3/10/08

School transportation department may reorganize
Slidell Sentry News - Slidell,LA,USA
According to the February 2008 risk management bus accidents report, the latest on record, there were five accidents in January 2008 and one in February. ...
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Witnesses sought to fatal Sydney accidents
ABC Online - Australia
Investigators believe the male driver may know what happened in the lead up to the accident. He is described as Middle Eastern/Mediterranean in appearance, ...
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Train hits bus in Argentina, 18 dead
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
The drivers of the train and the bus survived the accident. They were held for questioning, the media reports said. Crash survivors and their families spoke ...
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8 killed in Katsina auto accident
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan,Nigeria
An eyewitness, Malam Hassan Sani, told the Nigerian Tribune at the scene of the incident that the accident occurred when the driver of the Nissan bus ...
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32 Pre-Schoolers Suffer Minor Injuries in School Bus Crash
By Amy Rothschild
On US Highway 78 near US Highway 178, the school bus collided with a sports utility vehicle driven by a county employee, Joe Simmons, superintendent for public works in the solid waste division. The accident occurred when Mr. ...
- http://www.injuryboard.com/

Daylight-saving not good for cows
By hen
“There were a couple of bus accidents involving schoolchildren, and that became the end of Nixon’s plan.” Sunday’s time switch is the earliest for Americans since Nixon’s experiment. Last year’s change in time caused some confusion for ...
One A Day - http://chickenflicker.com/1aday

Daily Crime Incidents for March 10, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal Road accident has been registered in Belthangady Police Station. On 09/03/2008 at 1530 hrs at Gonkrau Puduvettu cross Dhamastal village Belthangady Taluk one driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-25-A-7580 drove his vehicle ...
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Quick Roundup 199
By anselmalois
The $50 million, five-year project, which will involve more than 20000 patients in 11 sites in the United States and Canada, is designed to improve treatment after car accidents, shootings, cardiac arrest and other emergencies. ...
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Beeping for protection
By vanalli
The hill is the site of accidents daily. Just yesterday a bus lost control and plowed its way through a number of motorcycles. I once drove over the hill and counted half-a-dozen separate accidents. Anyway, at the top of the hill, ...

Amtrak, New Jersey Transit Report Delays of One Hour (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
By Demian McLean and John Tucker March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Rail commuters on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak faced delays of as much as an hour in and out of ...
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Public's help sought in choosing bus transit sites
Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
These are among the 11 locations that have risen to the top of the list of potential places for transit centers in Keizer and South Salem. ...
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Transit options: What does downtown business want?
Ottawa Business Journal - Ontario, Canada
By Roman Zakaluzny, Ottawa Business Journal Staff Retailers are set to thrive if a proposed new downtown rapid transit system is built, ...
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New airport terminal may spur mass transit
Indianapolis Star - United States
Plainfield Plainfield and other parts of Hendricks County could see new mass transportation options after the new passenger terminal opens later this year ...
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Costly Transit Tunnel: Sun
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Ottawa City Councillors are being warned building a downtown transit tunnel will double the operating costs of Ottawa's transit system. ...
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John Dewitt: Soapboxes spring up over transit-mall plan
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
That may help explain all the shouting since the Metropolitan Council chose a transit mall as the preferred option for light rail on Washington Avenue ...
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GSB may shift funds to mass-transit bond issues
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The Government Savings Bank is ready to shift some of its excess funds to invest in new government bonds floated to finance mass-transit megaprojects. ...
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Transit options
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
As someone who works downtown, I couldn’t be happier that my lunch options are much more plentiful thanks to the opening of the Power & Light District. ...
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Compromise Helps Trim the Central Corridor LRT Proposal
St. Paul Asian American Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak has endorsed a transit-pedestrian mall for the University of Minnesota’s East Bank where trains would run at street level. ...
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Ca: Information stewardship still open to breaches
The Ontario Privacy Commissioner's recently released a report on the Toronto Transit Commission's plan to place thousands of security cameras on buses and subway cars. The Commissioner reviewed current studies and decided the evidence ...
PogoWasRIght - Privacy News Headlines - http://www.pogowasright.org

From ‘Fake Gay News’: Gay Agenda Misplaced - Feared Lost
By Capn Dyke
Also, we’ve made repeated calls to New York Transit Authority’s Lost and Found department.” But Fisher added that since the binder containing the Agenda has not been turned in as yet, “we are appealing to the homosexual bus-riding ...
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Daily News Feed 3.9.08
By Clutch
Slave rescue bid resumes in Sudan The seven have been taken to a transit camp in the South Darfur capital, Nyala, the head of the operation says. Ahmed Mufti said the latest operation would seek to free 1200 people, with the first group ...

Lost in Mumbai
By admin
We met up and decided to take a bus to Vashi and take the harbour line train to VT. The Airoli bus stand hardly had buses, and it took a little waiting an chatting at the station, before the bus came. During this ride, I learnt that ...
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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 ...
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Are Blueline Buses in Delhi Really Above the Law? - Yahoo! Answers
Do You think System of Blueline Buses is killing t...

chool Bus Drivers Feel Hands Tied By Groton's Policy
TheDay - New London,CT,USA
Two bus drivers were recently given new routes after parents complained that the drivers chose to involve police with incidents on the bus. ...
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Recent incidents add to China's edginess about terror
International Herald Tribune - France
Last week, a man armed with dynamite hijacked a private bus carrying a group of Australian tour operators in the city of Xian. A police sniper later killed ...
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Women warned over bus pest
Bedford Today - UK
"As a result we are making enquiries with the bus drivers and publicising the incidents in an effort to get further information. ...
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Train crashes into bus in Argentina, killing 17
Reuters - USA
By Helen Popper BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A train plowed into a double-decker bus at a rail crossing in Argentina early on Sunday, killing 17 people and ...
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1 Dead in Florida Tour Bus Crash
Guardian - UK
(AP) - A tour bus and a pickup truck collided on a two-lane road in the Everglades, killing one person early Sunday, authorities said. ...
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Row over pensioners and disabled threatens to cut bus routes
Guardian - UK
Pensioners could be deprived of bus travel across England as a deepening row over concessionary fares between the government and the bus industry puts ...
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NZ Bus explores smartcard alternative for Wgtn
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Bus operator NZ Bus appears to be preparing to turn its back on troubled Australian smartcard ticketing system supplier ERG and will try a different hi-tech ...
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Volvo gears up for intracity bus segment
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the government’s focus on strengthening public transport, Swedish luxury bus major Volvo is eyeing a major push in intracity bus ...
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Now, book your bus tickets online
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
There is some good news for those who beset by problems at having to book bus tickets through inconsistent travel operators. Henceforth, bus tickets can be ...
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Passenger train collides with double-decker bus in Argentina: 19 ...
The Canadian Press - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A passenger train slammed into a double-decker bus at a rural rail crossing in Argentina today, killing 19 people and leaving at ...
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Authorities: 1 person dead in tour bus crash in Everglades
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA
One person was killed Sunday when a tour bus and a pickup truck crashed on a two-lane road in the Everglades, authorities said. ...
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A big yellow bus with fun inside
Indianapolis Star - United States
Then the idea struck her: Why not use a bus? "So I came home and told my husband, 'You're going to buy a bus.' " They found a used school bus, ...
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Carnage As Bus And Train Collide
Sky News - United Kingdom
Eighteen people have been killed and another 47 hurt after a train and a bus smashed into each other at a railway crossing in Argentina. ...
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Bus crash on Ft. Rucker injures 17, including 3 critically
A bus accident this morning in Coffee County on Ft. Rucker left 17 people injured, including three people with life threatening injuries, according to Alabama Highway Patrol Sgt. Scott Brasher.
Dothan Eagle - Local News - http://www.dothaneagle.com

ANALYSIS-Bus-sized batteries may help efficiency of US grid
By Anonymous reuters.interactive@reuters.com
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, March 9 (Reuters) - The next time some US utility customers collectively pump up their air conditioners on a sweltering summer day, that power may be coming ...
Reuters Carbon News - http://www.reutersinteractive.com/Carbon/

Bratislava Bus Stations becomes Twin City
By adrive(adrive)
Its part will be new bus station. It will be located in the borders of Bratislava's parts Old Town and Ruzinov. Twin city will offer citizens culture, fun, shopping zones, offices, hotel and also new luxury apartments. ...
Slovakia News Blog - http://slovakianews.blogspot.com/

What the bus?!
By mshaw84
Rant on Forgive my snobbishness, but is it just me or is a bus just a nicer name for a ‘peasant-mobile’? I’m all for public transport and saving the environment etc. but surely it just can’t be me who despises these things? ...
LX News - http://www.lxnews.co.uk

Beaches, Trains & Palaces
By admin
A dusty bus wound it’s way down to Mysore and back to warmth. We were lucky enough to be in town for the Sunday night light up of the spectacular Mysore Palace. Other highlights included the colourful market with it’s multitude of ...
Darell Beau News - http://beaudarellrmb.stmhost.com