2/6/08

Blueline runs over 1 at CNG station
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: The Blueline killer run continues unabated. On Monday, the conductor of a Blueline bus was mowed down by another Blueline at the CNG filling ...
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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 ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

Ready to buy the new Tata Nano?
By Sharique
Tata claims to have conducted the crash tests on Nano (Delhi’s blue line bus drivers might be eager to conduct their own tests once Nano hits road in August). The car has the spare tire in the front (the engine is at back) for better ...
Serendipity - http://www.shaarique.com

Purpose-Built: Ford Transit Connect Delivers Unique Compact ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
Purpose-built for small business owners, the Ford Transit Connect is a versatile compact van that offers a fuel-efficient alternative to full- size ...
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Bush budget includes $100M for Sound Transit
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
AP WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is pledging $100 million to help Sound Transit build a light-rail line from downtown Seattle to the University of ...
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Regional Municipality of Durham gets $2.5 million for development ...
Daily Commercial News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The federal government has provided its $2.5 million contribution to the Regional Municipality of Durham for the development of a long-term transit strategy ...
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DRI Corporation Announces Transit Security Order Valued at ...
FOXBusiness - USA
The video security systems purchased on behalf of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Transit fleet will help officials there to ensure passenger and driver ...
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Proposed bill would discount transit on red-burn days
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
AP Posted: 8:12 AM- Utah commuters could get free or discounted transit rides on inversion-thick red-burn days if one Utah lawmakers gets his way. ...
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Transit planning ten new Otago projects
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New Zealand
By STEVE HEPBURN TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND has earmarked more than 10 new projects it wants to carry out in Otago but there is no guarantee any of them will go ...
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Top News: City Panel Delays Vote on CTA Real Estate Tax
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By Gary Washburn,...
A frustrated City Council committee Monday delayed a vote to increase the real estate transfer tax, as part of a public transit bailout, amid aldermanic concerns about writing the Chicago Transit Authority a blank check.
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Regional Municipality of Durham gets $2.5 million for development ...
The federal government has provided its $2.5 million contribution to the Regional Municipality of Durham for the development of a long-term transit strategy.
News - Daily Commercial News - http://www.dcnonl.com

Police looking for witnesses to stabbing on transit bus
Surrey Mounties are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a stabbing on a transit bus last week. RCMP say last Tuesday around 5:20 pm two men waiting at a bus stop at King George ...
News1130 - All News Radio - http://www.news1130.com

NYS announces $30.7 million in transit funds
The Spitzer administration is announcing more than 30 million dollars in government funding for public transportation systems across New York State.
NBC3 - Local News - http://wstm.com/news/news_category.aspx?category=Local

Federal officials to recommend Perris Valley Line project
By PE.com
The Federal Transit Administration announced today that it would recommend that Congress allocate millions of dollars for four mass transit projects in Riverside and Los Angeles counties. The recommendations are part of a proposal to ...
PE.com - Daily News Digest - http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/

Twelve South African hospital patients killed in bus crash
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Twelve South African patients were killed when the bus they were being transported in was involved in an accident, police said today. ...
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Pedestrian killed by bus in downtown LA
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer A Los Angeles city bus struck and killed a woman who was walking downtown this morning, ...
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Ghaziabad bus robbery: 1 held
Times of India - India
GHAZIABAD: With the arrest of a man, police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the robbery in a Delhi-bound DTC bus here during which a bus conductor was ...
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Two students taken to Rice after BBE bus, semi collide on US ...
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
By Carolyn Lange, West Central Tribune NEW LONDON — A school bus and a semi collided Monday afternoon sending two Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa students to the ...
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Drivers pocket bus fare money
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
POLICE have prosecuted four bus drivers for pocketing thousands of dollars in fares and are considering charging more than 20 others in a fraud that's ...
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Students Hurt In Bus Accident
Hartford Courant - United States
FARMINGTON — - Four students on a bus traveling to East Farms School suffered bruises Monday when the bus slid into a utility pole, police said Monday. ...
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City bus kills woman crossing SoCal street
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Fire officials say a Los Angeles city bus hit and killed a woman this morning as she was crossing a downtown street. ...
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Bus drivers threaten lane protest
BBC News - UK
Belfast bus drivers plan to stage a series of protests throughout the city in a row over dedicated bus lanes. The union, Unite, said Metro drivers were ...
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Bus operators to stage dharna
Hindu - Chennai,India
KOCHI: The All-Kerala Bus Operators’ Organisation will hold a dharna in front of the Secretariat on Wednesday to draw the State government’s attention to ...
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Rudy's Bus Pal Admits Paying Mob
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
Among the disappointed was Staten Island transportation mogul Domenic Gatto, the king of the city's school-bus operators. Gatto topped out in donations to ...
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Bus Madness this morning…
9 Bus (Broadway) and wait for a new bus, with dozens of other passengners for over 30 minutes BEFORE the transit-supervisor, who was across the street looking at them, told them that hey, indeed, NO MORE 9 busses were coming their way.
Digg / World News / upcoming - http://digg.com/world_news

Judge blasts bus attacker's poor etiquette for not giving up seat
By The Mainichi Newspapers(The Mainichi Newspapers)
KYOTO -- A man who punched a female passenger because she repeatedly admonished him for not removing luggage from a bus seat so an elderly passenger could sit down has been ordered to pay her 670000 yen in compensation by a court here.
Japan National News - http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/

Grant would provide $22 million for bus line between downtown and SDSU
SAN DIEGO - A grant in President Bush's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year would provide $22 million for an express bus line between downtown and San Diego State University, it was announced today.
/news/sandiego from www.nctimes.com - http://www.nctimes.com/

Six people killed on bus in Pakistan by suicide bomber
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide bomber blasted a military bus Monday in Rawalpindi, killing six people, and a gunman fired on a political gathering in the south, stoking fears about security ahead of this month's crucial parliamentary ...
BG News - http://www.bgnews.com

Tension in the Arena
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... a section of the walls at the newly opened bus centre. During that same week, a stabbing incident involving a group of high school boys occurred. ...
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New Jersey Transit Corp. Selects Intergraph for Public Safety ...
FOXBusiness - USA
This enhanced functionality will enable NJ TRANSIT police to more effectively and efficiently respond to emergency incidents. ...
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Yobs who dropped stones on vehicles hunted by police
Burnley Citizen - UK
In the first incident a First Group bus, travelling into Burnley from Rochdale, was targeted as it drove under the viaduct on Yorkshire Street, ...
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Bus bosses to face grilling
Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK
The public consultation highlighted incidents where bus drivers have uncooperative with regard to wheelchair or severely disabled potential passengers. ...
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China to crack down on fake drugs amid snow-havoc relief efforts
Xinhua - China
... implement report and disposal system on severe food safety incidents; lay emphasis on food supervision at rail and bus stations, airports, ...
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Sangh Parivar activists arrested for blasts in RSS office
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
The power to the area was disconnected before the incident. According to Sanjeev Kumar, IG, South Zone, the bomb blast inside the new bus stand was planned ...
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Spotlight on a Kappa - Kevin St. Peter
By Holman
Two of Kevin’s most memorable incidents are very touching. On October 8th, 2004 in Caribou, ME, a 13-year-old girl was getting off a school bus right in front of her house. A truck lost control on the road and as soon as the girl got ...
The Kappa Talk - of Kappa Delta Phi - http://www.kappatalk.com

Police working several accidents
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
There was no immediate word on the number of children on the bus, or if any of them were injured. The accident was reported at 6:50 am at NW 10 and Doris ...
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Fog creates road hazards
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
The accident occurred about 3:30 pm on northbound Illinois Route 41 in Avon. The Avon school bus, driven by Gary C. Greenlief, 61, of Avon was stopped at ...
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11 dead in roadside 'warzone'
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
The mini bus had been on its way from Upington to the Kimberley Hospital Complex with 26 outpatients on board when the accident occurred. ...
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Feds: Fung Wah bus won't blow up
NYU Washington Square News - New York,NY,USA
Despite these measures, a few well-publicized accidents involving Fung Wah buses have made the company synonymous with cheap but dangerous transportation. ...
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Driver dies in one of several fog-related crashes
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign,IL,USA
By Noelle McGee Fog is to blame for several accidents on Monday, including a deadly crash between a semitrailer and a car west of Catlin, ...
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Thunderstorms amid fog rains chaos for Central Illinois
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
Phil Shelton, superintendent of the Mount Pulaski school district, said no students or bus drivers were injured in those accidents. ...
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Three people killed in 2 accidents
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
LAHORE: Three people were killed and five were injured in two accidents in the city on Tuesday. A bus driver and conductor were burned alive, ...
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* Four Sri Lankans killed in two road accidents
Colombo Page - Colombo,Sri Lanka
Meanwhile, a mother of two was killed when a privately owned public transport bus ran over her in the Panadura area this morning. Following the accident ...
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Icy Roads to Blame for Several Accidents
Action 3 News - Omaha,NE,USA
And on the side roads, an icy hill near 50th and Blondo was no match for a school bus this afternoon. There didn't appear to be any kids on the bus though.
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UCF Considering Plan To Have Bus Transport Students From Bars
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
Two 18-year-old freshman students at UCF died in different accidents trying to get home from local bars. Austin Gilpin was walking across Alafaya Trail when ...
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Is BMTC a killer vehicle?
By The Bangalorean(The Bangalorean)
“Whenever a road accident occurs involving a bus, the first thing people do is to set the bus on fire. They vent their ire on the bus involved, irrespective of whether the driver is at fault or not,” said Dastagir Sheriff, chief traffic ...
Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore - http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/

Daily Crime Incidents for February 05, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal road accident has been registered in Sullia Police Station. On 04/02/2008 at 1245 hrs at Gundyadka Halegate Sullia Taluk one Vivekananda driver of KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-F-2460 drove his vehicle in a rash and ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

2/5/08
By Al M(Al M)
"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 ...
- http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/

The Polka Bus
By rss@youtube.com (Rakkadeisen)
Old lady falls off the polka bus. Author: Rakkadeisen Keywords: faceplant polka bus funny fall accident crash boom old raisin svensk swedish norsk norwegian norway Added: February 4, 2008.
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It Is That Time Around
By melyong
With the amount of bus accidents, I am a little worried as I will be traveling by bus to uni. That would certainly be very nervous. The thought of “What If I Die?” comes to mind and I really couldn’t stop thinking. ...
Liberated Woman - http://melyong.wordpress.com