Monday, December 24, 2007

reports 12/24/07

3 students among 8 killed in road accidents
The New Nation - Bangladesh
In Faridpur, a bus helper was killed and 23 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Satoir Bazar in Boalmari upazila Monday morning. ...
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Fourteen die when bus and trailer collide
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Flouting traffic rules and reckless driving on rutted roads have added to traffic accidents on the roads of the east African nation, where hundreds have ...
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Spinning Public Transport
By Van Helsing
"So, people realize if I do call, I will get somebody that'll take my complaint. And if you realize you're going to get somebody you're more likely to call." Bus accidents are up 24%. No doubt this too can be attributed to METRO's ...
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Seventeen die in two separate bus accidents
By Peter(Peter)
Seventeen die in two separate bus accidents Talk Radio 702 - Both accidents happened yesterday and both buses were on route to the Eastern Cape. In the first incident, ten people died near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal after the bus they ...
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Road accidents kill 41 during Eid holidays
By dilshad(dilshad)
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Bianibazar upazila on Wednesday, writes our Sylhet correspondent. Abdul Khalek, 40, of Boro Shaleswar village was killed as a bus ran over him in front of Sheola Palli Bidyut Sub ...
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Mass Transit & Gasoline Prices: Time to Go Public?
By muscle-cars-classicspotcjnot(muscle-cars-classicspotcjnot)
Another issue for bus passengers is the lack of seat belts and shoulder belts. I have been in two bus accidents without injury, but one sudden stop sent me sailing four or five feet forward. I managed to grab a post and only received a ...
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New Delhi: Sheila completes nine years
Central Chronicle - Bhopal,India
Not willing to rest her past laurels, Sheila has set the agenda for her '10th and most challenging' year--demolitions, sealings, Blueline buses and ...
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Chartered Feelings
By G. K.(G. K.)
Ramasamy Public transport system in Delhi is very poor when compared with other metropolitan cities. Traveling in a DTC bus or a blue line bus during peak hours is really nerve rattling experience. Unlike other cities, Delhi does not ...
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I Egest You Not
By Linh Dinh(Linh Dinh)
Six feet below, on the water's edge, and as far as you can see, there is a line, like a wavering tidewrack, of squatters. For the people of Goa, as for those of imperial Rome, defecating is a social activity; they squat close to one ...
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2007: Toll devolution, rising transit costs and broken Krusee control
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
By Ben Wear There could be a tendency to think of 2007 as an interregnum in Central Texas transportation, a comparative lull between 2006, when toll roads ...
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WHAT'S OPEN, CLOSED
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Metro Transit buses and light-rail trains will follow Saturday schedules. For route information, call 612-373-3333 or go to www.metrotransit.org. ...
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Changes To AC Transit Lines Begin Sunday
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy A series of route adjustments to more than 40 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District bus lines are taking affect Sunday, ...
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Laval Public Transit
940 News - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Laval public transit says rides will be free December 24th, Christmas eve, and December 31st, New Year's eve. It's way of saying thank you to users and, ...
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Gov. Blagojevich under siege
Clout Street - Chicago Tribune Blog - Chicago,IL,USA
The Chicago Transit Authority is in near meltdown. Education reform remains in limbo. And the state's deteriorating roads and bridges still aren't being ...
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A year later, T riders warm to Charlie
Boston Globe - United States
Some critics argue that the MBTA could do more with CharlieCards to make transit more efficient. With the cards in widespread use, the T could implement ...
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Island Transit rides to cost a little more
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
By Leigh Jones GALVESTON — Island Transit bus riders will pay about 33 percent more for their transportation starting Jan 1. The city council unanimously ...
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Dispute on NYC bus ends in fatal stabbing
... where he was pronounced dead just before 10 am, said Police Detective Mindy Diaz. Police had a man in custody, and were interviewing witnesses, Diaz said. A call and an email seeking comment from New York City Transit were not returned.
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Passenger Is Killed in Fight on a Bus
New York Times - United States
A passenger on a city bus in Manhattan was fatally stabbed on Sunday morning by another passenger, who was arrested after the bus driver helped the police ...
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Uganda: Bus Operators Hike Transport Costs
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
TAXI and bus fares more than doubled yesterday as passengers made last- minute upcountry journeys ahead of tomorrow's Christmas festivities. ...
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Bus drivers ordered to lift work bans
ABC Online - Australia
The Tasmanian Industrial Commission has ordered Metro bus drivers to suspend work bans until the end of the week. The bus drivers' union imposed the bans ...
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Express bus rams and kills mechanic fixing stalled car
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
BY SARBAN SINGH BY SARBAN SINGH SEREMBAN: A driver whose car had stalled and a mechanic summoned to check his vehicle were killed when an express bus ...
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Police: Dispute leads to fatal stabbing on NYC bus
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK - A dispute between two men on a city bus led to the fatal stabbing of one of them, police said Sunday. He was taken to Metropolitan Hospital, ...
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Man dies after being knocked down by bus in Co Meath
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
It's understood the man was hit by a car and bus, at Garlow Cross, outside Navan shortly before 5.30pm. The road will remain closed to traffic, ...
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Bus accident kills three women
Hindu - Chennai,India
Muzaffarpur (PTI): Three women were killed and 14 others injured when the bus they were travelling overturned on Sunday at Maksudpur village in Bihar's ...
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Zimbabwe: Cash Baron Still in Custody
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Bus crews attributed the transport problems to fuel shortages. queue for fuel and later load the buses and at the end of the day, we don't carry out our ...
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Bus drivers ordered to lift work bans
The Tasmanian Industrial Commission has ordered Metro bus drivers to suspend work bans until the end of the week.
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e-fare system for Water Bus to be completed next year
DUBAI - The Marine Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is working on the implementation of an electronic fare collection system for the Water Bus project, as well as providing special gates for persons with special needs.
Khaleej Times : UAE News - http://www.khaleejtimes.com/

Bus driver stops for sex with kids on bus www.privateofficer.com
By privateofficerbreakingnews
A school bus driver has been arrested for stopping en route – to ask an undercover police officer for sex. The 30-year-old was steering a coach full of pupils with special needs when he apparently pulled over. ...
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17 Dead in Bolivia bus crash
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Bus Station, Goa
By Michael Green
Bus Station, Goa.
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Civilians made scapegoats in aftermath of UG clashes
KanglaOnline - Kangla,Manipur,India
IMPHAL, Dec 24: Fifteen passengers of an inter-state bus heading for Guwahati, including students and teachers of a private school were abducted by armed ...
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Snarled commute puts region's vitality at risk
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
The agency's roving HELP trucks now patrol 5 am-10:30 pm most days, responding to incidents within Davidson County. $18 million for the Nashville motoring ...
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Holiday Welcomes and Woes Greet Mexican Migrants
Mexidata.info - San Diego,CA,USA
Like other similar incidents, the bus driver fled the scene of the crash. "Thank God we made it out alive," said passenger Gerardo Iracheta. ...
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3:49 PM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 8 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Foreign Tourists : Lack of Security
By Colrama
AUSTRALIA :Petty theft is com mon in crowded areas such as markets, airports and bus and railway stations ravellers have been robbed and assaulted after consuming ’spiked’ drinks here have been incidents of robbery or assault on ...
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Two die in Mullins crash
Nation News - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
The accident took place around 1:30 pm when the car in which the mother and daughter were travelling was involved in a collision with a Transport Board bus ...
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Six people injured in weather-related accidents
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
By Kirk Mitchell The Denver Post A Regional Transportation District bus slid off the street and slammed into a home at 1980 S. Dahlia St., severing a gas ...
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16 Die In Nile Ferry Accident
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Another bus that was on the ferry reached the river's west bank safely, said Minya Governor Fouad Saad Eddin. But three of its passengers who were standing ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for December 23, 2007.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal Road accident has been registered in Mangalore Rural Police Station. On 22/12/2007 at 1245 hrs on NH 13 at Parari Thiruvailu village Mangalore Taluk one Durga Prasad driver of Bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-AD-2727 drove his ...
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12-23-07
By Al M(Al M)
One of Metro's increases, though, came in a very objective and important category: accidents. Bus accidents increased 24 percent, to 534 from 430, and by 18 percent on a per-mile basis. Rail accidents continued to fall, though, . ...
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Seventeen die in two separate bus accidents
The death toll on South Africa's roads has risen significantly after 17 people were killed in two separate bus accidents. Both accidents happened yesterday and both buses were on route to the Eastern Cape. In the first incident, ...
Talk Radio 702 Eyewitness News - http://www.702.co.za


Mass Transit & Gasoline Prices: Time to Go Public?
By 1966-muscle-carswduc(1966-muscle-carswduc)
Another issue for bus passengers is the lack of seat belts and shoulder belts. I have been in two bus accidents without injury, but one sudden stop sent me sailing four or five feet forward. I managed to grab a post and only received a ...
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