2/17/08

Is it still the BEST option on Mumbai’s roads?
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
After a spate of accidents over the past few months, BEST has come under the scanner, with some comparing the bus service to Delhi’s notorious Bluelines. ...
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A better bus service
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
Today most of the fatal accidents on the roads involve private bus drivers who race to overtake their rivals with the profit motive their driving force. ...
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As I See It An appeal to Razon and Fernando
Inquirer.net - Philippines
In the first accident, a bus on Commonwealth rammed a car emerging from under the flyover. The couple in the car were killed. In the second, another bus ...
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Weekend road toll rises to eight
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Earlier a tour bus and car collided when the car crossed the centre line. Inspector Turepu Keenan of the police northern communications centre said the ...
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School Buses Are Among the Safest on the Road
By David A. Wolf
Despite the large numbers, school bus accidents are relatively few in number. School buses are equipped with safety devices and are constructed in a manner that decreases roll overs and the impact of crashes. You can read more about the ...
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The Art of Lying (Part Three)
By Ole Wolf
If it was a solo accident, the number of solo accident increase, and if it was a group disaster—an airplane crash or a bus traffic accident—this particular kind of accident increases. It is only logical to conclude that the succeeding ...
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Masons Arms' CCTV Cam Captures Lots Of Accidents.
What do a double-decker bus, a Mercedes, a van ... and a drunk guy speeding in a Mazda MX5 all have in common? They all got recorded by the Mason Arms' CCTV Cam screwing up! The Masons Arms is located in the Fishergate area of York, ...
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Day trip to Leshan - Leshan, China
This went on and on, stop and go, and we indeed saw two accidents on the road. The short version of the story is that our 2 hour bus ride took more than 6 hours and we finally arrived in Leshan around 3:15 pm. ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for February 17, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
On 15/02/2008 at 2330 hrs at Bala village Mangalore Taluk accused Kishore conductor of bus route No. 13J, Ranjith driver of said bus and other two persons abused one Kiran (20) R/o Santhosh Nagara Vamanjoor village Mangalore Taluk ...
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Youth For Justice http://www.y4j.blogspot.com/
By Youth for India™ - Our Time Is Now(Youth for India™ - Our Time Is Now)
First Youth Action Group to protest against killings by blue line buses in the capital city, organised a candle light protest at central park , CP to pay homage to 96 ppl killed by blue line buses 15. YFJ is the only youth action group ...
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Delhi HC refuses to lower fine for releasing "killer" Blueline bus
India News: Delhi HC refuses to lower fine for releasing.

Smart planning, transit can help cool global warming
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
One is mass transit coupled with smarter community design. More than 40 percent of California's greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation. ...
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Clark Harder: State actions short mass transit groups
Lansing State Journal - Lansing,MI,USA
The Michigan Public Transit Association supports a better funding system for all transportation services, and the clock is ticking for the Legislature to ...
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The fare essentials: As technology simplifies transit commute ...
Gloucester County Times - NJ.com - Woodbury,NJ,USA
Interconnected systems of public transportation are fostering new ideas among regional transit authorities. Now, more than ever before, larger regional ...
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Bush-league transit
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
We're constantly encouraged to use mass transit. But the operating habits of some bus drivers discourage us from doing so. Case in point recently, ...
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eliminating fares on buses would cost Metro
Houston Chronicle - United States
During the past 30 years, residents of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's service area, both transit riders and car drivers, have voted on more than one ...
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A fare lesson from Austin
Houston Chronicle - United States
(Please see "RIDE FOR FREE / Let's try transit without a fare box," Feb. 10.) Capital Metro in Austin returned to collecting fares for a number of reasons, ...
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Redevelopment bustling near Mesa rail stop
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Mike James, Mesa's deputy transportation director, said it makes sense that developers would focus on the transit center because it combines light rail with ...
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Developer Won't Give Up Transit Center Dream
The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
By Martha Sadler Lack Construction CEO David Lack unveiled his revised grand vision for transforming the Metropolitan Transit District’s center at a Santa ...
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Improvement in Transit ; Man's Campaign Nets Crossing Fix.
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
By KAT HUGHES It appears as though one resident's persistence has paid off to get safety improvements at the accident-prone railroad crossing at Highway 63. ...
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In transit
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
South african- registered private airline Phoebus Apollo has been granted a licence by the International Air Services Council to operate passenger and cargo ...
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Transit gets another chance
By The Birmingham News
By BUTCH FERRELL Opportunities have knocked in the past, and actions not taken then are exerting a mighty pull now. US Sen. Richard Shelby had a mother lode of treasure that Jefferson County could have claimed for itself, but, ...
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Improvement in transit
By By KAT HUGHES of the Tribune’s staff
It appears as though one resident’s persistence has paid off to get safety improvements at the accident-prone railroad crossing at Highway 63. After witnessing the aftermath of a fatal accident at the crossing last year that was caused ...
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Transit Village Project In Morristown NJ News
By James
The 128 space parking lot across the street from the Morristown train station closed in early January and will not reopen until July of 2009 when the Transit Village project is completed. Transit Village will bring up to 400 additional ...
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Sprinter gate problems lessen
NORTH COUNTY ---- Though periodic gate malfunctions continue along the new 22-mile Sprinter light-rail line, transit authorities and those living near the rails say problems have lessened significantly over the last two weeks.
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Scoping Rockland's future
Columnist Bob Baird says various groups are beginning to ponder the impact of a new Tappan Zee Bridge with mass transit on the county's future land use.
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Public Transportation: Wherever Life Takes You
Latest Transit News. Healthy Alternative: Take Mass Transit Larry Copeland USA TODAY Feb. 1, 2008 "Want to lose weight and look better? ...

Westchester school bus driver leaves students in snow
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW ROCHELLE, NY - A mother and a school spokeswoman say a Westchester County school bus driver stranded students in a snowstorm after the bus struggled on ...
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Icy roads may be blamed for two bus crashes in northern BC
The Canadian Press -
CHETWYND, BC - The mayor of this northern community declared a state of emergency Friday after two separate bus crashes along the same icy stretch of ...
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Go-Ahead Profit Falls 14% After Writedown at Bus Unit (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
15 (Bloomberg) -- Go-Ahead Group Plc, a UK bus and train operator, said first-half profit fell 14 percent after it wrote down the value of a bus unit in ...
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The Midlands welcomes move to England wide bus pass
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,Bulgaria
New research published today reveals that 90% of those in the Midlands entitled to the free national bus pass are eagerly awaiting its introduction on April ...
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Spa bus driver's roomate charged
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
By DAVID FILKINS, Staff writer SARATOGA SPRINGS - A man who lives with the school bus driver accused of molesting two teenage boys was charged Friday with ...
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Two crushed by BEST bus
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured on Friday morning after a BEST bus climbed a road-divider, crushing pedestrians who were ...
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Bus crash in Pakistan's Punjab province leaves 14 dead, 31 injured ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP LAHORE, Pakistan: A passenger bus veered off a bridge while passing another vehicle early Sunday in eastern Pakistan, killing 14 people and injuring 31 ...
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$40 bus bet ends up with transit wedding bells
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By The Canadian Press CALGARY — When Amanda Hodson took a friend’s $40 bet that she would kiss the next stranger to board their bus, she had no idea she was ...
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Amritsar-Lahore bus service likely to be stopped
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
LAHORE: Pakistan and India are considering stopping Amritsar-Lahore Bus Service and reduction in the number of Nankana-Amritsar bus service as the service ...
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Bus depot shift to miss deadline
Times of India - India
KOLKATA: The high court deadline for shifting the bus terminus from Shahid Minar is just a few weeks from now. But there are no such signs as the state ...
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Bus Shelter on Cole Bank Road
By sjdean
Bus Shelter on Cole Bank Road. What style. What class.
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4-year-old boy stranded after bus driver mistake
News 12 Westchester contacted the DOT, who then contacted Janee. Mother and son were reunited, and Janee says she will be eternally grateful to Morris. However, she says she can’t help but think about all the things that could have gone ...
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Driver Hits School Bus Injures Her Two Children
By Eddie Farah
A woman driving a small SUV ran a stop sign early Thursday morning and hit a school bus. It happened in northwest Jacksonville as the bus was traveling to school. The driver was injured as was one of her two young children in the ...
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40 killed in bus mishap in Pakistan
At least 40 people were killed and over 20 injured when a bus went off a bridge in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday.
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Day 1: The view from the bus, a sense of Ranger history
By David Pollak
NEW YORK — The journey begins in a bus at 8:20 am, pulling away from the midtown Manhattan hotel the Sharks are calling home for the next five days. It heads up Third Avenue, first throught the fashionable Upper East Side, then through ...
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Narita Airport
By Rik Jones
I have never seen any incidents here, but I imagine that if they did have one, they would have to pretty much take the Gang-style approach and have all 50 or so security employees to jump on the perpetrator to restrain him. ...
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Get out of my bus!!!!
By myjaja
Just before 7 pm, a second bus arrived with three drivers — including the one who had abandoned her passengers in the first place, Lawhon said. Greyhound spokesman Dustin Clark said company officials were investigating the incident. ...
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