2/4/08

Governor: 32000 seniors pre-registered for free transit rides
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA
The governor's office says there are about 1.3 million seniors statewide who live in areas with mass transit. Madison County is set to begin offering the ...
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Transit not surprised by latest bus crash on West Coast
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
Transit New Zealand says a fatal bus crash on the West Coast on the weekend is not surprising. It was the second serious bus crash in less than a year on ...
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Press Breakfast on Racial and Economic Inequity in Our Mass ...
StreetsBlog - New York,NY,USA
Please join us for a reporters’ briefing on this study of inequity in our mass transit system, how it affects your community, and new solutions that would ...
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Bogota Part 2: Transmilenio Bus Rapid Transit
The Oil Drum - USA
In part 2 of "what the rest of the world could learn from Bogota, Colombia", here is a good video that gives an overview of how their bus rapid transit ...
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Governor: 32000 seniors pre-registered for free transit rides
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
The governor's office says there are about 1.3 million seniors statewide who live in areas with mass transit. Madison County is set to begin offering the ...
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Modern transit key to drawing the best
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
They also have multiple forms of transportation and transit systems to effectively manage travel. More importantly, these successful cities and regions have ...
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Editorial: Waterfront Transit
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
So the unusual cooperation being explored now by regional transit agencies PATCO and SEPTA to extend transit's reach to the Delaware - and possibly the ...
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Competition in transit system would save money
Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Montrealers should start thinking of competitive reforms that could improve performance of public transit. The Montreal Transit Corp. is in a financial dead ...
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Tribute WTC honors local man for work performed in transit ...
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
He grabbed a NJ Transit bus and for the next three days worked at and around the scene transporting rescue workers and the injured. ...
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NYC Steps Up Transit Security www.privateofficer.com
By privateofficerbreakingnews
Eliot Spitzer announced the grants at a news conference on Friday at Grand Central Terminal, where Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly outlined his plans to add a layer of security to the city’s 24-hour transit system. ...
- http://privateofficerbreakingnews.wordpress.com

Feb 1, 2008 - Transit Agencies Tout Health Benefits of Public ...
A number of US metro transit agencies are promoting the use of public transportation by highlighting the exercise obtained when walking to and from bus and train stops, USA Today reports.
RWJF News Digest - Public Health - http://www.rwjf.org/

The MDT North Corridor Saga Continues, Part 1
By Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal(Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal)
In case you’ve spent the past couple of days living in a cave (or more likely, not paying attention to local transit news) there is trouble brewing on the horizon (by horizon I clearly mean this week) over at MDT . ...
Transit Miami - http://www.transitmiami.com/

Governor: 32000 seniors pre-registered for free transit rides
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor Rod Blagojevich says 32000 senior citizens have pre-registered to receive free rides on public transportation.
News from pantagraph.com - http://pantagraph.com/

Seattle’s Sound Transit on The BNSF Rail Line? Where is our ...
By Debra Sinick
For my full article, you can check my Kirkland blog article about our latest rail news. If you have any thoughts about the rail line or any information to add to the news, please feel free to comment.
Eastside Real Estate Buzz - http://eastsiderealestatebuzz.com

Two killed in car and bus crash
BBC News - UK
Two men have died and 17 people have been injured following a collision between a car and a bus in County Roscommon. It happened at about 0115 GMT on Sunday ...
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Suicide attack on Pakistan army bus kills five
AFP -
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) — A suicide attacker rammed a bomb-laden motorbike into a Pakistan army bus taking medical staff to work Monday in the garrison ...
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India, Pak to mull options on bus service
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
PTI Pakistan is likely to suggest reducing the frequency of the two cross-border bus services from Amritsar or merging them to make them commercially viable ...
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Getting There: Bus snarl isn'ta problem for Metro
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By LARRY LANGE Question: John Melgard thinks the Metro bus stop on the south side of North 200th Street, near the Aurora Village Mall and a block east of ...
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Troubles with the new bus system
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
75 bus route. For the past three weeks I have been travelling on the buses and every single morning I have either been late for school or work. ...
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Police crack down on illegal bus operators
Xinhua - China
4 -- Transport authorities in Shanghai have swooped on 14 illegal long-distance bus ticket offices and caught more than 810 buses involved in illegal ...
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Road many have collapsed under bus, says tour company
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
The tour company whose bus rolled down a bank and killed a tourist on the West Coast may have pulled over to allow another vehicle to pass moments earlier. ...
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Big enough for a bus load
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
We drive around to the back and park the car between the trampoline and the Hills hoist, between the house and the Old Bus Shed. The place has two separate ...
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Bus service between Quetta and Mashhad from March
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The caretaker Minister of Communications barrister Habibur Rehman has said that the Quetta-Mashhad bus service will be launched in March. ...
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Bus commuters left to walk up hill
ABC Online - Australia
Commuters in the Adelaide hills have complained about being asked to walk up a hill at Belair because their bus could not make the climb. ...
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Govt approves bus driver pay deal
Possible strike action by Canberra bus drivers appears to have been averted.
ABC News: Business - http://www.abc.net.au/news/business

BREAKING NEWS...Bus crash in Risca
A CAR and bus have collided in Risca this morning, bringing the town to a standstill.
South Wales Argus | Latest news - http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk

Iveco bus output increases
Iveco Czech Republic, a part of the Italian group Fiat, turned out 2698 buses last year, up by 14 percent on the year.
Czech Business Weekly - online... - http://www.cbw.cz/

Call for tougher bus driver laws
Road safety groups have come together to call for an immediate change in the law after a novice driver in charge of a First Bus killed a passenger when he fell asleep at the wheel.
Bradford Telegraph and Argus... - http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

Yellow bus turns green
BATH TWP.: Gone are the lines of school buses belching smoke as they're parked outside Revere High and Revere Middle schools on weekday afternoons.
Local News - http://www.ohio.com/news

Tourist dies in crash on Coast
The Press - Christchurch,New Zealand
Already this year there have been three incidents with tourist buses in the South Island, including a bus that caught fire near the Homer Tunnel on the ...
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DIAL plans long-term safety measures for IGI
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... bus and a CISF inspector rammed his bike into an AAI official. The system will complement the voluntary information reporting system of incidents ...
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Buses failing to stop
By timdodds
lightwater-bus-routes.jpg Alerted to incidents of local buses taking incorrect routes by a Lightwater resident, and also of failures to pick up passengers at a bus stop, I resolved to do something about it. A bus driver being confused ...
Lightwater - http://lightwater.wordpress.com

Be aware of terrorists
By Dimuthu(Dimuthu)
From these and the past incidents it is obvious that terrorist mostly target public places and public transport. Well I personally very rarely visit public place. But I m always travels in public transport. ...
Dimuthu's Blog - http://dimuthuc.blogspot.com/

IRAC Update - The Women Sent to the Back of the Bus
By Pro Zion News(Pro Zion News)
another instance, a woman was not allowed on a bus for wearing jeans and a short sleeved shirt on a summer day. All these women, and probably hundreds of other men and women who were too afraid to report similar incidents ...
Pro Zion News - http://www.prozion.org.uk/prozionblog/news.html

Boy may be charged in bus incident - Topix
Boy may be charged in bus incident. Posted by roboblogger 9 hrs ago | Bookmark and Share. An 11-year-old Jackson boy could face assault charges as a ...

YOUR COMMUNITY WATCHDOG: Are intersections the safest places for ...
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... accidents, almost 99 percent of which occurred at intersections. There are guidelines the district's Board of Education applies when mapping bus routes. ...
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Probe into bus crash continues
TVNZ - New Zealand
A collapse of part of the road surface may have caused a tour bus to roll on the West Coast. The Stray Travel coach crashed late on Saturday afternoon on ...
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Weekend road toll hits eight
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
National Party transport spokesman Maurice Williamson said the crash, which followed a number of recent tour bus accidents, raised questions about safety ...
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Sunday, 3rd February 2008
By Robb WJ Ellis (aka Mandebvhu)(Robb WJ Ellis (aka Mandebvhu))
"Bus accidents are common in Zimbabwe , blamed on shortages of replacement tires and spare parts. The heaviest seasonal rains since colonial-era records began a century ago have also left poorly maintained streets and highways pitted by ...
The Bearded Man - http://thebeardedman.blogspot.com/

2/3/08
By Al M(Al M)
This isn’t the first time that peoples love ones have been lost in bus accidents. How many lifeless bodies does the government need to see before they do something about the issue!? When I found out that there was a petition I signed it ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

Killer Bluelines' Menace and Beyond
By undiscovered61(undiscovered61)
According to data given to the Court by the Delhi Government, as many as 488 persons have succumbed to such bus accidents in the past three years. The Delhi High Court had earlier issued directions to the Delhi Government to phase out ...
Pallavi Deshpande - http://undiscovered61.blogspot.com/

Yet Another Bus Crash
By GammaGoblin(GammaGoblin)
This is getting ridiculous. Am I gone mad in the head or is the level of bus related accidents in Ireland disproportionally high? They just keep adding up. [Examiner.ie Story] [Bus Drivers Forum]
Riemann's Cut - http://gammagoblin.blogspot.com/

Pretty Face
By admin
Manga Description : Rando Masashi, a self-centered, brash karate star, was the victim of a horrific bus accident that left him comatose, his face terribly disfigured by extensive burns. Genius plastic surgeon Dr. ...
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