road
The idea of extending the Portland streetcar to Sellwood is complicating two significant transportation projects – dealing with the aging Sellwood Bridge and creating a transit line between Portland and Lake Oswego. ...
The Portland Tribune - News - http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php

Hybrid transit buses coming to North America
Daimler Buses North America is going make more than 1000 diesel-electric hybrid transit buses. The company, which is based out of North Carolina, also has a plant in Oneida County.
News 10 Now Top Stories - http://www.news10now.com

NJ Transit board acts to meet hike in riders
With NJ Transit setting another record for the number of people riding its trains and buses, the agency also has to find ways to keep from being a victim of its success, transit advocates said.
Home News Tribune - News - http://www.thnt.com

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School bus rolls; kids OK
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
There were 11 children on the bus headed to the International School in Eden Prairie, a patrol spokesman said, but they were not hurt. ...
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Girl stabbed on MTA bus in city
Baltimore Sun - United States
Shortly before
4 pm, a fight broke out among several juveniles in the rear of bus No. 51 bound for Cherry Hill, said Jawauna Greene, the spokeswoman. ...
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Fourth person dies from injuries in bus crash
Houston Chronicle - United States
2007 AP FORREST CITY, Ark. — A fourth person has died from injuries from a November bus crash along Interstate 40 near Forrest City. ...
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MSP's hear school bus seatbelt urge
The Press Association -
Children travelling on school buses have less protection than livestock in transit, MSPs have heard. The complaint came from a parent angry at the lack of ...
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NYC to get office tower atop midtown bus terminal
Reuters - USA
By Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Plans to build an office tower atop New York City's much criticized bus terminal in midtown Manhattan have been ...
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There will be no more cuts in bus service at least through June
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
"I would hope that the folks won't be concerned and start rumors that we are stopping bus service," said Marcie Gragg, 1st District councilwoman. ...
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Man crushed to death under bus
Times of India - India
AHMEDABAD: An elderly man fell off from the entrance of an over-crowded bus and got crushed to death when he fell under the rear wheel on Tuesday afternoon. ...
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On the bus as McCain makes his New Hampshire push.
Slate - USA
Candidate restraint, while it lasted, was the only thing that seemed new at the back of McCain's campaign bus Monday night as it rolled through the slushy ...
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Bus stop crash driver collapses outside court
ABC Online - Australia
A woman charged over a fatal car crash at a bus stop in
Sydney's south has broken down outside court. Forty-two-year-old Rose Deng drove onto a footpath at ...
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Please bring back our bus stop
BUS passengers are fed up with a cardboard replacement bus stop which is so difficult to recognise even bus drivers are passing it by.
Echo | South Essex news - http://www.echo-news.co.uk

Govt urged to upgrade all bus interchanges
The ACT Opposition is calling for all of Canberra's existing bus interchanges to be rebuilt and integrated into neighbouring shopping centres.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

Instant fines for bus lane hoggers
Motorists who illegally use bus lanes face being slapped with an on-the-spot fine from this week.
Bradford Telegraph and Argus... - http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Free bus passes could cost jobs at Brighton council
More jobs could have to be axed at a council after Government plan left bosses with a £3.6 million funding gap.
The Argus | General news - http://www.theargus.co.uk

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Dutch school shooting: shocking, but unpreventable
Expatica Netherlands - Netherlands
Zaandam bus drivers went out in early January 2004 to demand better security after a colleague was stabbed and wounded by an irate passenger. The incident ...
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Simon a study in conflict
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
"He's just a guy who, when he gets near the edge - as we've seen with some of the earlier incidents - he'll snap. Obviously, that's a bad one right there. ...
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Driver in school bus abuse case disciplined earlier
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
26 incident, which occurred aboard a small school bus filled with children bound for a special school for disabled students, was reported that same day by a ...
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CHRISTMAS TAILBACK -- AND IT'S 23KM LONG
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
And the only way to do this is through improved bus services." The truck and trailer overturnedearly yesterday morning, and the incident started to affect ...
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