Tuesday, February 19, 2008

2/19/08

Wife of Blueline victim kills herself
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
New Delhi: A day after she lost her husband under the wheels of a Blueline bus, a 25-year-old woman hanged herself at the All India Institute of Medical ...
See all stories on this topic

Blueline victim’s wife hangs self
Hindustan Times - India
A Blueline death is more than just another name being added to the long list of those killed on
Delhi’s roads by the private bus fleet. ...
See all stories on this topic

Blueline victim's wife kills herself
Times of India - India
They were crossing the road when a Blueline, on Route 403 — plying between Okhla and Old
Delhi railway station — came hurtling towards them. ...
See all stories on this topic

Man comes under Blueline bus, condition critical
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) A man was critically injured in the capital Sunday when a privately owned Blueline bus ran over him. ...
See all stories on this topic

Wife of Blueline victim kills herself
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) A day after she lost her husband under the wheels of a Blueline bus, a 25-year-old woman hanged herself at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday evening. She leaves a one-month baby behind.
AndhraCafe.com - http://andhracafe.com/

Horrors of covering that distance of 5 km
By Supernova(Supernova)
Ah well…thanx to our media, by now every single person in every nick n corner of the country knows what kinda adventure ride it is to travel by the Blueline buses of Delhi…Add to it the office hours and u have the ultimate stunt of ...
Just Like That - http://supernova-justlikethat.blogspot.com/

MTA: Price plan will hardly affect mass transit system
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
"But we've still tried to project what the diversion (to mass transit) will be, and our feeling is that, for the most part, it will be a manageable bump. ...
See all stories on this topic

Time to provide better transit
Chilliwack Times - Chilliwack,British Columbia,Canada
It has confused me as to the situation with public transit. I live in
Agassiz and if provided, would use public transit on a regular basis. ...
See all stories on this topic

Light rail, not rapid transit
Chilliwack Times - Chilliwack,British Columbia,Canada
The solution to the transportation problems in the
Fraser Valley and beyond will not come from high-priced rapid transit lines like SkyTrain. ...
See all stories on this topic

Mayors call for Transit rethink on North road funding
Northern Advocate - Whangarei,New Zealand
By IMRAN ALI NORTHLAND'S mayors have called for a review of Transit New Zealand's national road funding formula, which they claim fails to consider the cost ...
See all stories on this topic

Chrissie Hynde rides bus to support transit tax increase
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
... (AP) - Chrissie Hynde took a bus ride on an
Akron city bus to show her support of a countywide sales tax increase for Metro Regional Transit Authority. ...
See all stories on this topic

Poll on public transit worth some serious attention
Online Athens (subscription) - Athens,GA,USA
... because the time and frequency of service isn't convenient, or transit stops aren't close enough to their residence, or routes don't serve their needs. ...
See all stories on this topic

Vermont Transit bus evacuated on interstate
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
Salem – Twenty-nine passengers of a Vermont Transit bus had to evacuate the bus on Interstate-93 last night after the engine caught on fire and shot smoke ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit to monitor changes
Manawatu Standard - Palmerston North,New Zealand
The controversial re-marking of
Kimbolton Road did not start last week as expected, and Transit is not sure when it will happen. Since the plan to reduce a ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit Future Through the Past
Raise the Hammer - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Those not familiar with buses or transit might have no clue what I'm talking about. Ahh, but you actually do. Even if you never had the pleasure of riding ...
See all stories on this topic

Work on Mass Transit system to commence this year in Pakistan
Unique Pakistan - Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan
Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that lasting solution to transport problem in Karachi lies in Mass Transit system on which work will start this ...
See all stories on this topic

Recipe for Trouble
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Ian Robinson,...
Like other Calgarians who have never used public transit in this city, when I heard the news Calgary police are now riding the rails, my first thought was: You mean they weren't before this?
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Ford Transit Helps British Gas Service The UK
By Carma Online
BRENTWOOD, Essex, 18 February 2008 – New-generation Ford Transit vans carrying the blue livery of British Gas have gone into operation with the company, Britain’s biggest supplier of energy ...
Carma Online - Latest News - http://www.carma.com.sg/news

Sic Transit America, Schizoid and Free
By Jack Free
Pardon the triple entendres, but those who know about these things say we triple Geminis are like that, chewing up and spitting out words the way others eat chips and dips. While the rest of you are slicing and dicing cucumbers with ...
Thailand to Timbuktu: world travel,... - http://thailand-to-timbuktu.blogspot.com/

ULM thanks legislators for supporting Intermodal Transit Facility ...
On Thursday, Feb. 21 at 4:45 pm, ULM will publicly thank US Representative Rodney Alexander and others for their support of the facility, located at 407 University Ave.
ULM News Center - http://www.ulm.edu/news/rss

Dumb card: relic bus ticket system for Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
But now the State Government has to renegotiate with the
Perth company an expired maintenance contract for about 4000 ageing bus ticket machines, ...
See all stories on this topic

Cold snap stops green bus service
BBC News - UK
A bus company's efforts to cut global warming emissions have led to services being disrupted by cold weather. First Eastern Counties Buses, ...
See all stories on this topic

Spice Girls' Tour Bus Driver Helps Nab Suspect in Drunk Carjacking
FOXNews - USA
BURTON, Michigan — A call to authorities from the driver of a Spice Girls' tour bus about a possible drunken driver led to the arrest of a suspect carjacker ...
See all stories on this topic

Hynde Supports Ohio County's Bus Tax
The Associated Press -
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Chrissie Hynde took a ride on an Akron city bus to show her support of a countywide sales tax increase for mass transit. ...
See all stories on this topic

UTA bus driver, two passengers attacked
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
An unruly woman attacked a Utah Transit Authority bus driver and two passengers this morning after the driver told her to stop throwing a football on the ...
See all stories on this topic

Bus driver accused of hitting kids
Indianapolis Star - United States
By Andy Gammill A driver faces an investigation after children riding his Indianapolis Public Schools bus complained that he hit them, IPS said Monday. ...
See all stories on this topic

Tasmanian bus driver missing in Central Australia
ABC Online - Australia
Police in
Central Australia are looking for a 58 year old Tasmanian bus driver, who is believed to have made off with a tour bus. Yulara police are looking ...
See all stories on this topic

Wife of Blueline bus victim commits suicide
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: Less than 24 hours after a 30-year-old labourer was crushed to death by a Blueline bus near Nizamuddin railway station, his 26-year-old wife was ...
See all stories on this topic

Nigeria: Bus Conductor Bags Six Months for Theft
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A middle-aged bus conductor was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment by an
Abuja magistrate's court for theft. The conductor, Chinanso Aniobi was ...
See all stories on this topic

Vancouver’s Minaean International Corp. wins contract to build bus ...
A Vancouver-based company involved in the construction of low-cost metal buildings has been awarded a contract to build a prototype bus shelter for a transit system in India.
News - Daily Commercial News - http://www.dcnonl.com

Narinjara News: Sittwe students protest bus fair increase
By editor, BurmaNet
About 50 students in Sittwe staged a demonstration on 13 February after authorities doubled their school bus fare, reports a student from Sittwe. He said, “We went to the university by foot on that day to show our feelings about the ...
Burmanet - http://www.burmanet.org/news

CTA Installing Bus Shields to Protect Drivers Fro
An attack on a CTA bus has triggered a new effort to protect drivers, and passengers. Darian Trotter has an exclusive look at the system the transit agency is trying out.
- http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox

Chrissie Hynde rides bus to support transit tax increase
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Chrissie Hynde took a bus ride on an Akron city bus to show her support of a countywide sales tax increase for Metro Regional Transit Authority.
News - http://www.wsyx6.com/

Spice Girls' tour bus driver helps nab suspect in carjacking
By The Mainichi Newspapers(The Mainichi Newspapers)
BURTON, Michigan (AP) -- A call to authorities from the driver of a Spice Girls' tour bus about a possible drunken driver led to the arrest of a suspect carjacker.
Japan Entertainment News - http://mdn.mainichi.jp/entertainment/

ail for sex pest who was naked on bus
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
Both incidents were committed while he was on bail for another offence of indecent exposure, heard by Bradford Crown Court. His appeal against those ...
See all stories on this topic

Runway scare
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The passengers were eventually delivered by bus to the terminal, almost two hours after landing. Marielena Dibartolo was returning to
Ottawa with her ...
See all stories on this topic

8:54 PM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 25 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

43 Injuries & 1 Death on LA Public Transit in 2008
By Zach Behrens
Averaging more than one incident a week so far in 2008, there have been nine incidents between people/cars, or in one case, a fire hydrant, and mainly Metro busses, except for one incident involving a Big Blue Bus, Santa Monica's ...
LAist - http://laist.com/

Wackenhut chosen to provide armed guards for metro rail www ...
By privateofficernews
Despite a few high-profile incidents in recent years, McCuller said, the system is safer than most of the communities through which it passes.In February 2007, a woman was raped after leaving a train at the Fifth and Missouri MetroLink ...
Privateofficernews's Weblog - http://privateofficernews.wordpress.com

BEST (WORST) Bus Hits Pedestrians, Kills 2 at Marol near SakiNaka
Planet Powai - Mumbai, India
Driver involved in accidents before - Shivaji Lahanu Chaudhury (55), the driver of the BEST bus that killed two pedestrians on Friday morning, ...
See all stories on this topic

Five killed, 11 injured in two RAK accidents
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
In another accident, a 46-year-old Indian driver died and eight others were injured when the bus they were travelling in rammed into a trailer in Al Ghail ...
See all stories on this topic

If You Become the Victim of a Tragic Los Angeles Bus Accident
By Jurist(Jurist)
If you, a close friend, or one of your family members have had the misfortune of being involved in a serious bus accident, and have suffered personal injuries from the accident, the legal matters surrounding your injury case can quickly ...
- http://bus-accidents.blogspot.com/

NOBODY CAN STOP THE BLUELINE!

Two killed by Blueline buses
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW DELHI: Two men were killed by Blueline buses in separate accidents here over the weekend, taking the number of deaths involving killer buses to 13 this ...
See all stories on this topic

Enforcing the law on the roads
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The lumpen behaviour of people in
Delhi’s infamous Blueline buses presents a study in contrast with the behaviour of metro train commuters. ...
See all stories on this topic

Two run over by Blueline buses
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
New Delhi, February 17 A 42-year-old man was run over by a Blueline bus in Punjabi Bagh, west Delhi, this morning,. According to police, Ranvijay Singh ...
See all stories on this topic

Man comes under Blueline bus, condition critical
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A man was critically injured in the capital Sunday when a privately owned Blueline bus ran over him. ...
See all stories on this topic

Killer Bluelines crush two
Times of India - India
In another incident, Akhid Ali, 34, who had arrived in
Delhi on Sunday from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, died after being hit by a Blueline at Nizamuddin. ...
See all stories on this topic

******************************

Workshop aims to upgrade transit trip planning
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Frustrated with the slow churn of bureaucracy, a cadre of tech-savvy public transit advocates is working to make it easier to plan bus, train and ferry ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit center steps up security
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA
Critics feared a 1200-space parking garage and transit center in downtown Federal Way would turn into a magnet for crime years before the public project was ...
See all stories on this topic

Leg surgery for rescued cat
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
A $1500 reward for finding
Georgia will be split among Georgia's three rescuers - NYC Transit workers Mark Dalessio and Efrain LaPorte and Con Ed meter ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit service a success
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
Joe Fitzsimmons climbs aboard a Johnson County Transit K-10 Connector bus last week at the intersection of
19th Street and Naismith Drive. ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit coalition still negotiating local option legislation
Idaho Business Review - United States
by Eddie Kovsky Backers of a public transit bill are concerned their legislation may not get a hearing this legislative session. Ken Burgess, spokesman for ...
See all stories on this topic

City needs to see the big picture
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
It is time that we have a look at the future of public transit within the GTA, and a good place to start would be a look to the past and at the success and ...
See all stories on this topic

‘Mass Transit System only solution to transport problems’
The News - International - Pakistan
By By our correspondent City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has said that the Mass Transit System (MTS) was the only permanent solution of the transport ...
See all stories on this topic

Gold Coast alliance criticises rapid transit system consultation
ABC Online - Australia
The Gold Coast Public Transport Alliance has met the Queensland Transport Minister to outline its concerns about a proposed rapid transit system. ...
See all stories on this topic

Transit chiefs look north
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Whangarei Mayor Stan Semenoff says Northland struggles to get Transit funding because a national formula for roading subsidies disadvantages the region. ...
See all stories on this topic

Metro Transit Service Resumes Monday
Metro Transit will resume regular weekday service starting at the beginning of the service day on Monday, February 18. Customer service …
City of Madison, Wisconsin News Releases - http://www.cityofmadison.com

Kathleen Turner likes public transit
NEW YORK (AP) — Kathleen Turner eats out less and often takes mass transit now that she's doing stage work instead of films — and she enjoys getting compliments on the bus.
- http://www.globegazette.com/

Gold Coast alliance criticises rapid transit system consultation
The Gold Coast Public Transport Alliance has met the Queensland Transport Minister to outline its concerns about a proposed rapid transit system.
ABC News : Queensland - http://www.abc.net.au/news/nt

Wackenhut chosen to provide armed guards for metro rail www ...
By privateofficerbreakingnews
Many large transit agencies have their own police forces, but Metro does not. Metro has 21 security supervisors on staff with law enforcement experience, and the agency has 46 police officers under contract from St. Louis, St. ...
PRIVATE OFFICER BREAKING NEWS(www.pri... - http://privateofficerbreakingnews.wordpress.com

Kitten Found After 25 Days in NYC Subway
Transit workers tracked down 6-month old Georgia under midtown Manhattan Saturday.
Animal Concerns News Service - http://www.animalconcerns.org

agic bus of love
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By KATIE SCHNEIDER, SUN MEDIA Five years ago, Amanda, then 17, was riding the bus home from Lord Shaughnessy high school to Chinook Station when a friend ...
See all stories on this topic

Car faster but bus travel greener
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
By Mathew Dearnaley Auckland bus commuters soundly beaten to work by a Herald car on the Northern Busway's first big morning can at least congratulate ...
See all stories on this topic

Kenyans Seek Safety of Ethnic Numbers
The Associated Press -
NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — As the bus slows for a police checkpoint, hawkers rush up pushing ears of corn, sodas and fried treats toward the open windows. ...
See all stories on this topic

Man dies after falling off crowded bus
Pune Newsline - Pune,India
Pune, February 17 A Man leaning out of a crowded and speeding Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mandal Limited (PMPML) bus, died after falling off at a bend near ...
See all stories on this topic

Kathleen Turner Saves Cash by Riding Bus
The Associated Press -
... Turner eats out less and often takes mass transit now that she's doing stage work instead of films — and she enjoys getting compliments on the bus. ...
See all stories on this topic

OAPs' bus plan cost warning
The Press Association -
Council Tax payers could be landed with a £60 million bill when the nationwide concessionary bus scheme for senior citizens is introduced this spring, ...
See all stories on this topic

48 Hours on the Big Red Bus
New York Times - United States
Stretching before a game is important, especially if you’ve been sitting on a bus for a few hours. More Photos » He allowed his players to watch a movie, ...
See all stories on this topic

Getting around on LI, with little money for a bus
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
She required bus fare to and from her cancer treatments at the
University Medical Center in Stony Brook. "Her spirits were not very good at the time," Gumbs ...
See all stories on this topic

Q&A | Waterfront streetcars | The bus tunnel | Discarding old ...
Seattle Times - United States
"The replacement bus is neither convenient nor classic." A: Metro Transit spokeswoman Rochelle Ogershok says those vintage Australian streetcars are in ...
See all stories on this topic

Rescue bus assists 60 revellers
BBC News - UK
More than 60 people have received medical treatment since Christmas on an SOS bus in
Belfast's city centre. The 60-foot long, bright yellow, bendy bus sits ...
See all stories on this topic

Sainsbury’s tries again for store at bus depot site
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's is making a fresh bid to build a new store on the site of a Southampton bus depot.
Daily Echo | Latest News - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk

Kathleen Turner Saves Cash by Riding Bus
Ride the Bus in New York City? Kathleen Turner Could Be Sitting Next to You.
MSN Entertainment: News - http://entertainment.msn.com/news?affid=100055

Walking Bus programme
Schools in Trafford are being encouraged to join up with the Walking Bus programme to help keep children healthy.
- http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk

Outback breakdown: bus passengers trek to help
A tour company is investigating after its bus broke down in the outback last week, leaving passengers to walk 45 kilometres to get help.
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/

Recent mishaps prompt district revamp of bus safety policies
Pike County Courier - USA
These included two incidents of bus drivers failing to find sleeping students aboard their buses and a January collision of two Krise buses en route to a ...
See all stories on this topic

HOWELL SCHOOLS INVESTIGATION: Report clears Breiner, so why did ...
Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USA
It's clear that she knew by the end of May that the incident on the bus was being investigated as criminal sexual conduct. ...
See all stories on this topic

City no stranger to incidents of undertrials giving police the slip
Ludhiana Newsline - Ludhiana,India
These armed gang members had stopped the bus in a fashion which matched some Bollywood flick and rescued their accomplice. Meanwhile, according to police ...
See all stories on this topic

Narita Airport
By Rik Jones
The bus in general is quite efficient and it is amazing to think of how many of these things are zipping all over
Tokyo and Chiba shuttling people from every part of the city to and from the airport. At any given bus stop, ...
Dandelife.com: Recently Added - http://dandelife.com

Bridge Weight concern at Riverside Drive
By Fraser Macpherson(Fraser Macpherson)
Cllr Macpherson, who is also the City Council’s Planning & Transport Convener, has reported the most recent incidents to the City Council and has also raised his concerns directly with the bus companies. ...
Cllr Fraser Macpherson - Dundee... - http://frasermacpherson.blogspot.com/

Expelled Student Due In Court After Bus Incident - Topix
Expelled Student Due In Court After Bus Incident. Posted by roboblogger 15 hrs ago | Bookmark and Share. “Phil Davis, a driver at Doak School, was attacked ...

No comments: