Thursday, January 31, 2008

1/31/08

3 pedestrians injured in separate accidents
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The bus had stopped, but it was not at a regular bus stop, police said. Police say the road was still icy when the accident happened. ...
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9-year-old killed running for the bus
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
Several students on the bus and at the bus stop saw the accident and were upset, said principal Debbie Jones. "The kids have had a tough day," she said. ...
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Man struck on Bus. 29
Culpeper Star Exponent - Culpeper,VA,USA
“We have accidents and things like this happen pretty frequently and we don’t suddenly change all the laws because of it,” Rimeikis said. ...
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Six killed in five road accidents
Hindu - Chennai,India
The accident occurred around
10 pm near Belandur bus stop on Sarjapur Road. Venkata Rao, a native of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, was a labour contractor and ...
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Centres of excellence to train commercial drivers in five states
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
"The centre is the government's response to the increasing number of bus accidents in the
Peninsula," said Hamza after launching a State Traffic Police ...
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Follow Up On Highway 20 Accident
KIDK - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
Roads and accidents like this are typical in winter, what's unusual is to see an INL bus end up like this. The INL says they've had minor accidents in the ...
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Bus Driver Suspended After Crash That Injured 10
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USA
One parent's son, who is usually on the bus, wasn't along for the ride when the accident happened. "Tomorrow they will be back on that bus, and I'ma little ...
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Heavy downpour causes mayhem on city roads
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Bus No 29, another privately-run, airconditioned bus, slid sideways and flipped onto one side by Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Don Muang district. The accident ...
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Two people killed as bus overturns on slippery road
EastDay.com - Shanghai,China
... the highway began to slow down immediately to avoid the overturned bus, at least four other vehicles were involved in rear-end accidents, police said. ...
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* School child and a disabled killed in two road accidents on the ...
Colombo Page - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Following the accident a group of angry civilians set fire to the bus destroying it completely. The police arrested the driver of the bus. ...
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Shelby Gray of Louisville Killed in Kentucky Truck Accident with ...
By Daryl Dixon
Shelby Gray, 9, of Louisville, was killed yesterday in her School Bus Stop after being hit by a Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District Truck. Read Story Here. Multiple Blunt Force Trauma was listed as the cause of death of the Maupin ...
Western Kentucky Personal Injury Lawyer - http://western-kentucky.injuryboard.com/

Bus Crash No More
By Kuaci Eyes
In view of all the accidents that have been happening lately involving reckless bus drivers, someone has created Bus Crash No More. There is a petition there that you may consider signing.
Imperfectly Me... - http://imperfectlyme.wordpress.com

Do your part...
By Monk[+]Icon(Monk[+]Icon)
This is not the first time such bus accidents happened in our country and while all these reckless bus drivers are still on the move, our everyday lives is under jeopardized with these drivers. Let us do our part as bloggers, ...
Monkticon's Probe - http://monkticon.blogspot.com/

bus crash NO MORE!!
By Bearuang(Bearuang)
"hello, i just got back from penang today. hence the lack of replies over the weekend. i was up there to attend my friend's wake. if you read the newspapers recently, she was one of those who died in the bus accident at slim river. ...
Bearuang Talk - http://bearuangtalk.blogspot.com/

Please help by giving your support...
By ~LiL DoLphin~(~LiL DoLphin~)
Many people depend on buses to get to destinations and it's wrong to endanger innocent lives by allowing bus drivers with summons and bad habits to continue driving. Bus accidents are frequent, especially nearing the festive season so ...
~LiL DoLphin's BloG~ - http://littledolphin.blogspot.com/

DTC invites bids for 2500 low-floor buses
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The DTC has already introduced 55 low floor buses in the city and is proposing to induct more such buses with a view to gradually phasing out the blueline ...
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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/

Made-in-Canada transit policy sought
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Ontario and British Columbia are both planning multibillion-dollar transit upgrades but the government funding could end up fuelling another country's ...
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Poor transit plan to set city back 10 years: experts
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
While major Canadian cities are reshaping their futures with new light-rail projects, Ottawa has embraced a transit vision that will set the city back a ...
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Transit slashing cost of two-zone fares
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Greater Victoria bus fares will be slashed for many riders beginning April 1 as BC Transit eliminates the two-zone fare and moves to the lower single fare ...
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Anti-Transit Bias May Be Hurting Dulles Rail
WTOP - Washington,DC,USA
By SARAH KARUSH AP Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Transit industry leaders suspect a Bush administration bias against public transportation is the reason a ...
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Tempe, Chandler residents look at mass transit options
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
South Tempe and Chandler residents got their first chance Tuesday night to weigh in on mass transit options that would tie into the $1.4 billion light rail ...
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AC Transit History: From Streetcars to BRT
NovoMetro - Oakland,CA,USA
AC Transit, like most other
US public transit agencies, has been bleeding riders since the early 1970s. Now, with a major shift in focus, ...
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Business to oppose more taxes for Dallas, Fort Worth transit
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Instead, the businesses are prepared to lobby for reform at Dallas Area Rapid Transit and other transit agencies to increase public confidence in their ...
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BART begins cell-phone-ticketing trial
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Mark Boslet Bay Area Rapid Transit kicked off Tuesday what it calls the nation's first trial of a ticketing system that lets riders pay their train fares ...
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12 proposals submitted for transit system
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
The city yesterday released the names of the companies that submitted 12 transit system proposals, most of which are steel-rail or rubber-tire systems. ...
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Metro launches light-rail expansion study
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
Metro light rail and Tempe will study the viability of commuter rail service at a time when there’s growing public interest in a new type of transit system ...
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Labour Groups Call for Buy-Canada Transit Policy
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Canada NewsWire)
The Canadian Auto Workers union will be holding a joint press conference together with the Toronto and York Region District Labour Council and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 calling on the Ontario government to require a ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Transit district to fix gap at Vista station
VISTA -- Though transit officials have already spent millions on motorized gangways and extending thresholds along the new Sprinter light-rail line, another layer of gap-bridging technology must be installed at a station in Vista, ...
/news/top Stories from www.nctimes.com - http://www.nctimes.com/

Meet the artist for the Capitol Hill Link light rail station ...
As part of February’s Capitol Hill Artwalk, Sound Transit invites Capitol Hill residents and others to meet sculptor Mike Ross to learn more about his past work as he prepares designs for his upcoming art installation at the Capitol ...
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

News.com Extra: SF: Public transit by cell phone?
Also: Vigilante hackers target the wrong guy. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
CNET News.com - http://www.news.com/

Austin mass transit bill gains key approval in House
Members of the Indiana House today overwhelmingly (90-7) supported State Rep. Terri Austin (D-Anderson) on House Bill 1245, legislation that encompasses various provisions to bring mass transit to Indiana.
IN Legislative News - http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/rss_inlegislativenews.html

Driver in bus stop death avoids punishment
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A LEARNER driver traumatised after her car ploughed into a queue of people at a Kogarah bus stop last year will be ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment, ...
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P-plater's car, tour bus, collide
NEWS.com.au - Australia
A P-PLATE driver has suspected spinal injuries after his car collided with a tour bus in Sydney's west. Police said the accident occurred about
6.15pm ...
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ZAP Signs Second Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Youngman ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Youngman Automotive Group, one of China's leading bus manufacturers, has signed a second exclusive distribution agreement with ...
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WAG bus policy crashes at the very first bend
ic Wales - United Kingdom
There is a long-standing principle that bus operators are compensated to negate fuel duty increases, in recognition of their contribution to alleviating ...
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Volvo bus unit planning to make India global component sourcing hub
Forbes - NY,USA
BANGALORE (Thomson Financial) - Volvo Bus Corp (VBC), a division of Swedish commercial truck maker AB Volvo, said it plans to make India its global sourcing ...
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Afghan blast targets army bus
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
At least one person has been killed in a suicide blast near an army bus in
Kabul, the Afghan capital. Several more people were wounded in the explosion on ...
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Bus site may be razed for new hotel
Seattle Times - United States
By Eric Pryne Developer RC Hedreen has filed applications with the city to demolish the downtown Seattle Greyhound bus station and build a 51-story, ...
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Bus driver is charged in death
Detroit Free Press - United States
A Detroit bus driver has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a Detroit woman who was struck while crossing Grand River Avenue with her ...
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Baby born on bus named Born in a Crowd
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A pregnant Chinese woman trapped on a bus in icy weather in south China for three days has given birth to a baby boy, which she will name Zhongsheng or ...
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Bomb blast takes place near Pakistan Air Force bus
Xinhua - China
31 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb exploded near a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) bus in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, but no one was hurt, News Network ...
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Bus drivers consider striking over pay deal delays
Canberra's ACTION bus drivers are considering taking industrial action over concerns the ACT Government has dragged its heels on the latest pay deal.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

Bus Scheme:0.7.5 Release
By Phil Hagelberg
Just cut a release for Bus Scheme 0.7.5. Most of the basic functionality exists sans macros and a few literals. gem install bus-scheme today!
RubyForge Project News - http://rubyforge.org

Teen driver charged after hitting school bus in Vernon
By Douglass Dowty
Vernon, NY - A Vernon teenager accused of driving while on drugs crashed into a school bus Tuesday afternoon, state police said. David A. Oakley III, 16, of
Youngs Road, was northbound in a 2000 Dodge car at 3:36 pm...
News from The Post-Standard on... - http://blog.syracuse.com/news/

Bus Thefts Being Tracked with Surveillance Tape
Surveillance tape could provide important clues in the theft and vandalism of five school buses.
Local News for MyFox Philadelphia - http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox

One stolen gun leaves trail of 5 crimes
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... significantly cut the number of victims of gun crimes "notwithstanding some very tragic incidents in
Toronto." The gun used to shoot and blind a TTC bus ...
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Female riders open up about perv run-ins on the MBTA
Boston Herald - United States
Over the past two years, 87 indecent assault and battery incidents were reported on the MBTA. Of those, 35 incidents, about 40 percent, occurred on the Red ...
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Attacks on blind Bowie man rally community
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
... a bloody nose in the second incident. In between the two attacks, the glass panel enclosing the bus shelter where
Pereira waits was also shattered. ...
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Brothers left on bus in Lehigh; mom infuriated
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... in the rear window of the bus, he said. The check-mark system was put in place in 2004 after several incidents in which students were left on buses. ...
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Residents Express Outrage, Call For Action
Suffolk Life Newspapers - Riverhead,NY,USA
Vecchio advises students to take the bus and not walk whenever possible until more arrests are made. "Since these incidents, there is a notable, ...
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MAD DADS outreach pulls community into Urban Ventures programs
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder - Minneapolis,MN,USA
His only other option was to get off the bus, which he subsequently did. “With incidents like this, we have the bus company pull the tape of the incident ...
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Tamil rebels lodge complaint with UN over school bus bombing
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
In his letter, Nadesan said there had been a series of previous incidents as well where civilians had been hit by airstrikes. The government on January 16 ...
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TroubleShooters: Parents have problem with school bus stop
By WWAY
BRUNSWICK COUNTY -- A parent wants to know their child is safe when riding the school bus home. But two incidents in Brunswick County left one couple upset that their young daughter had to walk down a rural dirt road...after the bus ...
WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Local News,... - http://www.wwaytv3.com

NY - Residents Express Outrage, Call For Action
By ZMan!
Vecchio advises students to take the bus and not walk whenever possible until more arrests are made. "Since these incidents, there is a notable, increased visible police presence in and around the community during the day and evening, ...
Sex Offender Issues - http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/

4:48 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 30 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Students expelled from kissing on a bus - were their tongues going ...
By adamfox
Generally speaking, incidents of this nature are investigated by the appropriate school administrators, and students are disciplined according to board policy JICDA Code of Conduct. Rules of student conduct and consequences for ...
Stractical: Very Public Relations - http://stractical.wordpress.com

THE KIDS ON THE BUS GETTING BUCKLED IN
Joliet Herald News - Joliet,IL,USA
Of 50 million children who attend school daily, 51 percent ride on a school bus,
Leeds said. about 20 children die each year in school-bus-related accidents ...
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Auto-pedestrian accidents injure three
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The bus had stopped but it was not at a regular bus stop, police stated. Police say the road was still icy when the accident happened. ...
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X marks the school bus stop
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
I’ve been a member of my local fire department for more than 40 years and have responded to numerous automobile accidents, almost 99 percent of which ...
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Speeding vehicles crash, plunge and kill
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
“We informed police stations in
Assam about the accident so that people whose family members or relatives were on the bus could come to Shillong at the ...
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21 people killed, 42 injured in road accidents in India's Northeast
IRNA - Iran
... in two separate road accidents Wednesday in the northeastern states of
Assam and Meghalaya, officials said. A police spokesman said, a bus carrying 40 ...
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BANGLADESH: Road accidents kill 4, injure 35
Asia Pacific Media Network - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... of Asadul Sheikh of Sharfpur village under the upazila. The accident occurred when a Khulna-bound passenger bus hit her while she was crossing the road.
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What’s with all the Bus Crashes?!!?
By Beat(Beat)
I get it if driving the bus is the only way he can feed his family or what not, but dude! You killed people! This isn't the first time bus accidents have occurred. The few times that I take public transport, I thank God it isn't to ...
Still Waters Run Really Deep - http://runningmuchdeeper.blogspot.com/

Life is precious. Do not let express bus passengers die in vain ...
By jlshyang(jlshyang)
WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SOLID ACTIONS TO STOP ALL THESE EXPRESS BUS ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. BUSCRASHNOMORE.BLOGSPOT.COM has been set up as a support base for our cause, to collect signatures for the petition, ...
Life's A Beach, Surf It Up! - http://jlshyang.blogspot.com/

900 more DTC buses to combat Blueline woes | TwoCircles.net New ...
By Al M(Al M)
However, I highly recommend that you never travel at night in Ecuador --- Bus accidents are quite common and also the risk is higher at night for robberies. Also, you will miss the landscape at night.... Thorn Tree Forum: Message List. ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

Tragic bus accidents....
By ʑɛɳ9night(ʑɛɳ9night)
Another bus crash accident happened ..... And this time, the life of three innocent people were robbed.....This isn't the first time it happened.For those who ride buses home everyday ( like me. TT), fear might struck in your heart upon ...
ʑɛɳ's Blog - http://zen9night.blogspot.com/

One way tickets
By Sun Tzu II(Sun Tzu II)
Perhaps I could construct a detailed timeline of fatal bus express bus accidents, or even do some number crunching and turn it into statistical data. When are bus accidents most likely to happen? Which company should be crowned "Devil's ...
Journal of my life - http://suntzuthesecond.blogspot.com/

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