Tuesday, January 22, 2008

1/22/08

Five killed in road accidents in Savar, Jhalakati
The New Nation - Bangladesh
Four people were killed and 70 injured in a head-on collision between two buses near Bathuli bus stand in Dhamrai this Tuesday noon. ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Snowy roads lead to flurry of crashes
Monroenews.com - Monroe,MI,USA
An Airport Community Schools bus was involved in a minor accident on Carleton-Rockwood Rd., but details were not available. There were no injuries reported ...
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Freezing weather strands motorists on Interstate 540
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
Among the accidents was a school bus carrying the Pleasant View Junior High boys' and girls' basketball teams. It slid into a ditch along US 71 in Crawford ...
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China punishes 183 people responsible five fatal accidents ...
Xinhua - China
12, 2006 and 32 dead in a powder explosion occurred as a bus collided with a powder-loaded truck in eastern province of Jianxi on March 17, 2005. ...
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Mob damages five BMTC buses after boy dies in accident
Hindu - Chennai,India
On Sunday, the police had to use force to disperse the mob that indulged in violence and disrupted traffic on Jayamahal Road after the BMTC bus ran over ...
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* Over 70 injured as two busses fall into a precipice in Theldeniya
Colombo Page - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Police said the driver of the bus was drunk. The second accident took place on the same road as a public transport bus plying from Rangala to Theldeniya ...
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Bara Bus Arson Was Pre-planned: Driver
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
"We fled from the scene to save our lives as it is always the transport workers who are victims in cases of bus accidents, vandalism, arson or any other ...
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helpless tourists
There were reports of two bus accidents today – one in Nashik (Maharashtra) and the other in Bhubaneswar (Orissa). The first bus had pilgrims mostly from Mumbai – they had come to Shirdi and went on to visit other holy spots finally ...
rediscovering india - http://o3.indiatimes.com/rediscoveringindia/

Boston, Massachusetts Shells Out $9 Million to Fix Its Most ...
By Altman & Altman
If you live in Boston or any other city in Massachusetts and you were seriously injured in a car accident, bus collision, motorcycle crash, truck collision, or pedestrian accident because another motorist was careless, a Massachusetts ...
Boston Injury Lawyer Blog - http://www.bostoninjurylawyerblog.com/

Snow delays bus service, snarls traffic
Port Authority of Allegheny County bus service is running about an hour behind schedule this afternoon due to this morning's snowfall that has caused accidents across the region and temporarily shut down some roads.
PittsburghLIVE.com - http://www.pittsburghlive.com

Cars Hitting Pedestrians: LA County's Silent Crisis
By Damien Newton(Damien Newton)
Based on recent trends, around 225 cyclists or pedestrians die on LA's roads as a result of an accident with a car/truck/bus/train. However, none of these stories seem to ever get reported unless the accident has a spectacular collision ...
Street Heat - http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/

Snow produces flurry of crashes
Snow-covered and slippery roads met commuters this morning and dozens of accidents were reported throughout the area, with most occurring on I-75. An Airport Community Schools bus was involved in a minor accident on Carleton-Rockwood ...
Monroenews.com - http://www.monroene
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I don't think I can say I am from Delhi but as long as I can ...
By sengemo(sengemo)
I hate the Blueline buses whenever I am forced to take them but I love the fact that the Metro has made life so easy (I am just waiting for it to start functioning in my part of the city). I love going to Central Park in Connaught Place ...
me and the world - http://sengemo.blogspot.com/

Dozens killed in India bus crash
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
At least 38 Hindu pilgrims have been killed and dozens injured after an overcrowded bus fell into a gorge in western India, police have said. ...
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Giuliani Laps Daytona Track _ in His Bus
The Associated Press -
Giuliani's campaign bus took a detour from its two-day, eight-stop tour of Florida for a visit to the Daytona International Speedway. ...
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Driver claims woman 'jumped' off bus
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
While Neo Palime slowly wakes from a coma, her blind husband Benny is struggling to find out how she fell off a municipal bus and landed up so seriously ...
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Bus crash in LA injures six after problem involving driver
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Authorities say six people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a bus crashed into a retaining wall, possibly because the ...
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Falling fowl of the chicken bus
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Travelling from Guatemala to Nicaragua may sound adventurous, but for most people it involves parking themselves on a luxury air-conditioned bus and waking ...
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How to get on a bus: idiot's guide published
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Sophie Borland An idiot’s guide explaining how to get on and off a bus has been produced for people who have a phobia of public transport. ...
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11-year-old braves fire, saves six from bus
Times of India - India
BHUBANESWAR: A bus full of pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh caught fire near Puri on Monday killing four persons and injuring 40 others. ...
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Drought bus heads to Charleville
NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE Federal Government's drought bus will arrive in the flood-threatened Queensland town of Charleville today. But instead of providing assistance for ...
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Mexicans ride women-only bus to detour sex harassment
AFP -
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — "Traveling among women is so much more pleasant," says Alejandra Lugo as she takes a seat on the women's only bus that began circulating ...
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Get on the bus to stop smoking
SMOKERS in Chard were being urged to get on the bus and get off cigarettes with the help of the NHS Stop Smoking Service on Friday.
Chard Ilminster News | Chard News - http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk

PUP SUPPORTERS TARGETTED BY GUNSHOTS ON A BUS
Police are investigating a report of shots fired at a bus transporting supporters of the People's United Party.
LOVEFM News - http://www.lovefm.com

A New “The Wheels On The Bus” Hits Shelves Tomorrow
By news
THE Roger Daltrey returns as the voice of Argon the bus driver in “Wheels on the Bus: Mango’s Big Dog Parade” (33 min), the new title The Wheels on the Bus animated DVD series, which will be released January 22, 2008. ...
- http://www.kidsfirst.org/kidsfirstnews

Bus strike off – but still no agreement
UNION chiefs have suspended further strike action by Wilts & Dorset bus drivers - but no agreement has been reached.
Bournemouth Echo | Poole News - http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

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Transport minister announces nearly $20 million for transit ...
The Canadian Press -
In Quebec, the Montreal Transit Corporation gets the biggest chunk of the $6.5 million set aside for public transit operators in the province. ...
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Crane working on Canada Line transit project collapses, killing ...
The Canadian Press -
VANCOUVER - The operator of a mobile crane working on the Canada Line rapid-transit project in Vancouver died Monday after the crane collapsed. ...
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Drivers should pay more road tolls, gas levies and congestion ...
The Canadian Press -
Municipalities can't shoulder the responsibility of improving public transit and roads by continually tapping cash-strapped property taxpayers, Kitchen said ...
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Transit workers occupy MTC offices
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Montreal Transport Corp. officials will be examining what action to take after managers were allegedly intimidated by members of its drivers union during ...
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Rhyming Rod Blagojevich on tour touting transit deal
Chicago Tribune - United States
... rides for senior citizens provision he got in return for going back on his long-held pledge not to raise taxes during last week's mass transit solution. ...
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Governor Pushes Transit Plan In Peoria
WEEK-TV - East Peoria,IL,USA
By Jeff Muniz The state's bailout of Chicago Mass Transit means big bucks and free bus rides locally. Governor Rod Blagojevich stopped at a senior housing ...
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Government of Canada funds new projects through another round of
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release) - Ottawa,ON,Canada
MONTREAL — The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced new projects to enhance rail and transit ...
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Government of Canada funds new Transit
Truck News - Toronto,ON,Canada
The funding is being provided through the fourth round of Transit-Secure, the Government of Canada's passenger rail and urban transit security contribution ...
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Bronco tells alderman not to fearmonger over transit
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
“Our transit system is very safe and it will remain that way, but we’re starting to see some behaviour that needs, quite candidly, be modified very quickly ...
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BC Transit Shocked by Knives on Buses
Three separate incidents prompt Union to call for added safety measures.
A-Channel News Victoria - http://www.achannel.ca/victoria/

Average transit rider won't see any differences in new government ...
Changes in TransLink security are being helped by new government funding but the average rider won't see any differences. The federal government is adding seven million dollars to it’s TransLink commitment ...
News1130 - All News Radio - http://www.news1130.com

British Columbia government warns commuters, businesses about ...
The BC government is making it clear its multi-billion dollar transit mega-plan won’t come without its share of delays and hardship for commuters and businesses.
News - Daily Commercial News - http://www.dcnonl.com

News Pressures Companies to Support Transit Tax
By Tom Pauken
In a blatant attempt to pressure companies that do business in Dallas to support a sales tax hike to fund our transit system, the Dallas Morning News has a lead editorial today telling corporations to “Get on Board”. ...
Dallas Blog RSS Feed - http://www.dallasblog.com

Blagojevich touts free transit rides to seniors
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is urging the state's senior citizens to register for free public transportation.
KHQA - Local News - http://khqa.com/news/

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R100 000 still up for grabs for info
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Bus drivers said it was the second incident of its kind on a Golden Arrow bus in the past week. But Vuyisile Mdoda, a spokesperson for Golden Arrow, ...
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TriMet: Three assaults in one week
Gresham Outlook - Gresham,OR,USA
Although no one has yet been arrested in the incident, Kent said alcohol appeared to be a factor. Also Sunday, a female TriMet bus driver was assaulted on a ...
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Services resume after bus attacks
BBC News - UK
... because of a series of serious incidents. In one, a woman was taken to hospital when a brick was thrown at the window of the bus she was a passenger on. ...
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Few Answers To Problem Of Bus Passers
Fort Smith Times Record - Fort Smith,AR,USA
The letter will encourage the prosecutors to investigate the incidents and file charges against those believed to have broken the law. ...
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Getting There: Streetcar stoplights make mess on Mercer worse
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Metro says its security staffers regularly patrol Route 358, one of the busiest in the system, and that the number and type of incidents on it "are typical ...
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Whitby man charged after cruiser
Newsdurhamregion.com - Durham,Ontario,Canada
... the Michael Boulevard incidents continued. And since last year, a number of suspicious fires have caused anxiety in the area. Fences, a bus shelter, ...
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More Tri-Met Violence
KOIN.com - Portland,OR,USA
PORTLAND - The latest in a string of violent incidents aboard Tri-Met buses and trains happened Sunday. The first happened near North Campbell and ...
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State Department Warnings on Travel
By Marshall Jevons(Marshall Jevons)
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 ...
The Bayesian Heresy - http://bayesianheresy.blogspot.com/

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Unite: Will the Yellow Bus Model fail School Transport?
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
... driver shortages, missed routes, long delays, children not being picked up, lack of disclosure about accidents and on-bus student disciplinary problems. ...
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Nasik road mishap leaves 37 dead and more injured
Newstrack India - Delhi,India
In a serious road accident in the Nasik district of Maharastra 37 people are reported to have been killed and others injured when a bus carrying pilgrims ...
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TTC drivers, post-traumatic stress disorder
By Andy(Andy)
Suicides and accidents also take their toll. From my own personal experiences, I had many stressful days working for the TTC. Fortunately I never have been assaulted but I knew other drivers that were. ...
Retired Bus Driver Of Durham - http://busdriverofdurham.blogspot.com/

Who investigates serious accidents in South Africa?
By roadsafety
Who investigates serious accidents in South Africa? I have read with interest the plea from the ANC in KZN for the Department of Transport to “speed up” the investigation into the bus accident near Ulundi. It is indeed of the utmost ...
- http://roadsafety.wordpress.com

CRASHES AROUND THE WORLD
By rss@youtube.com (BusEmergency)
January 20, 2008. Author: BusEmergency Keywords: bus accidents Added: January 20, 2008.
YouTube :: Tag // accidents - http://youtube.com/rss/tag/+accidents.rss

Annals of the Former Warmer World - II
By Bloodthirsty Liberal
Eleven people were killed when an overloaded bus overturned on a snow-covered highway in eastern China, police said on Monday, bringing the death toll from weather-related accidents over the weekend to at least 25. ...
Bloodthirsty Liberal - http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/

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3-yr-old run over; mob stones buses
Times of India - India
BANGALORE: The BMTC bus fleet is well on its way to matching the notoriety of Delhi's killer Blueline buses. It's been a tragic weekend for two families: on ...
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Your Gateway 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/

Dozens killed in India bus crash
The Press Association -
A bus carrying Hindus on a religious pilgrimage in western India has plunged into a gorge, killing at least 38 people and injuring 40 others. ...
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Dozens killed in India bus crash
BBC News - UK
A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded off a hillside road and fell into a gorge in western India, killing at least 38 people, police said. ...
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Women try new bus to detour harassment
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
By Sofia Miselem Mexico City - "Travelling among women is so much more pleasant," says Alejandra Lugo as she takes a seat on the women's only bus that began ...
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3 killed as bus catches fire in Orissa
Hindustan Times - India
Three people were killed and 30 injured, four of them critically, after the tourist bus they were travelling in caught fire in Bhubaneswar on Monday, ...
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27 killed in Burma bus crash
The Press Association -
A bus has plunged into a ditch along a road in eastern Burma, killing 27 passengers and injuring 10 others. The bus skidded into the ditch as it travelled ...
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Eleven dead, 51 hurt as overloaded bus rolls over in Anhui
Xinhua - China
21 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were killed and 51 others were injured on Sunday when an overloaded bus rolled over on a highway in the eastern province of ...
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Bus accident unfortunate, says Naveen
Hindu - Chennai,India
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Terming the bus accident as "unfortunate" and "tragic", Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the state government would ...
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Bus crash death toll rises
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
The death toll of a bus crash in northern KwaZulu-Natal has risen to eleven, paramedics said today. An official from the KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical ...
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Bus crash kills 27 in Myanmar--state media
Inquirer.net - Philippines
YANGON -- A bus plunged off a highway and down a hill in southern Myanmar over the weekend killing 27 passengers and injuring 10 more, a state newspaper ...
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One more hurt in Bara bus fire dies
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
20: One of the five, seriously injured in the bus fire in Bara Friday and undergoing treatment at Bir Hospital, has succumbed to the injury. ...
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Japa Retreat Adds New Twist to Bus Tour
By Ekendra Dasa
Members of the Kirtana Festival Bus Tour through Mexico and Guatemala, and members of Bhagavat Life met at a retreat center in Guatemala for the first Japa Retreat held exclusively for youth. The twenty-two participants had two full, ...
ISKCON News - The News Agency... - http://news.iskcon.com

37 killed in Nashik tour bus accident
By Thomas Steinmetz
At least 37 people, including four children, are feared killed, and about 36 others injured when a bus carrying devotees returning from the Saptshringi shrine in Nashik fell into a gorge late on Sunday night. ...
eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism... - http://www.eturbonews.com

MMDA to bus operators: Have "microchip" installed this month or ...
Public utility bus operators have until the end of January to ensure that their units have the "microchip" being installed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
GMA News.tv - http://www.gmanews.tv/

Blazing bus claims five, 25 injured
At least five passengers were charred to death and 25 injured when a Madhya Pradesh Road Transport Corporation bus caught fire near Kalpana square here today.
news.indiainfo.com - http://news.indiainfo.com/

38 killed, 41 injured in Maharashtra bus accident
By India eNews
At least 38 people were killed and 41 injured when a bus carrying them from Nashik to Mumbai in Maharashtra fell into a gorge, police officials said Monday.
IndiaeNews.com: Asia News - http://www.indiaenews.com/

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Political Feuding Blocks Transit Funding in Illinois
The Heartland Institute - Chicago,IL,USA
Proposed transit funding solutions have included a regional sales tax hike, diverting gasoline sales tax money, and a huge expansion of gambling, ...
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Mass transit the answer?
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
By Judy Rife If adding some form of mass transit to the Tappan Zee corridor is such a hassle, why bother — especially when there's no pot of gold to build ...
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Public Transit Creates Value but Fails to Collect
The Heartland Institute - Chicago,IL,USA
Like many transit agencies around the nation, Illinois' Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and its service boards (Chicago Transit Authority, ...
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New bill to fund transit proposed
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
By LARRY SANDLER Levying a regional transit sales tax would be far more difficult for rail lines than for buses, under the latest version of proposed ...
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Transit subsidies to beexamined in Cape Girardeau and Jackson
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
Cape County Transit Authority subsidies are on agendas for the Cape Girardeau City Council and the Jackson Board of Aldermen meetings. ...
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Letter: Privatize mass transit to raise efficiencies
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA
The most underdeveloped prospect has long been, however, the use of mass transit, which is occasionally discussed in terms of taxpayer grants to local ...
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Thankful for free senior transit rides
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
A big thank you to the General Assembly for passing a comprehensive transit bill but even bigger thanks are in order for the governor. ...
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Sen. Ishizaki Introduces Bill To Revive Guam Mass Transit Authority
Pacific News Center - USA
12:45 pm Guam - A bill seeking to re-establish the Guam Mass Transit Authority (GMTA) has been introduced by Senator Frank Ishizaki. ...
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New Transit Lounge Now Open - Waikato DHB
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
Health Waikato's new Transit Lounge opened today (Monday) to provide a peaceful place for discharged patients who need somewhere to wait before going home. ...
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Google Transit Map UK
By Mapperz(Mapperz)
They have the feeds (rss based) now. Automatic Geocoding has undesired results (some outside the UK) There is good coverage particularly in California, US see more transit areas http://maps.google.com/transit. Mapperz News Blog.
Mapperz - The Mapping News Blog - http://mapperz.blogspot.com/

Mountain View Corridor News...
By JMD(JMD)
Get Mountain View Corridor comments in. Transit UTA Utah Salt Lake City Park City Ogden Provo Orem Transit Oriented Development.
Transit In Utah - http://transitinutah.blogspot.com/

Environmentalism, Global Warming, & The Tata Nano
By Siddhartha Shome
Some have put forward the argument that instead of small cars, Indians should concentrate on mass transit. I agree that India should indeed invest heavily in mass transit. However, I do not think that this calls for severe curbs (“tax ...
- http://desicritics.org/

Fox Chicago Sunday:''Race'' in The Race For President
In Studio -- Mass transit riders can breath a sight of relief. Lawmakers in Springfield have finally come to a compromise to bailout Chicago's cash-strapped mass transit system. Also, Political columnist Laura Washington talks about the ...
Local - MySpace News - http://news.myspace.com/local

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Myanmar urges tightened security measures following bomb blasts
Xinhua - China
Especially with the Aung Mingala Highway Bus Terminal which accommodates daily an average of 50000 incoming and outgoing passengers, security checkup was ...
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Police incident report
Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc,WI,USA
... including the date of the incident, type of incident and general location. Bus-car accident, no injury, Columbus Street and Memorial Drive. ...
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Police deny strip-searching youth
Hindu - Chennai,India
... in which at least three persons were injured at East Fort bus stand on Friday night. Three cases have been registered in connection with the incidents. ...
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f“The watch that save my life”
By elaine(elaine)
Anyone might have picked it up or worse I was a victim of the undying snatching incidents inside the bus terminal. Suddenly I felt worn-out. The initial euphoria felt in the morning vanish into thin air. The sight of another bus ...
elaine dy - http://elainedy.blogspot.com/

1/20/08
By Al M(Al M)
Daily Crime Incidents for January 19, 2008 By spdk(spdk) A case of Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Vittal Police Station. On 18/01/2008 at 1600 hrs at Kalinje Veerakamba village Bantwal Taluk one Ashok driver of bus ...
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