Friday, January 25, 2008

1-25-09

Blueline operators move court over impounded buses
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: The Capital’s Blueline bus operators moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking modification of an order in which the Court had last year ...
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Blueline buses kill woman, businessman; year's toll seven - Topix
From correspondents in Delhi, India, 11:00 PM IST A woman and a businessman were killed Wednesday in two separate road accidents involving Blueline buses, ...

9 Injured in SC Church Bus Accident
The Associated Press -
PICKENS, SC (AP) — A bus carrying children home from a church service ran off a rural highway and overturned, injuring nine people, one critically, ...
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Bank robber arrested while waiting for MARTA bus
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Channel Monae Gaskin admitted to robbing the Wachovia Bank at
8721 Roswell Road after being arrested at a nearby bus stop, police said. ...
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More people on the bus in KC, but rail gets more riders elsewhere
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Yes, the numbers show Kansas City is getting more bus riders. But rail transit -- heavy, commuter and light -- is still the real draw across the country. ...
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Tour bus set alight in Belfast
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Australians on a tour of
Northern Ireland faced disruption this week after vandals torched their tour bus in Belfast. The Paddywagon Tours bus was set ...
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DONS TAKE THE BUS
Sportinglife.com - UK
Aberdeen have completed the signing of Dutch defender Dave Bus and he should go straight into the squad for Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League match ...
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Bus stand turns into garbage dump
Hindu - Chennai,India
MISUSED FACILITY: The NGO Colony bus stand is being used more as a garbage collection point than as a public transport infrastructure. ...
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Boys Off the Bus
New York Times - United States
The enduring image of campaign reporters is that of “boys on the bus,” a phrase that comes from the 1968 book by Timothy Crouse. What was true in Crouse’s ...
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Mexico City Rolls Out Women-Only Buses
The Associated Press -
And while some men have complained that they have to wait longer for a bus, she said the women are thrilled: "The women are really happy and we have been ...
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School bus hits, kills boy, 8
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Melinda Rogers An 8-year-old
Davis County boy was struck and killed by a school bus Wednesday. The boy fell under the school bus and was run over by its ...
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Lawmakers urged to seek federal funds for transit now
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
"
Utah is trying to accelerate its transit plan, and I would submit to you that now is the time to accelerate that process before a lot of people get in line ...
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BC Transit gets rough ride at open house
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
BC Transit didn't expect an easy ride yesterday when it held the first of two open houses for the latest incarnation of the Douglas Street Busway proposal, ...
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Calgary police arrest suspect in transit station killing
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Arcelie Sombrito de Laoagan's battered body was found last Friday near a light-rail transit station. At a news conference Thursday, police announced a ...
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Sound Transit weighs new ballot issue
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By LARRY LANGE Sound Transit officials are considering putting another transit-expansion measure on the ballot in the urban areas of King, ...
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Mayor Newsom taps transit funds
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... to transfer at least $26 million more yearly from the city's general fund to the Municipal Transportation Agency to improve transit service. ...
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Staving Off Transit Doomsday
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
By PATRICK McILHERAN Chicago last week staved off yet another looming transit doomsday, and for a mere half billion dollars in new taxes. ...
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Person of Interest sought in Transit Center shooting
Federal Way News - Federal Way,WA,USA
On January 18, at approximately
7 pm, officers were dispatched to a shooting at the Metro Transit Center, located at 316th and 23rd Avenue South in Federal ...
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Monterey-Salinas Transit offers online ticket purchases
The Salinas Californian - Salinas,CA,USA
Starting Friday, Monterey-Salinas Transit will sell monthly passes and ticket books online at www.mst.org/order. MST’s online pass sales site will enable ...
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Number 5 bus among worst for 'code red'
Barking & Dagenham Recorder - London,England,UK
A BUS route serving Barking Town Centre has been slammed for having among the highest number of recorded incidents in the capital. ...
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Number 5 bus among worst for 'code red'
Barking & Dagenham Recorder - London,England,UK
A BUS route serving Barking Town Centre has been slammed for having among the highest number of recorded incidents in the capital. ...
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Bills aim to protect kids online, at bus stops
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
Ray Tenorio said he hoped the bill would protect children and prevent incidents. "I hope this will go a long way to preventing crimes (against) kids," ...
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Yobs pelt bus on estate route
This is Wiltshire.co.uk - Swindon,England,UK
Pc Dave Brown, of Trowbridge police, said: "The police are aware of a series of incidents in the
Lambrok Road area of Studley Green. ...
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Working like Trojans to stop bus vandalism
icSeftonandWestLancs - Southport,England,UK
... Advertister He was one of several people targeted during the campaign to clampdown on bus vandalism following a spate of incidents in recent weeks. ...
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10:23 PM, I-85 S, Special Event, Road Closed with Detour
I-85 Bus Southbound is closed due to Special Event with Greensboro Police Department.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Goths kids today :: $7.4 million dollar heist!
... So going by the media: American goths +1 for heist American goths -1 for leaving receipt to their hideaway 350 miles away. England goths -1 for untoward bus incidents Score so far: American Goths 0, England Goths -1.
Side-Line news - http://www.side-line.com/index.xml

Daily Crime Incidents for January 24, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On
23/01/2008 at 0545 hrs at Kayargoli junction Kurnadu village Bantwal Taluk one Sathyaprakash driver of bus bearing Reg. KA-19-AD-3335 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against one Abdul Rahiman (25) R/o ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Lil Wayne,Dwayne Carter, Jr,Harold Johnson, Jr, Curtis Stewart
By Reporters(Reporters)
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Arizona, Lil Wayne was traveling with 11 others aboard a tour bus along I-8, the most common route between San Diego, CA and Tucson, AZ where Wayne performed on Sunday evening (Jan 20) ...
GUN Crime:- Incidents - Arrests - http://firearmcrime.blogspot.com/

111Can it prevent a future accident?
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wein,Austria
24.01.2008 20:59:05 Keeping your bottom line healthy for anyone running a trucking company, bus line, or delivery service is a difficult task; ...
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Bus 2 2 , we loved you
Columbia Falls Hungry Horse News - Columbia Falls,MT,USA
By HEIDI DESCH / Hungry Horse News Hanson , 6 3 , said during the 3 0 years he never had any major accidents . A deer ran into his bus once and he got stuck ...
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Snowy Conditions Lead To Numerous Collisions
Fulton County News - McConnellsburg,PA,USA
All individuals riding on the bus, which was towed from the accident scene, were wearing seat belts. Not so far away in nearby
Thompson Township, ...
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Nine killed after bus falls into ravine in Peru
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
... people died and 34 were injured in three road accidents in other parts of the country. On Jan 10, a packed bus was buried on a road due to a landslide. ...
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School Bus Accident
KSBI 52 - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
An Oklahoma City public school bus hit an electrical pole Wednesday morning. The accident has started an investigation that could mean a new career for one ...
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Commuter profile: Nina in Santa Cruz
By Fritz
After the worst accident, I stopped biking for several months, switching to a hybrid running/rollerblading/bus commuting system. But ultimately, I wanted the flexibility of the bike, and switched to slow, old bikes with great brakes. ...
Commute by Bike - http://commutebybike.com

HELL’S ANGELS
By The Bangalorean(The Bangalorean)
“Retired judges conduct an inquiry into every accident involving BMTC buses. If the driver is guilty, he will be exempted from the service,’’ said an official, adding that many of the bus routes were recently re-surveyed and trip times ...
Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore - http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/

My [beta] Civic Platform: Transportation Alternatives
By paul
Imagine being able to walk a short distance to a bus stop with a modern and sharp looking weather shelter, comfy bench, along with a transit map, a garbage and recycling bin, and daily newspapers. We can make this a reality. Here’s how. ...
paulhillsdon.com - http://www.paulhillsdon.com/blog

Blueline buses kill two persons
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: A young woman and a man were killed in separate road accidents involving Blueline buses in the Capital on Wednesday. While one of the bus drivers ...
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Blueline bus runs over woman, year's toll six
New Delhi, Jan 23 - A 35-year-old woman was killed Wednesday evening when she was getting down from a Blueline bus, becoming the sixth victim of the capital's privately operated fleet this year. The accident occurred in the morning when ...
Oman - http://www.nerve.in/tags:oman

Blueline kills two; year’s toll seven
A woman and a businessman were killed in two separate road accidents involving Blueline buses yesterday, taking the toll to seven this year.
Mid-Day - Delhi City News - http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/news/delhi

Are You Settling In To Singapore Well?
By passagesintime
Can you look at this on-line subscription card copy? Discovery Channel Magazine is launching in two days and this two-page spread needs to go to the printer at the end of this week. (Oh God, it looks awful.) Can you go out to dinner on ...
Passages In Time - http://passagesintime.wordpress.com

Tata Nano Can’t deny aspirations
By tatananoindia
A recent sting operation seems to indicate that
New Delhi’s Blueline buses are responsible for deaths almost on a daily basis, because the drivers are being allowed to get away. The recent move to make drunken driving a criminal offence ...
Tata Nano - http://tatananoindia.wordpress.com

One of Delhi's famous BlueLine buses on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos to the world, securely and ...

Walkies? Not on my bus, mate
Scotsman - United Kingdom
THE story that caused Alba and his colleagues most amusement yesterday was the one about the Goth couple thrown off a bus when the driver called them ...
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Husband of bus crash victim sues bus company, driver
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The husband of one of the four people killed in a November bus crash in east
Arkansas is suing the bus company and its driver, ...
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Bus depot appeal lands in review board
Beaverton Valley Times - Portland,OR,USA
By Ray Pitz The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals is set to hear an appeal on the expansion of a
Beaverton School District bus depot today in Salem. ...
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Why it's a mistake not to wait lazily for the bus
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Now scientists claim to have shown why it is a mistake to abandon your wait at a bus stop. The dilemma of whether to walk or trust the bus timetable will be ...
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Three people dead, two injured in SUV-bus crash
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
Another two people were taken to hospital after the crash between an OC Transpo bus and an SUV just before 2 am All of the victims, believed to be in their ...
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Roswell bus company contract with Texas city ends
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP ROSWELL, NM — A $6 million contract between a Roswell-based bus contractor and the city of
Beaumont, Texas, has been canceled. ...
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Pike bus drivers' battle for union still on
Indianapolis Star - United States
By Robert Annis Pike Township Schools' bus drivers say they'll continue to fight for the right to vote for union representation despite a School Board ...
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Boy struck and killed by school bus
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Melinda Rogers Posted:
6:47 PM- An 8-year-old Davis County boy was struck and killed by a school bus this afternoon. The boy fell under a school bus and ...
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Uganda: Luzira Passengers Get Bus
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A PIONEER Easy bus has started transporting passengers from the city centre to Luzira, making it the third route after Gayaza and Mukono, writes Vision ...
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Good news in Highgate bus stand saga
By Lynne(Lynne)
This would not only create more joined-up bus services, but would also allow the removal of the bus stand - greatly improving
Pond Square. Better bus services and a better space for the community - it'd be a matter of win, win. ...
Lynne Featherstone's Parliament... - http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/blog.htm

Bus Accident - Multiple Injuries
A bus accident with injuries in Pickens County. The latest coming up on News Channel 7 at 11.
News - http://www.wspa.com

Gang member attacks two men on TriMet bus in Northeast Portland
After approaching two Hispanic males seated at the back of a TriMet bus, 20-year-old Andres Napolean-Marcos identified himself as a gang member, displayed a knife and a pair of brass knuckles, and then attacked the men. ...
The Portland Tribune - News - http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php

School bus rolls over car
Valdosta City Schools Bus No. 10 was in route to Sallas Mahone Elementary School Wednesday morning when it ran over the front of a 2000 Nissan Maxima on the corner of Lee Street and Vallotton Drive.
Valdosta Daily Times--Local News - http://www.valdostadailytimes.com

Ten dollar fee increase buys new buses for campus
By rachel.cook@umontana.edu(rachel.cook@umontana.edu)
UM bought the COT bus using a loan, which students are paying back. Everyone foots part of the bill through a $10 increase in semester tuition fees. This increase started last semester, with each student now paying $22.50 in ...
Montana Kaimin News - http://www.montanakaimin.com

Riders pack buses in record numbers
Seattle Times - United States
Relief may be on the way for packed-in passengers: Next month, Metro receives the first 22 of 122 buses promised in the 2006 "Transit Now" ballot measure. ...
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit auditors cancel contract with chairwoman
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News DART's independent auditors have announced that a contract between DART chairwoman Lynn Flint Shaw and ...
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Talking Transit
Des Plaines Journal - Des Plaines,IL,USA
Rod Blagojevich have reached an agreement on funding mass transit. And as commuters shared their thoughts, residents flooded State Sen. ...
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About 4000 seniors have pre-registered for free transit rides
WTHI - Terre Haute,IN,USA
They were part of a contentious deal between the governor and state lawmakers to fund
Chicago area mass transit. Seniors can register by calling the ...
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Transit in Canada. It's a joke
Globe and Mail - Canada
"Public transit?" He was so scathing he shut me right up. But at the time we were riding a minivan through suburban
Calgary, which is to say Calgary, ...
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Brussels transit service picks Bombardier tram
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Bombardier Transportation has won a firm order for 87 bi-directional trams and options on another 15 from Brussels transit company STIB, ...
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BYU play on transit aims to move Utahns
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Utah's transit problems have been discussed in a variety of venues, but from Thursday to Saturday, they will take center stage - literally. ...
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Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties Consider Tax for Mass Transit
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Mike Brassfield,...
Bus officials from Pinellas and Hillsborough counties met Tuesday to discuss asking voters to approve a half-cent sales tax in 2010 to pay for better mass transit - which could include the beginnings of a light rail network.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Spain arrests thwarted imminent transit attack
"Judge Ismael Moreno wrote that the suspects "had achieved human operational capacity and were very close to achieving full technical capacity with explosives, with the aim of using the those explosives for a jihadi terrorist attack, ...
Terrorism - MySpace News - http://news.myspace.com/politics/terrorism

Transportation Alliance calls for dedicated MTA funding source
By Benjamin Kabak
After the fare hike to-do last month, transit news has slowed down a bit, and I promise that a few lighthearted posts are in the chute. For now, keep on indulging me, and good times — as well as a fare hike — are right around the corner ...
Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging... - http://secondavenuesagas.com

Person of interest sought in killing at transit center
Federal way police say 24-year-old William Muhammad is considered a person of interest in the shooting death last week of a woman at the city's transit center.
KOMO 1000 - News - Local - http://www.komoradio.com/news/local

Transit Anxiety
Uptown Village doesn't have to work very hard at becoming a vibrant, contemporary urban neighborhood, because that's what it already is. It has walkable streets, local shops and a friendly, homey...
The Columbian News: Local News - http://www.columbian.com/

Yobs attack bus
ic Wales - United Kingdom
“If a bus driver reports an incident but the bus is not seriously damaged and no one is injured, he or she is sometimes advised to return to their nearest ...
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Man arrested in Mastic stalking case
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The girl got on her bus and reported the incident to school authorities and the police.
Suffolk police Wednesday released a mug shot of McGowan, ...
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A New Route To School Bus Safety
FOXNews - USA
In the same breath, what if I told you that experts estimate there could be as many as one of these incidents per school district a year? ...
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HORROR ROCK ATTACK ON BUS
Paisley Daily Express - Paisley,Scotland,UK
A school bus on the same route was stoned two days prior to this latest incident. “There have been scores of similar attacks on school buses in the last few ...
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Touring the Korean DMZ
CNN International - USA
As the bus progresses into the lot where we will transfer to a UN vehicle, Sky warns us of previous tourist "incidents" resulting in a sudden tour ...
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School bus tire slashers expelled
Reedsburg Times Press - Reedsburg,WI,USA
Benson wouldn't comment as to whether the same suspects were involved in both incidents, due to privacy restrictions. To help prevent a third incident, ...
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Crime is down on the buses
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal - London,England,UK
But violent crime is up, with robbery tripling from 25 to 75 in that period and violence against the person up from 148 to 194 incidents. ...
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8:27 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 29 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

New Study Analyzes Light-Rail Proposals for Kansas City
By Eric D. Dixon
Just looking at the robbery statistics for 2005, there were 535 incidents reported on buses and 377 on light rail. When considered in terms of robberies per passenger mile, it's as though there were nearly 31249 robberies on light rail ...
Show-Me Daily - http://www.showmedaily.org/

Letters to the editor
It was yet another tragic incident on Sunday night when a number of innocent lives were lost in the bus accident. Unfortunately, the frequency of these incidents has risen in the recent past. Last week, I too had gone via the same route ...
Mumbai Mirror Online - http://www.mumbaimirror.com

1/23/08
By Al M(Al M)
In 2006, there were a number of reports of such incidents in the city of
Kampala . Victims included the patrons of bars or entertainment centers. Similar crimes occurred on passenger buses. In 2006, an American citizen traveling by bus ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

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