Wednesday, February 13, 2008

2-13-08

Wichita cancels transit contract
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The city of
Wichita will cancel its contract with a Cincinnati firm that manages the city's transit system -- the result of criticism from federal auditors ...
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Hercules residents speak out for transit center
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Monday's meeting was the first of a series of eight scheduled through April to deal with the transit center, which would include an Amtrak Capitol Corridor ...
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Sound Transit's green efforts recognized
Seattle Times - United States
By Seattle Times staff Sound Transit won certification today for its attempts to lessen the environmental damage from its operations. ...
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Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) scrapping express service
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Come next Monday commuters will pay less for express service on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses due to a decision by the company's management to ...
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Report backs 'investment' in mass transit
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
BY TOM FEENEY The hundreds of millions of dollars New Jersey invests every year in mass transit provides a boost to the economy, a reduction in carbon ...
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Karachi Mass Transit project to help reduce traffic congestion: Soomro
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
KARACHI, Feb 12 (APP): Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro Tuesday underlined the importance of Karachi Mass Transit System and it would help ...
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NJ Transit probes death of worker hit by train
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEWARK, NJ - NJ Transit is investigating how one of its welders was struck and killed by a train. Executive director Richard Sarles is leading the probe ...
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The Nation's Capital Transit System
Voice of America - USA
You are now on
Washington's rapid transit system Metrorail. Since it first opened in 1976, Metrorail -- or Metro -- has served over three billion people. ...
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Making it work: Will transit authorities bind together?
Contactless News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
The struggle is between, the Port Authority Transit Corporation, which operates trains between
Philadelphia and New Jersey and The Southeastern Pennsylvania ...
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Hoosiers Can Sound Off on Mass Transit Issues
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Central Indiana residents will get the chance to sound off about mass transit in the region. Six public dialog session have been scheduled in Hendricks, ...
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Transit Lines Seeking Smartest 'Smart Card'
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Paul Nussbaum,...
Goodbye tokens, hello plastic. As PATCO tries its own fare system, SEPTA thinks bank cards could work best.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Sound Transit becomes sixth US transit agency certified for ...
Sound Transit today became the sixth transit agency in the United States, and the first on the West Coast to hold itself accountable for achieving rigorous international standards for promoting environmental sustainability.
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

Wichita cancels contract with transit system manager
Wichita officials have announced plans to cancel a contract with First Transit, the Cincinnati-based transportation company that manages the local transit system.
KSNW Local News - http://www.ksn.com/news/local

NJ Transit probes death of worker hit by train
NJ Transit is investigating how one of its welders was struck and killed by a train. Executive director Richard Sarles is leading the probe into Simplicio Nino's death, the first involving an employee since 2001. The 58-year-old Clifton ...
Home News Tribune - News - http://www.thnt.com

News 1130
By Nathan Pachal(VALTAC Moderator)
"If you want to see transit oriented developement, you have to have the transit first. Not as an afterthought or a promise, or a possibly 'we'll get around to it when there's enough people', which is what we're hearing from the province ...
Valley Transportation Advisory Committee - http://blog.valtac.org/

Bus plunges into icy Chinese river, 14 dead
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
By Jason Subler BEIJING (Reuters) - A bus plunged into an icy river in a Chinese province hit by recent snow storms, killing at least 14 people on one of ...
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Truck Driver In School Bus Crash Arrested
Hartford Courant - United States
PLAINVILLE - The driver of a Poland Spring delivery truck that collided with a school bus Monday afternoon was arrested this morning, police said. ...
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School bus carrying children overturns in Levittown
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
BY JOHN VALENTI | john.valenti@newsday.com 8:42 AM EST, February 12, 2008 A school bus minivan carrying about one dozen disabled children overturned ...
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Bus assault report due out this week
MLive.com - MI,USA
A report on the highly publicized sexual assault of a 7-year-old boy on a Howell Public Schools bus is expected to be released to the public by the end of ...
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HISD school bus rear-ended by 18-wheeler on South Loop
Houston Chronicle - United States
By KEVIN MORAN A school bus carrying 12 children was rear-ended by an 18-wheel truck at South Loop 610 East and Highway 288. Children were being examined at ...
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14 killed as bus plunges into river in SW China
Xinhua - China
12 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people died when their bus plunged into a river in southwest China's mountainous Guizhou Province on Tuesday, local government ...
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21 dead in bus mishap
Hindu - Chennai,India
Beijing (PTI): The death toll in the mishap in which a bus plunged into a river in southwest Chinas mountainous
Guizhou province rose to 21 as two more ...
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Chaos reigns at new bus stop
ic Wales - United Kingdom
WE WRITE regarding the relocation of the bus stop at the top of Jubilee Road, Godreaman, Aberdare. We wish to express our grave disapproval at the removal ...
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Bus rolls over onto its side after striking moose on Alberta highway
The Canadian Press -
A bus has tipped onto its side after striking a moose on a highway in the Alberta Rockies. RCMP say about 30 people were on the bus and there were multiple ...
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South Bus Terminal to ban dispatchers
Inquirer.net - Philippines
CEBU CITY
, Philippines
- The days of dispatchers in the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) are numbered. The Cebu provincial government discovered that ...
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South Bay Bound on Bus News
Tomorrow, an AC Transit committee will receive a report of potential express bus service to the South Bay. AC Transit proposes four express routes from the East Bay to the Great America area. The Great America area has the largest ...
Eye on Blogs - http://forums.prospero.com/kpix_eyeonblogs

Free bus travel for over 60s and disabled
AN ENHANCED travel scheme that will benefit everyone aged over 60 or registered disabled is set to be introduced by North Wiltshire District Council.
Swindon Advertiser | Swindon Latest News - http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk

Clean Air Bus Spews Black Smoke
Passengers, Firefighters Unhurt in Brief Blaze on 101.
independent.com stories: News - http://www.independent.com/news/news/

Council won't endorse bus tax
The Metro Regional Transit Authority will miss out on a high-profile endorsement for its proposed sales tax increase on the March 4 ballot: Summit County Council.
Local News - http://www.ohio.com/news

Six arrested in ‘drug bus’ bust
By Web Editor
In an undercover operation, Italian police have put paid to a 'drug bus' which supplied youngsters with illegal substances as it ferried them to trendy northern Italian night spots.
News from Piedmont, Lombardy... - http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy_regions/piedmont_lombardy_valle_d_aosta

Violence by Raj Thackeray's supporters fearing his arrest
Hindu - Chennai,India
... members tried to set afire a state transport bus going to Ahmednagar from Hadgaon town. Two persons sustained minor injuries in the incident, police said.
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Heath Lambert Aerospace: Heath Lambert issues its State of the ...
Insurance News Net (press release) - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... but with motorway running there is always the potential for a major incident. Increased competition has inevitably led to softer rates on bus and coach ...
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Police launch operation on bus route
Ealing Times - UK
... the popular route include robbery and rowdy behaviour, and police have identified time between 4pm and 8pm when 75 per cent of the incidents take place. ...
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Mexico's Women-only Buses
Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey
There are more reports of sexual incidents on the subways, with roughly one a day filed with the authorities. "Most women don't report what happens to them ...
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7:22 PM, 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/

Free Metro: Bill King Responds
It also shows a 200% increase security incidents in the initial months. By the end of the free-fare trial, the security incidents were down to about 20% more than the pre-free-fare period and actually lower on a per rider basis. ...
GregsOpinion.com - http://www.gregsopinion.com/

Bus drivers in Peru must go to driving school before getting a license
Living in Peru - Lima,Peru
It was reported that last year alone, 800 people were killed and 4500 were injured in bus accidents in the country. According to the Ministry of ...
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Six killed in three road accidents in Jharkhand
Hindustan Times - India
In the first accident, a car carrying guests to a wedding ceremony collided with a bus Monday night on the Ranchi-Patna national highway near Hazaribagh, ...
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Muni video vault: Bus crashes into SUV
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
But, statistics from the Federal Transit Administration show that Muni had more than twice the rate of motor bus injury accidents in 2006 than agencies of ...
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Rain, ice cause rush-hour accidents and delays
Baltimore Sun - United States
On Route 22 in Churchville, an accident involving a transit bus and several cars resulted in injuries to at least 17 people, officials said. ...
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Passers-by smash bus windows with rocks
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
SINGAPOREANS were involved in two separate accidents on the way to Genting Highlands over the Chinese New Year long weekend. One group was in a tour bus ...
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Commuter bus catches fire in Santa Maria
KSBY - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
When asked whether during that time there have been other accidents, Dotson replied, "Not that I know of." KSBY tried to get a copy of the company's safety ...
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Breaking: Many Muni Drivers Terrible At Driving, Being Nice
By Brian Bernbaum
"Statistics from the Federal Transit Association show that Muni had more than twice the rate of motor bus injury accidents in 2006 compared to agencies of similar size in Denver, Portland and Orange County, and more than three times ...
News & Politics: The Snitch - http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/

Passers-by smash bus windows with rocks
SINGAPOREANS were involved in two separate accidents on the way to Genting Highlands over the Chinese New Year long weekend.
The Electric Newpaper - News - http://tnp.sg/news/0,6310,,00.html?

Truck Driver Arrested In School Bus Accident
By James Sabatini
The driver of a Poland Spring delivery truck that collided with a school bus Monday afternoon was criminally charged this morning with speeding and running a red light. Accoprding to police, Christopher Speedling, 24, was going 42 mph ...
Waterbury Personal Injury Lawyer - http://waterbury.injuryboard.com/

Daily Crime Incidents for February 12, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of
Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Barke Police Station. On 11/02/2008 at 1000 hrs near Lalbagh Mangalore one driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-14-5797 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

A Country Drive
By Jim & Laurel(Jim & Laurel)
We saw several serious truck accidents and a couple of bus accidents. We believe the primary reason for these accidents is the fact that Ghanaians tend to stack things on top of their vehicles as high as they possibly can. ...
I'm "Ghana" Adopt - http://imghanaadopt.blogspot.com/

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