Friday, February 8, 2008

2/8/08

Riders unhappy with Gwinnett Transit fare increase
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By GEORGE CHIDI In front of a plainly angry crowd Thursday, Gwinnett Transit Advisory Board Chairman Jon Richards acknowledged that the decision to raise ...
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Dallas transit to cut back on HOV posts on Central Expressway
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Dallas Area Rapid Transit spokesman Morgan Lyons said complaints about the posts being too close together have prompted the change. ...
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MTA chief eyes supervisors' transit turf
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief Nathaniel Ford said Thursday that he wants to extend his control over transit and roadway improvements ...
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GO Transit fares likely to rise in March
CTV.ca - Canada
GO Transit fares are set to go up by 15 cents per ride on March 15, pending approval from a board meeting to be held on Friday. Board members will vote on ...
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Some Dallas transit board members say vacancy should be filled by ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
... a percentage that would be more reflective of the community,” said Mr. Salazar, who was referring to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board of directors. ...
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Eastside transit taking a turn for better
Seattle Times - United States
By year's end Transit Now, a 10-year bus-service expansion plan approved by voters in 2006, will bring what fast-growing areas on the Eastside and in South ...
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County transit agency's service to stop March 1 because of high costs
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
The bus service, a lone hourlong fixed loop route with a dozen stops, is provided by McKinney-based Collin County Area Regional Transit. ...
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BT CEO plays down impact of wholesale transit losses on group profits
Forbes - NY,USA
Premium rate services and transit revenues, where BT connects calls on behalf of other companies, declined 68 mln stg year on year as mobile operators ...
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Ford presents the Transit Connect delivery van at the Chicago Auto ...
Auto123 - Laval,Quebec,Canada
by Auto123.com Already on sale in Europe, the Transit Connect is a compact delivery vehicle that is aimed at small business owners that don't need full-size ...
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NJ Transit's ARC project gets FTA rating boost
Progressive Rail Roading - Milwaukee,WI,USA
In the New Starts report issued earlier this week, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) boosted its rating for
New Jersey Transit's Access to the ...
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All Out Tube Strike Threat
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Dick Murray, The...
A series of crippling 24 and 48- hour Tube strikes appeared inevitable today. The two main unions have given London Underground 48 hours to agree to nine demands or they will ballot 7500 staff on Thursday. The demands are so strong and ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

New Redmond Transit Center opens Saturday
The new Redmond Transit Center opens Saturday, Feb. 9 with improved boarding areas, passenger shelters, and lighting for bus riders traveling on more than a dozen Metro and Sound Transit routes.
Sound Transit Latest News Releases - http://www.soundtransit.org

Transit reveals more details of tunnel
Transit New Zealand has revealed more details about the tunnel it plans to build as part of the Auckland ring route.
TV3 Latest News Video - http://www.tv3.co.nz

Blagojevich Administration And Madison County Transit Officials ...
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Illinois: Officials from Governor Blagojevich's administration today joined local legislators and the Madison County Transit (MCT) agency to launch the first ...
Government Innovators Network:... - http://www.innovations.harvard.edu

Eugene, Oregon, Earns Global Recognition for Its Transportation ...
By Joy Chen
Eugene, Oregon, has much to celebrate in its first year of operating the new Emerald Express (EmX) bus rapid transit, or BRT, system. On January 14, the city received a 2008 Sustainable Transport Award “Honorable Mention,” along with ...
Worldwatch Institute - China... - http://www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/443+53+55+62+435+70/all

2 killed, ten injured in blast at bus station in Pakistan
Times of India - India
ISLAMABAD: Two persons were killed and 10 others injured as a bomb exploded at a bus station in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday. ...
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Murphy to speed up Belfast bus service
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
By Robin Morton Transport Minister Conor Murphy today reaffirmed his commitment to introducing more bus priority measures in a bid to speed up Metro ...
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Classes on at SFU, UBC; bus service 'operating normally'
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
As of 5:20 am this morning, TransLink reports that all bus services throughout the Lower Mainland -- including services to SFU -- are running normally, ...
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Girl, 12, killed as snowmobile hits school bus
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA A 12-year-old girl was killed when the snowmobile she was operating crashed into the side of a school bus on a western Manitoba ...
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Woman hit by bendy bus seeks £500k in damages
ic SouthLondon.co.uk - United Kingdom
A WOMAN who suffered massive brain damage after being hit by a bus could be getting more than £500000 in damages. Rose-Marie Newey was hit by the 453 bendy ...
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Romance rides the Love Bus
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
It could happen to young professionals who sign up for Valley Metro's Love Bus on Saturday evening. The regional transit agency and matchmaking Web site ...
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City Bus collides with car in San Fernado Valley; 4 injured
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Authorities say four people were injured when a
Los Angeles city bus collided with a car in the San Fernando Valley. ...
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Bomb at bus stand kills 3, injures 12
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
QUETTA: Police said on Thursday a bomb blast at a bus stand in the town of Dera Murad Jamali had killed three people and injured twelve others. ...
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Obese 'smelly' teen allowed back on bus
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Teenager Eruera Simmonds is looking forward to returning to school and getting back on the school bus that he was banned from after being branded a health ...
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Clear Channel Outdoor wins extended Oxford bus contract
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Clear Channel Outdoor UK has agreed to increase the number of advertising panels on bus shelters across Oxford, England through an extended contract with ...
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1100 sign petition against bus cuts
MORE than 1100 people have signed a protest petition against moves to slash bus services in the Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury area.
Daily Echo | Latest News - http://www.dailyecho.co.uk

UPDATE: Tour bus involved in Interstate 94 accident
The eastbound lane of Interstate 94 near Baldwin was shut down after a tour bus with passengers aboard left the roadway at around 2:15 pm Thursday, Feb. 7.
New Richmond News : New Richmond - http://www.newrichmond-news.com

Our walking bus is one today!
PUPILS have been celebrating the first anniversary of their walking bus.
Echo | South Essex news - http://www.echo-news.co.uk

Bus driver’s medical condition probed
Prosecutors say they are investigating a possible medical condition with a Monroe County school bus driver charged with DUI following a bus crash involving 11 children Tuesday.
The Register-Herald, Beckley,... - http://www.register-herald.com

Valley Police Beat: Motorist drives into back of school bus
No injuries were reported Thursday morning when a motorist rear-ended an El Centro Elementary School District bus traveling on Fourth Street in north El Centro.
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Five boys arrested over bus attack
Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK
Preston Bus and Stagecoach said they had recorded several incidents of potentially life-threatening "bus surfing" incidents.
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Officials Discuss Revision Of Bus Law
Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA
Bus drivers may also be charged with failure to comply if they avoid reporting incidents of motorists passing the stopped bus, Gay said. ...
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Kids okay after school bus slides off slick road
KLEW - Lewiston,ID,USA
And in perhaps the scariest of the day's wind-related incidents, a school bus picking up kids in the Waha area was blown off the road. ...
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9:44 PM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 30 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Oblique Response A few years ago, when I was living in Lewisham, I ...
By carl(carl)
How alien I was to myself. Instead, I squinted down at my feet till the bus turned up. Life went on. A few moments on a miserable, cold
South London afternoon. Why, out of all the thousands of incidents and irritations that accrete in a ...
the Impostume - http://theimpostume.blogspot.com/

Comment on TOC Policy Feature: Improving Singapore’s Public ...
By Gerald
In most other places where Singaporeans have been ‘trained’ to queue (eg, fast food restaurants, supermarket checkout counters, taxi stands, etc), there are very few incidents of queue-cutting (most, if any, are accidental). Even at bus ...
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If you get hit by a bus tomorrow
CNN - USA
But he's seen enough shootings, car accidents, and 52-car pile ups to know his life could end at any moment. Having an emergency card in your wallet can ...
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Egypt multi-vehicle road crash kills 29
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
The sources, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the accident happened when a bus and a minibus collided southeast of Cairo, causing a truck ...
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Slow commute after second storm
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
OPP report a total of 566 highway accidents in the last 24 hours due to the storm. Several roads are closed in
Dufferin County this morning, and the on-ramp ...
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Fog may have played role in Ransom man's death
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
No other accidents in
Central Illinois appeared to have serious injuries. Two school buses in Logan County and a bus in DeWitt County were among vehicles ...
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BMTC to hire retired cops
Times of India - India
This move comes in the wake of increasing accidents and complaints against the public sector city bus operator. The idea is to regulate bus and commuters' ...
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One dead, two critically injured in separate road accidents
Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India
In another accident, two youngsters Ankush and his cousin Nitu sustained grave injuries when the motorbike they were riding was hit by a CTU bus. ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for February 07, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of
Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Belthangady Police Station. On 06/02/2008 at 0620 hrs at Marigudi Belthangady Town one unknown driver of KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. KA-31-F-936 drove his vehicle in a rash and ...
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