Saturday, February 2, 2008

2/2/08

Green panel suggests cut in diesel subsidy
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
Pointing out that after Blueline buses are phased out from
Delhi roads the city would need almost 10000 new buses, Nariman suggested that the government ...
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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 ...
- http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

AMTS buses as deadly as Blueline
By Krunal(Krunal)
AHMEDABAD: There seems to be no stopping the killer run of Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) buses on city roads. In fact, they are turning as notorious as
New Delhi's notorious Blueline buses. In yet another fatal mishap, ...
- http://ahmedabad-info.blogspot.com/

Supreme Court expresses concern over deaths by Blueline buses - Hindu
By FeedBot
Supreme Court expresses concern over deaths by Blueline buses Hindu - 2 hours ago NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed serious concern over the spate of accidents caused by Blueline buses in the Capital resulting in loss of ...
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Sacramento judge bars using transit funds to close budget gap
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The California Transit Association, which represents agencies that operate mass transit programs, sued to block the $1.2 billion transfer included in last ...
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BC plans light rapid transit for Coquitlam, PoCo and Port Moody
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER - The BC government unveiled today a $1.4-billion "business plan" aimed at delivering advanced light rapid transit to the northeast sector ...
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Threat of transit strike over
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The threat of a transit strike appears to be over following an agreement to send a contract dispute to arbitration. Negotiators on Friday agreed that an ...
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Vital I-90 transit link remains closed
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Interstate 90 will remain closed at
Snoqualmie Pass through Friday as snow continues to pile up in the Cascade mountains. Thursday, Gov. ...
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New York State Commission Approves Historic Congestion Pricing ...
FOXBusiness - USA
"New York City is growing by a million people, the transit system already has a $30 billion investment backlog, and our bad air quality is harming our ...
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Raju Pal murder: UP police get transit remand of Atiq Ahmed
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: A city court on Friday granted the Uttar Pradesh police the transit remand of controversial MP Atiq Ahmed for his production in an Allahabad ...
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NY-area transit gets $153.3M in anti-terror funds
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The money is to be split by a regional group that includes the LIRR, the MTA, NJ Transit, PATH, the Port Authority, the East River and Staten Island ferries ...
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Sound Transit gives rail line a boost
Seattle Times - United States
By Ashley Bach Sound Transit's move on Thursday to consider a commuter rail line along the BNSF corridor from Snohomish to
Renton was a big boost to rail ...
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Valley's public transit system topic at forum
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
It shouldn't for a community that expects to top 1 million residents in the next 25 years, public transit authorities said at a luncheon forum Friday. ...
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Groups Call for Investigation of UTA Executive Bonuses
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Brandon Loomis,...
Advocates for poor and disabled public transportation riders are calling on the Utah Transit Authority Board of Trustees to investigate its executive bonus program after the release of a critical legislative audit.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Depressing Growth Management News
By ERICA C. BARNETT
Here's the bad news. According to documents produced by Sound Transit's consultant, Parsons Brinckerhoff, the biggest population growth is projected waaaaay the hell out in places like Marysville and far
Southeast Pierce County--places ...
Slog - http://slog.thestranger.com/

Ontario: Storm affecting flights, trains, GO Transit
A heavy snowstorm marching across southern Ontario toward Quebec forced about 150 flight cancellations Friday at Pearson International Airport but stranded travellers looking to the train as an alternative were also out of luck.
The Record News - http://www.therecord.com

Vital I-90 transit link remains closed
Interstate 90 will remain closed at Snoqualmie Pass through Friday as snow continues to pile up in the Cascade mountains.
Seattle Business News - Local... - http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss

8 kids hurt when school bus cut off
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
BY ADAM H. BEASLEY Eight students were taken to a hospital Friday with minor injuries after their school bus was cut off by a pickup truck that ran a stop ...
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Bus evacuated after texted bomb threat
Globe and Mail - Canada
Vancouver - Police cordoned off an intersection in West Vancouver after a passenger on a public transit bus received a bomb threat via text message. ...
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Welcome for Forth Road Bridge priority bus lane
Scotsman - United Kingdom
LIB DEM transport spokeswoman Alison McInnes has welcomed the news that a bus priority lane will be created on the approaches to the
Forth Road Bridge. ...
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One stop shop for bus users
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Customers will be able to pick up timetables and travel information as well as purchase bus tickets and Ridacards without having to go into the city centre. ...
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Pupils unhurt in school bus crash
BBC News - UK
A bus carrying children to school has crashed into a power pole near Kinross, causing the electricity lines to fall. It is thought the driver took ill at ...
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20 Killed in Sri Lanka Bus Blast
The Associated Press -
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A bomb tore through a bus packed with civilians in central Sri Lanka Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 50 others, ...
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Editorial: State, schools must strengthen bus rules
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
''The Department of Public Safety and school districts have not provided sufficient oversight of school bus drivers.'' Report from the Minnesota Legislative ...
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Student's death spurs new effort on bus safety
Boston Globe - United States
For two decades, state Representative John J. Binienda has been filing a bill that would require school bus drivers to be trained in first aid. ...
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Test a bust for NYC bus stops' arrival-time signs
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK (AP) _ NYC Transit officials say a high-tech system for letting riders know when a bus will come has hit a roadblock. A spokesman says the system ...
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4 kids hurt in Evanston after bus hits speed bump
Chicago Tribune - United States
Four children on a school bus were slightly injured Friday when the bus didn't slow down at a speed bump in
Evanston, police said. The bus was headed to ...
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Deadly blast hits Sri Lanka bus !!
At least 20 people died after an explosion hit a civilian bus in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla.
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Sri Lanka bus blast kills dozens
A bomb at a bus station in Sri Lanka has killed at least 20 people and injured more than 50. The blast happened in the central town of Dambulla. The army has blamed Tamil Tiger rebels. The attack comes two days before celebrations ...
RNW news: Latest News - http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/

Police Believe Bus Theft Suspects Also Stealing Cars
Police say the men believed responsible for vandalizing and stealing school buses outside Atlantic City are also responsible for some recent car thefts.
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Crash tragedy busman jailed
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
The court heard that there was four previous driving incidents during his time at First Bus, but the judge said they were not significant so did not take ...
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Former Hayfield bus driver faces 16 years in prison
Post-Bulletin - Rochester,MN,USA
According to the
Mower County complaint, Gerlach committed many incidents of sexual abuse between 1993 and 2001 in Brownsdale, involving the same boy. ...
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Police Follow Up On Highgate Springs Incidents
WLKY - Louisville,KY,USA
McDonald says that's why she drives her youngest son to school every day, and her 15-year-old daughter takes a different bus route so she doesn't have to ...
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Bus driver in fatal crash was on probation
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
"She had worked for DDOT for seven-and-a-half years, and worked for SMART for eight years before that with no prior incidents involving alcohol. ...
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New Web-Based Resource Aims to Reduce Staggering School Bus ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
SafePupilTransport.com, a comprehensive safety training resource for school bus drivers to help reduce the likelihood of collisions and other incidents. ...
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Predator alerts: Men tried to lure Naperville kids, officials say
Sun Publications Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
The truck parked a short distance away and remained parked until the school bus arrived and the children departed for school. The incident was not reported ...
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Transit officials roll out safety measures
Calgary Herald - Calgary,Canada
There have been at least two other incidents near bus stops in the past week. A man approached another woman at a bus stop in
Glendale on Monday, ...
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2:13 PM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 18 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

2/1/08
By Al M(Al M)
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 . ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

Petitions To Have Safer Bus Rides For Long Distance Journey
By Chen Chow(Chen Chow)
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 ...
Chen Chow - http://chenchow.blogspot.com/

Bus tragedy should have been avoided
Bradford Telegraph Argus - Bradford,England,UK
He had already had several accidents in his bus-driving career and was pending disciplinary action at the time of the accident.
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Students, drivers hurt in bus wreck
Azle News - Azle,TX,USA
“Our driver was all the way over on the right hand side of the road,” Spiker said of last week’s bus accident. “She almost came to a complete stop because ...
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Road accidents claim two
Hindu - Chennai,India
The bus was proceeding to Perumathura. In the second incident, one person was killed and seven others injured when an omni-van carrying them rammed into a ...
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Supreme Court expresses concern over deaths by Blueline buses
Hindu - Chennai,India
(According to statistics given to the Court by the Delhi Government, as many as 488 persons had succumbed to such bus accidents in the past three years. ...
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Share of Bluelines in fatal accidents up 4%: Study
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
The study also notes that the location of bus stops as a major cause for accidents. “Location of bus stops is usually far away from intersection, ...
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Startling surveillance footage reveals driver misconduct on San ...
By Dan
The videos, which shed light on driver misconduct within the city's Muni bus system, include instances of accidents, injuries, threats, and insults. Muni only saves video footage on file when it involves serious incidents. ...
Video Surveillance - http://www.videosurveillance.com/blog/

BUS ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AGAIN ON 1ST FEB 2008
By sapphire blu(sapphire blu)
The tourists' bus was rammed from behind by a trailer and then hit by a Proton Saga coming from the opposite direction.The 2.20pm accident caused the bus to land on its side.The injured tourists were identified as Norbert Scsolz and ...
- http://helloskyblu.blogspot.com/

Riding the Ho Chi Minh Trail
By vietnamimpressive
The highway is lined with spirit houses and graves where people have died in accidents. "33 people die there when the bus went over," Dung pointed out as we rounded a curve on one of the highways' many steep mountain passes. ...
Vietnam Travel Forum - http://www.vietnamtravelforum.net

Counter Point: NMA's Move Over, Slow Down, and Crash Policy
By Veil Guy
... trailer or bus as a simple matter of common courtesy. I must respectfully disagree that mandating such behavior (in an enforceable law) is a misguided solution to aid in the reducing of the potential for accidents from inattentive ...
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