Thursday, January 17, 2008

1/17/08

Another victim of Blueline bus
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man was killed in Jehangirpuri here on Wednesday while trying to board a Blueline bus. According to the police, Sanjay, ...
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Blueline claims first victim of 2008
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
New Delhi: A speeding Blueline bus crushed a young man in east Delhi Saturday, making him the first victim of the "killer" buses this year. ...
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Delhi: Blueline claims one more life
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
A 27-year-old man was crushed to death by a Blueline bus in Kalyanpuri area on
Delhi on Saturday morning. The Blueline service claimed lives of over 100 ...
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Special training for DTC bus drivers
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
Separate lanes have been provided along the central verge for bus traffic movement. While Blueline and DTC buses will also be plying on the designated bus ...
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Devil’s Advocate: Test drive —Ataul Musawwir
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
Or how this provoked calls for the revival of bus services, even if this required the bribing of transport companies? And how, despite all efforts, ...
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Dismal statistics mount: Delhi's Blueline claims another victim
By India eNews
A Blueline bus knocked down a man in northwest
Delhi Wednesday, making him the third victim of the capital's privately operated buses this year.
India eNews - http://www.indiaenews.com/

TRAINJOTTING CLASSIC: I Thought My Commute Sucked Vol. IX
By TJ
Bus commuters in the area have two options: Wait several hours in 100 degree heat to be squeezed onto a state-run bus that’s so jammed it makes Das Boot look like the Pacific Princess, or try your luck with a Blueline, which may or may ...
Trainjotting - http://trainjotting.com

Blueline claims yet another victim - this time it's a 12 year old ...
By chetanw
A blueline bus killed a 12-year-old boy on Desh Bandhu Gupta Road near Karol Bagh in Central Delhi on Wednesday, the fleet’s 75th victim this year and the fourth in the last five days. The police said the driver of the bus stepped on ...
IndianPad - All Stories - http://www.indianpad.com

Delhi's Blueline claims yet another victim - National News – News ...
New Delhi: A Blueline bus knocked down a man in north-west Delhi on Wednesday, ... The 4000-odd Blueline bus fleet, a crucial part of Delhi's public ...

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Most Sri Lankan bus ambush victims were shot-military
Reuters - USA
By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military said on Thursday most of the 27 people killed in a bus ambush were shot by rebels as the ...
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Bus conductor killed in Myanmar bombing: state media
AFP -
YANGON (AFP) — A bus conductor was killed by a blast in Myanmar, state media said Thursday, the fourth in a string of small bombings over the past week that ...
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Tourist bus bursts into flames
ABC Online - Australia
No passengers were hurt when the tourist bus caught fire just out of Yulara. (NT police) More than 20 people were on board a tour bus yesterday when it ...
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Burmese bomb blast kills bus conductor
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Rangoon (dpa) - A bomb exploded on a passenger bus on the central Rangoon-Mandalay highway, killing the conductor, in the latest in a series of violent ...
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Kenosha residents sue Tornado Bus after fatal November crash
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Deborah Horan | Tribune reporter 10:50 PM CST, January 16, 2008 A Kenosha couple have sued the Tornado Bus Company for more than $50000 after the husband ...
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Memorial service for 3 teens killed in bus crash
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
A memorial service will be held Wednesday for three teenagers killed when a tour bus returning to
Phoenix from a ski trip crashed in Utah. ...
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"Bus stop stalker" blames colleague for attack
Reuters UK - UK
By Andrew Hough LONDON (Reuters) - A man accused of the "bus stop stalker" murders which brought fear to southwest London, testified to a jury on Wednesday ...
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Third 24-hour bus strike begins
BBC News - UK
More than 375 bus drivers have begun their third 24-hour strike in a row over working hours. The Wiltshire and Dorset bus company said it was expecting to ...
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Union boss joins bus drivers on picket line
UNION heavyweight Bob Crow has bolstered the frontline at Poole Bus Station where drivers were striking for the third time this month.
Bournemouth Echo | Bournemouth News - http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

Nagasaki bus driver admits molesting schoolgirl
By The Mainichi Newspapers(The Mainichi Newspapers)
NAGASAKI -- A former bus driver has pleaded guilty to the indecent assault of a schoolgirl in a court here.
Japan National News - http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/

Nearly 1300 attend memorial for 3 bus crash victims
Nearly 1300 people, many of them sharing hugs, tears and laughter, gathered Wednesday to mourn three students whose lives were cut short in a Utah bus crash.
Digg / World News / upcoming - http://digg.com/world_news

Sri Lanka bus blast kills 26, truce ends
A roadside bomb has ripped through a Sri Lankan bus killing 26 people and wounding dozens, as a six year ceasefire officially expired.
World News Australia - http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/

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Transit authority defends right to hold board meetings in secret
The Canadian Press -
VICTORIA - His seat hardly warm, the new chairman of TransLink is coming under fire for deciding to move the provincial transit authority's previously ...
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Brian Lewis column: Transit plan ran out of gas before it reached ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
While the government's 12-year plan focuses on what should be significant improvements for transit users in Metro Vancouver, taxpayers in the Valley feel ...
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Mass transit funding bill routed toward another vote
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
By DOUG FINKE Some central Illinois lawmakers who voted against a Chicago-area mass transit funding bill last week may have changed their minds now that ...
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Sen. Cornyn: Dallas transit agency's credibility on the line in ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Dallas Area Rapid Transit said in late November it had badly underestimated costs for building rail service for Irving and Rowlett. ...
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NJ Transit, LIRR Ready for Possible Amtrak Strike
myfoxny.com - New York,NY,USA
This would affected commuters in several states, including those who rely on the
Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit. Just over half of NJ Transit's 740 ...
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Torstar strikes deal to sell Transit TV unit to IdeaCast Inc.
The Canadian Press -
B), a major publisher that owns Canada's largest circulation daily paper, has struck a deal to sell its Transit Television Network unit in the United States ...
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Mass-transit bailout hangs by a thread when legislators return to ...
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
BY KARTIKAY MEHROTRA, The Southern's Springfield Bureau SPRINGFIELD -- Just one dissenting vote could throw the Chicago mass-transit bailout for a whirl ...
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Becker County Transit sees increase in riders
DL-Online - Detroit Lakes,MN,USA
Recently, residents of the
Detroit Lakes area may have noticed the white buses with the red Becker County Transit (BCT) logo have been a more frequent sight ...
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House passes transit bill- but may make changes
ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA
By Paul Meincke SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois House committee has recommended the governor's transit plan, which allows senior citizens to ride public ...
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House panel takes testimony on governor's mass transit move as ...
Chicago Tribune - United States
A House mass transit panel is expected to vote this afternoon after hearing testimony on Gov. Rod Blagovevich's last-minute plan to provide senior citizens ...
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Vallejo Council to Consider New Public Transit Contract
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Sarah Rohrs,...
Vallejo Transit bus fares are not going up, and bus routes are not getting the ax, but the City Council tonight may take actions that could help save some money from the transit budget.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Minneapolis Ranks High Among Bicycle Commuters, Public Transit and ...
Minneapolis is full of green commuters, according to new US Census numbers. The city is a national leader in the percentage of people who walk, bike and take public transit to work.
Local News for MyFox Twin Cities - http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox

House panel takes testimony on governor's mass transit move…
Originally posted: January 16, 2008 House panel takes testimony on governor's mass transit move as Daley refuses to take Blagojevich bait A House mass transit panel is expected to vote this afternoon after hearing testimony on Gov. ...
Local - MySpace News - http://news.myspace.com/local

Local restaurateur worried about transit construction again
He's already had to move once because of transit construction. Now, a local restaurateur fears Monday's big announcement from the provincial government could turn into a case of history repeating. Christian ...
News1130 - News - Entertainment... - http://www.news1130.com

BC officials roll out $14-billion mass transit plan
On Monday, Premier Gordon Campbell rolled out British Columbia's $14-billion mass transit plan designed to double the number of transit trips across the Canadian province over the next 12 years. Vancouver Sun View Comments |
Headwaters News Content - http://www.headwatersnews.org

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26 killed in Sri Lanka bus blast
Hindu - Chennai,India
In the second incident, police recovered the bullet-ridden bodies of five farmers at Okkampitiya in the same province. Shortly after the bus blast, ...
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Pair of flashers taunt Wellingtonians
TVNZ - New Zealand
Most recently, one of the men exposed himself to two seven-year-old girls travelling on a bus. Detective Constable Mike Forrestal says most of the incidents ...
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School Bus Driver Heartbroken Over Deadly Accident
WOAI - San Antonio,TX,USA
"The bus driver's service record here at
Somerset School District is impeccable" said Vasquez. "It's spotless. There is no incidents, no reckless driving, ...
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Revellers' bus service is voted a success
Forres Gazette - Forres,Scotland,UK
... most violent incidents. The introduction of late-night buses did not find favour amongst taxi drivers, however. Drivers complained that the cheap bus ...
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Passenger Bus Death Toll Rises as Surgeons Rushed from Capital
Sri Lanka Army - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Police as well as troop reinforcements rushed to affected areas in both incidents (claymore attack on the bus and the military Unicorn truck) and started ...
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Melee at Mandarin High Leads to Suspensions
First Coast News - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Sisler says the bus incident was more serious. Four teens were arrested for throwing eggs at a bus driver who was behind the wheel driving students home. ...
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Update To Afternoon Shooting Incidents
By Media Relations
SPECIAL NOTE: Police are specifically asking any passengers who were riding the #50 MBTA bus passing by
Metropolitan Ave and Poplar Street at the time of the shooting to please come forward. The contact information provided below will ...
BPDNews.com - http://www.bpdnews.com/

VIOLENT ACTS …youth chopped, bus driver stabbed
By Anton Small
Antigua Sun: "Two men were violently attacked late yesterday in separate incidents, by different assailants. Last evening, reports to the
Antigua Sun revealed that 18-year-old Akeem Greenaway was rushed to the Holberton Hospital by ...
SmallShop.... Caribbean News - http://news.smallshop.com/index.htm

Yes Man
By P. A. Monteiro
He meets someone on a bus who tells him to “say Yes more” and Danny decides that he should listen. What follows is a series of incidents and an examination of what it means to say Yes to opportunities. A lot of the incidents are funny, ...
Thinking Without a Box - http://wiredal.wordpress.com

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Lessons From Kaneshie Accident
Modern Ghana - Ghana
Our information is that the defective brake of the Mercedes Benz 207 bus which was involved in the accident was detected at Mallam Junction and the ...
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Two killed in W.Va. crashes during snow squall
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USA
... a number of car accidents, including a four-vehicle pileup on US 340 that involved a charter bus, and two fatal accidents south of Martinsburg, W.Va., ...
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Hospital bus links blasted in report
Hunts Post - Huntingdon,England,UK
All the bus services travel through Huntingdon bus station. Frequent accidents and delays on the A14, A1(M) and A1, which are the main trunk roads ...
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Two dead in separate accidents
Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg,WV,USA
The quickly passing morning snowstorm also led to 12 traffic accidents in Jefferson County, including one involving a tour bus carrying 14 senior citizens ...
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2 die in weather-related W.Va. crash
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USA
... of car accidents, including a four-vehicle pileup on US 340 that involved a charter bus, and two fatal accidents south of Martinsburg, police said. ...
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15-Passenger Van Accident Kills 7 Students and 1 Teacher In Canada
Why did the school allow the students to be transported in a vehicle other than a school bus? Why were they traveling in unsafe conditions – when snow had even obscured the guard rails and lanes on the freeway? Why wasn’t the van fitted ...
California Injury Blog - http://www.californiainjuryblog.com/

Flora's Christmas Visit
By Peter Hinchliffe
“How can this guy tell you that Flora’s been killed in a bus accident in the
Transkei? Where’s the proof? I don’t know, I’m not happy with this. Now he wants you to give him R10,000 immediately, does he? I think you should try to get ...
Open Writing - http://www.openwriting.com/

Fawnskin Buzz
By GG (Gossip Girl)
Plan your trips against the main traffic flow and you will be happier. Be sure to keep your fuel tank full to avoid issues created by accidents and other long delays. We stopped in Running Springs to say to the gang at The Bus Stop. ...
Fawnskin Flyer: - http://www.fawnskinflyer.com

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Blueline buses injure two more in Delhi - Yahoo! India News
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The capital's notorious Blueline buses were at it again Wednesday.

Family of man killed in bus wreck sues company, driver
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP HOUSTON — The family of a man killed in a bus accident this month near
Victoria has filed a lawsuit against the owner, operator and driver of the ...
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1 dead, 5 injured in school bus crash
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP SOMERSET, Texas — A woman was killed and five students were injured Tuesday when a school bus trying to avoid hitting a tractor-trailer rig slid ...
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26 killed in Sri Lanka bus blast
Hindu - Chennai,India
Colombo, (PTI): At least 26 people were killed and 64 injured on Wednesday when suspected LTTE militants blew up a bus in Buttala in south-eastern Sri Lanka ...
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Sri Lanka bus blast kills 24
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus packed with school children killing 24 people and wounding dozens, the military said. The Ministry of Defence said a ...
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Swift move on earmarks gets rapid-bus plan rolling
Seattle Times - United States
Swift is a bus line that mimics a commuter train. Sleek Swift buses will run between downtown
Everett and the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline 20 ...
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Treasure Island to get more frequent bus service
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Bus service will be boosted for
Treasure Island, a nascent San Francisco neighborhood in the middle of the bay where options are few for those without a car ...
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Woman killed in crash with DART bus identified 4:11 PM CT
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
A woman killed Monday afternoon when a DART bus struck her stalled vehicle has been identified as 65-year-old Brenette D. Dove of Dallas, according to the ...
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23 killed in Sri Lanka bus blast
Hindu - Chennai,India
Colombo, (PTI): At least 23 people, including several children, were killed and 67 injured Wednesday when a bomb ripped through a bus in Buttala in ...
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Bus services halved during strike
BBC News - UK
The Wiltshire and Dorset bus company says it is expecting to run less than half their services on Wednesday due to a continuing dispute with drivers. ...
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Roadshow: Smiles, frowns on first day of VTA bus changes
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Gary Richards San Jose, Calif VTA bus Rider Elena Scull trundles off her bus with daughter Ciana Scull enroute to Ciana's medical care. ...
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Liberals claim council failed to address bus issues
Brisbane's Liberal councillors say the Labor public transport chairwoman has failed to address chronic overcrowding on the bus network.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

Sri Lanka bus blast kills 24
A bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus packed with school children killing 24 people and wounding dozens, the military said.
World News Australia - http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/

"Yellow Rose" Peace Bus Destroyed by Suspicious Fire
In recent months, Jim has been providing transportation to Iraq Veterans Against the War for their various tours and other activities. Last night, Jim escaped a fire of suspicious origins that destroyed the bus. Luckily Jim is alright.
Digg / news / upcoming - http://digg.com/

23 Die in Sri Lanka Bus Bombing
Authorities blame the Tamil Tiger rebels for the deadly blasts against a bus carrying factory workers and an armoured military vehicle, CNN reported. Schools closed after the first attack with a...
Sofia News Agency (novinite.com) - http://www.novinite.com/

Bus group wins fight for off-peak service
CAMPAIGNERS have won their battle to improve bus services in Leigh.
Echo | South Essex news - http://www.echo-news.co.uk

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Bus services halted after attacks
BBC News - UK
It made the decision after four separate incidents in a month. In one, a passenger was injured when a brick was thrown at the window of a bus and in another ...
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What's happening in our schools?
Payson Roundup - Payson,AZ,USA
As a result, a frustrated bus driver, who may have been trying to stop the incident, has been charged with aggravated assault for grabbing and shoving a ...
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Four Somali civilians killed in Mogadishu clashes
AFP -
In another incident in the northern neighbourhood of Afar-Darjin, a roadside bomb blast struck a bus, killing two civilians and wounding four, ...
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Police probe complaints about bus driver
Mississauga News - Ontario, Canada
... say the alleged incidents occurred on Dec. 19 and Jan. 9. They involve a male, part-time bus driver who doesn't always work the same route. ...
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Female student reports luring attempt in Millville
NJ Blog - New Jersey,USA
In that incident, police said the man asked her numerous personal questions before the girl ran from the bus stop and made her way home. ...
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Dacoits loot passenger bus in eastern Nepal, injure one
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
Incidents like these have been on the rise despite the government deploying Special Task Force (STF) comprising personnel from Nepal Police and Armed Police ...
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Yes, a theocracy.
By whiskeyriverbigtime
... mehadrin bus and refused to move to the back. Another woman was reported to have been spat at and beaten for refusing to move.Ragen, herself an Orthodox Jew, described the incidents on her website as “bullying women in the name of God”.
The Free Palestine Blog - http://freepalestineblog.wordpress.com

1/15/08
By Al M(Al M)
As you can imagine the Fung Wah bus co. has been involved in several safety-related incidents from drivers fleeing crash sites to buses spotaneously combusting. In 2005, the company was given a federal safety rating of 73 out of 100, . ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

Man denies bus stop killings
A man accused of being a bus stalker has denied killing two students and incidents involving three other women. Levi Bellfield, 39, took the witness stand at the Old Bailey to defend himself against t…
Metro London Travel - http://www.metro-london.com/

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Blagojevich needlessly complicates public transit isue
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
The Legislature finally approved a bailout for
Chicago area mass transit, months after the discussion began. Then Gov. Rod Blagojevich amended the plan to ...
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GO Transit gets powerful new locomotives; pull 300 more passengers ...
680 News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty gestures as he stands in front of the new GO Transit MP40 locomotive. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
TORONTO - Even Premier ...
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Transit funds not all new money
Burnaby Now - Burnaby,British Columbia,Canada
At first glance, $14 billion seems like an impressive amount of money to spend on transit in this province. The BC Liberal government is patting itself on ...
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legislators to vote Thursday on transit funds
Pioneer Press Online - Glenview,IL,USA
The original transit bailout bill was narrowly passed last week in the House and Senate. However, Gov. Rod Blagojevich vetoed the bill saying he would only ...
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BC looking to private sector for help in completing transit mega-plan
The Canadian Press -
VICTORIA - The BC government's ambitious $14-billion vision for transit improvements hinges largely on being able to attract private-sector partners - a ...
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Transit Worker Fought Back Before, Wounding a Man
New York Times - United States
David Herbert, who trained with a transit worker who has been attacked at least twice, says of the latest encounter, “He happened to have an ace up his ...
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Peter Bell: New transit line can't be all things to all people
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
When considering all the heartfelt requests from various groups, it is important to remember that no rail transit line has been built in this country ...
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Can We Tax For Transit?
The Daily Score - San Mateo,CA,USA
And they recommended big investments in transit and other alternatives too. (Via Erica at Slog.) 2) Meanwhile,
British Columbia continues to lead. ...
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Transit police board must change, activist tells police-dominated ...
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
By Carlito Pablo Community activist Am Johal addressed the police-dominated board governing Greater Vancouver’s armed transit police when the body held its ...
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Rail Strike Would Be Commuter Nightmare
The Associated Press -
The biggest impact of a strike would be felt around
New York City, where two major services, New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road, ...
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Specter of Amtrak strike has NJ Transit, others bracing
The biggest impact of a strike would be felt around New York City, where two major services, New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road, would be disrupted. Just over half of NJ Transit's 740 weekday trains travel for all or part ...
Home News Tribune - News - http://www.thnt.com

Transit Panel Urges Gas Tax Increase
By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal gasoline taxes should be raised up to 40 cents per gallon over five years, a special commission urged Tuesday in calling for drastic changes to fix aging bridges and roads ...
FindLaw News - Top Stories - http://news.lp.findlaw.com

Birmingham council OKs $9 million for transit facility
By rsims
Almost $9 million will be used to match a $30 million federal grant to create the city's intermodal transportation facility.
Breaking News from The Birmingham... - http://blog.al.com/spotnews/

Transit Panel Urges Gas Tax Increase
Federal gasoline taxes should be increased up to 40 cents per gallon over five years, a divided special commission urged Tuesday in calling for drastic changes to fix aging bridges and roads and reduce traffic deaths.
News 8: Politics - http://www.cbs8.com/

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