Friday, February 1, 2008

2/1/08

Bluelines have no right to kill: SC
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The Court was dealing with petition filed by a Blueline operator challenging the
Delhi High Court order, which had directed phasing out of killer blueline ...
See all stories on this topic

What is blue line,red line bus service in Delhi,India?
By frmncrr
Resolved Question What is blue line,red line bus service in
Delhi,India? Best Answer gud qstn......hem these are just t.
jyxia - Travel - http://www.jyxia.cn/forumdisplay.php?fid=25

DTC invites bids for 2500 low-floor buses
By Md Mudassir Alam(Md Mudassir Alam)
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 buses and improving the city transport system. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila ...
India Travel News - http://india-travelnews.blogspot.com/

Boy, 5, chokes to death on school bus
Boston Herald - United States
By Jessica Fargen MARLBOROUGH - A routine trip on a school bus turned tragic for a 5-year-old
Marlborough kindergartener who choked to death while riding ...
See all stories on this topic

Labour backs bus scheme extension
The Press Association -
Labour called on the Scottish Government to extend the previous administration's flagship free bus travel scheme. The party's transport spokesman Des ...
See all stories on this topic

Suicide car bomb in Kabul kills one: officials
AFP -
KABUL (AFP) — A suicide car bomb exploded near an army bus in the Afghan capital Kabul early Thursday, killing a civilian and wounding a handful of people ...
See all stories on this topic

1 killed, 14 injured in bus mishap
Times of India - India
VASAI: A state transport bus headed towards Ratnagiri rammed into a parked truck on the National Highway 8 at Vasai, killing a passer-by and injuring 14 ...
See all stories on this topic

Ruby catches bus so often we gave her a Roverticket
ic Wales - United Kingdom
In fact the pooch is probably the only dog in
Britain to be granted her very own special weekly bus pass – a Dog Rider – for her daily bus trips with owner ...
See all stories on this topic

Car broadsides Detroit school bus; no one hurt
Detroit Free Press - United States
By KRISTALE IVEZAJ A Detroit Public Schools bus was broadsided this morning by a driver that ran a red light, said a school district spokesperson. ...
See all stories on this topic

Boy's choking death on bus raises questions
Boston Globe - United States
"She's telling me my son ran to the bus driver and the bus driver called the paramedics. . . . He ran. I can't handle that. You don't look at no kid crying ...
See all stories on this topic

Volvo Inaugurates New Bus Plant in India
FOXBusiness - USA
The company is named Volvo Bus Body Technologies India and Volvo Buses holds a 70% ownership interest. The new plant has a capacity of 1000 buses annually ...
See all stories on this topic

Girl fondled at bus stop
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Police are investigating after a young girl reported she was fondled by a man as she waited for the bus Thursday morning in
Acadia. ...
See all stories on this topic

Basildon pensioners lose out over bus pass changes
PENSIONERS in Basildon will lose an hour and a half's free travel time a day on their bus passes from April.
Echo | South Essex news - http://www.echo-news.co.uk

Start of bus link welcomed
Otley and Yeadon ward councillors have welcomed the start of a new bus link to better connect the community.
Bradford Telegraph and Argus... - http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Boy, 5, Chokes To Death While Riding On School Bus
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Marlborough officials have identified the boy who chocked to death while riding in a school bus as 5-year-old Darnell Cobb.
WLBZ2.com - NEWS CENTER Regional News - http://www.wlbz2.com

Mexico City's newest bus option: 'Ladies Only'
And then rolling down the road comes what seems like an alien object at this time of day: A bus with breathing space, empty seats, even a few smiles. On the front window is a sign: "Exclusively for Ladies." Welcome to Mexico City's ...
Government Innovators Network News - http://www.innovations.harvard.edu

Bus fatally runs over elementary school boy
By The Mainichi Newspapers(The Mainichi Newspapers)
An elementary school boy died after being run over by a kindergarten bus in western
Tokyo on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Japan National News - http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/

Money for Transit Systems to Increase
New York Times - United States
By THE NEW YORK TIMES The public transit systems in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will be getting a large increase in federal financing to help them ...
See all stories on this topic

Healthy alternative: Take mass transit
USA Today - USA
That's the message from some transit agencies that are appealing to drivers' health concerns. "All the new research over the last five years indicates ...
See all stories on this topic

Sound Transit shortens its light-rail ambitions
Seattle Times - United States
By Mike Lindblom Sound Transit's next ballot measure could offer less light rail, more commuter trains, and more buses than Proposition 1, ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit raid OK'd
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
SACRAMENTO -- Most of what opponents contended was an illegal $1.26 billion raid on transit funds to help balance the current state budget was found to be ...
See all stories on this topic

Bidders Vie for $5B Oahu Transit System
Forbes - NY,USA
AP 01.31.08, 1:24 PM ET Eleven companies from around the world are vying to build Oahu's $5 billion mass transit system, according to a list released by the ...
See all stories on this topic

SF's Transit System Offers Commuters Fast Access to Subways and ...
RFID Journal - Melville,NY,USA
31, 2008—As of today, more than 200 San Francisco area commuters will be able to use Sprint cell phones to pay fares on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) ...
See all stories on this topic

NYC Traffic Fees Closer to Fruition
The Associated Press -
The goal is to get more people to take mass transit, improving the city's notorious gridlock and pollution problems. Mass transit advocate Gene Russianoff ...
See all stories on this topic

Plans for transit center revealed
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
By Lola Sherman OCEANSIDE – Plans to renovate the
Oceanside Transit Center and add a complex of offices, townhomes, apartments and parking garages were ...
See all stories on this topic

State panel recommends version of congestion plan
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The specifics of the plan will be discussed and debated, but the profound implications for our entire transit system are clear." Staff writer Laura Rivera ...
See all stories on this topic

SMRT and SBS Transit up peak period train frequencies
Channel News Asia - Singapore
Both SMRT and SBS Transit announced on Friday that they will be increasing the number of train trips per week. SMRT, which operates the North-South and ...
See all stories on this topic

Bellevue Plan for Free Bus Downtown Faces Delays
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Ashley Bach, The...
A free downtown Bellevue circulator bus would cost more money and start two years later than city officials want, King County Metro Transit officials said this week.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

NYC to receive $151M for transit security
Transit systems in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are slated to receive $151.2 million from the Department of Homeland Security, more than 50% more than last year.
Crain's New York Business - Breaking... - http://www.crainsnewyork.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/

7:51 pm: House endorse Austin’s mass transit bill
By a vote of 90-7, members of the Indiana House Thursday overwhelmingly supported state Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson, on House Bill 1245, legislation that encompasses various provisions to bring mass transit to Indiana.
The Herald Bulletin--Local News - http://www.heraldbulletin.com

Expert: Train the only option to cure transit woes to Colorado ski ...
... congestion on Interstate 70 that serves as the main thoroughfare to Colorado's ski resorts, and he said a $5-billion high-speed train to service the corridor is truly the only option that makes any sense. Denver Rocky Mountain News ...

Boy 'molested' in bus
Times of India - India
In order that such incidents are not repeated, we have decided to appoint woman attendants on the buses. We will specially recruit these attendants. ...
See all stories on this topic

Muni video vault: Bus drivers' misconduct
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
We found complaints about similar incidents in Jones' file, like one from February 2006, which says he shut a five-year-old girl's leg in the door. ...
See all stories on this topic

Mom: Girl sees attackers every day at school
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
Neither the October incidents -- nor unrelated incidents on a bus in September and at another middle school in December -- were reported to the state's ...
See all stories on this topic

Police urge bus passengers to notify driver if trouble arises
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
It follows the indecent assault and robbery of two
Wellington teenagers in separate incidents on buses this week. 14-year-old Ruby was texting on a new cell ...
See all stories on this topic

Airsoft guns seized after Sault high school incidents
SooToday.com - USA
In the other incident, a student fired the airsoft gun inside a school bus. Criminal charges have not been laid in these incidents, but the youths involved ...
See all stories on this topic

Former bus driver accused of misconduct expected to enter plea
Post-Bulletin - Rochester,MN,USA
The complaint alleges Gerlach committed many incidents of sexual abuse between about 1993 and 2001 in Brownsdale, involving a boy who was 8 when the ...
See all stories on this topic

Something needs to be done now!!!!
By Mindytsc(Mindytsc)
Despite numerous complaints and public uproar in the past, incidents like this continue to occur. It was reported that the driver’s company had 13 summonses on that bus itself. We find it unacceptable that such a company could have ...
Perfectionist - http://mindytsc.blogspot.com/

Driver smiled as girls robbed on bus
By William of the White Hand
The man in the Tuesday bus incident was Maori, aged about 25, 1.77 metres tall, of skinny build with short hair and a moustache. His partner was Maori, aged in her early 30s, of stocky build with frizzy black shoulder-length hair dyed ...
NNN Reporters Newsroom - http://www.newnation.vg/forums

1/31/08
By Al M(Al M)
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 . ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

Riders for a seamless, efficient rail network
By Propertymarketupdates
LAST week, you heard about our major initiatives to improve bus services. Today, I will share with you the exciting plans that we have for the rail network, and how we will meet the transport needs of diverse groups of people. ...
Complete Property Market Updates... - http://propertymarketupdates.com

No comments: