Sunday, March 2, 2008

3/2/08

Finally, plan to weed out Blueline
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: After claiming 122 lives in 2007 and 12 more in the first two months of this year, the "killer" Blueline fleet is finally on its way out. ...
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Most favour rapid-transit extension to UBC: Survey
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
The mayor's office released results of an online survey yesterday showing most respondents favour a rapid-transit extension of the SkyTrain line to UBC. ...
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Bill Wangemann column: Mass transit was mule-drawn in 1885
Sheboygan Press - Sheboygan,WI,USA
Prior to 1885, several businessmen had made proposals to establish a public transit system around the city but nothing came of any of these proposals. ...
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Counties OK $150 million for transit projects
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
... the transit planning agencies for the counties approved last month a new list of projects that will cost more than $150 million over the next 20 years. ...
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What you need to know about free transit rides
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
The perk was a last-minute addition to a transit fund bailout approved in
Springfield in January. Here's a look at the details. Who is eligible: Anyone age ...
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Brampton Transit receives cash infusion
Brampton Guardian - Ontario, Canada
BRAMPTON - Brampton Transit is getting a cash injection of $4.16 million from the Ontario government, local MPPs Kuldip Kular and Vic Dhillon announced ...
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Future UBC rapid transit line raises concerns
CTV British Columbia - Vancouver,BC,Canada
The provincial government wants to build a rapid transit line to UBC by 2020, but Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan says he wants the project to begin after the ...
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Transit tax vote
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Although I didn’t agree with the entire plan, I thought that it would get the Kansas City Council to take mass transit seriously. The City Council changed, ...
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NJ Transit officials consider extending Hackettstown train line
PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA
New Jersey Transit officials are reviewing a study to implement transportation improvements including whether to expand train lines that end in Hackettstown ...
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Meeting set for South Hills transit development plans
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The South Hills Transit Revitalization Investment District promoting development around Dormont and
Mt. Lebanon light-rail stations will hold its third and ...
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Milwaukee County mass transit ridership down
Chippewa Herald - Chippewa Falls,WI,USA
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County Transit System ridership plunged to a 33-year low last year, according to Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission ...
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Final results of UBC Transit Line survey released
Almost two-thousand people took part in an on-line survey asking about the Millennium Rapid Transit Line. Whether it was questions regarding cost or method - the survey touched on several concerns. ...
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US State Dept: Bulgaria Important Transit Country for Drug Trafficking
Bulgaria is a highly important as a transit state for international drug trafficking routes, and is also a smaller-scale producer of narcotics, according to the US Department of State. The 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy ...
Sofia News Agency (novinite.com) - http://www.novinite.com/

In Transit: Moving Stills
By Larry Taylor
Joining him to make up In Transit are the very talented Jurg Solothurnmann (alto and soprano sax), Daniel Struder (bass) and Dieter Ulrich (drums). The music here is definitely atonal and cutting edge, but, for adventurous listeners, ...
All About Jazz CD Reviews - http://www.allaboutjazz.com

Can’t Get There From Here
By dailysalad
Thankfully, we also have real transit news to report. While we love all modes of transport, (vote for the Ann Arbor Rapid Streetcar system!) no form of transport gets as much love around here as the monorail, both Theodore Herzl and ...
Yesterday's Salad - http://yesterdayssalad.wordpress.com

Brakes fail on overcrowded bus in Guatemala; 51 die in plunge off ...
The Canadian Press - GUATEMALA CITY
GUATEMALA CITY — The death toll in the crash of an overcrowded bus whose brakes apparently failed rose to 51 on Saturday after five injured passengers died ...
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ID Theft Charges Filed in MN Bus Crash
The Associated Press -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed identity theft charges Friday against a woman who was driving a van that crashed into a school bus in ...
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Councilman Wants Bus Fleet Moved
Hartford Courant - United States
28 letter to Perez, the council members also asked that the new school bus contract include a provision guaranteeing the buses get "retrofitted" to be more ...
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Bus fares set to skyrocket
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
By Sohail Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: The transport fare is set to spiral in Rawalpindi and Islamabad in the next few days following a nine per cent upsurge in fuel ...
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Bus crash toll rises to 53 in Guatemala
Xinhua - China
MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a bus accident in Guatemala has risen to 53 after seven injured passengers died in hospitals and one ...
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Send an SMS, track the bus
Times of India - India
KOLKATA: The long wait at the bus stop could soon be a thing of the past. Soon, you’ll be able to track a bus — and see how far it is from your stop — by ...
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AMTS bus runs over student
Times of India - India
AHMEDABAD: Jignesh Panchal, 17, an ITI student was crushed to death by an AMTS bus on Saturday. He was passing by Rameshwarchowky crossroads around
7 am ...
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Kesey family fires up bus to save wrestling Writer's alma mater ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Before Ken Kesey wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," or stocked a psychedelic school bus with LSD and the Merry Pranksters to look for America, ...
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Five killed in bomb attack on Iraqi bus
AFP -
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) — Five people were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb ripped into a passing minibus in
Iraq's troubled Diyala province, ...
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DART bus route changes take effect Monday
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News Thousands of Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus riders could confront new schedules Monday, when changes to ...
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System may boost bus safety
While sweeping changes are unlikely, Rutherford County school board members say they will consider less expensive options to bolster school bus safety following an alleged attack on a 14-year-old girl riding a bus.
dnj.com - Local News - http://www.dnj.com

Pupils stoned bus passenger
A PENSIONER was attacked by stone-throwing schoolchildren as she waited for a bus outside a Moray supermarket. The shocked 74-year-old was helpless as she was assaulted and intimidated by three separate groups of boys who hurled stones ...
Bullying UK - NEWS FEED - http://www.bullying.co.uk/

Bus riders, leaders discuss transit
Those riders packed a room at Southside Recreation Center on Saturday to talk with the mayor and other city council members about how to make things better.
News 14 Carolina Top Stories - http://news14.com

Gunfire Incidents in Shaw Rattle Residents, Prompt More Patrols
Washington Post - United States
In one incident, four teenagers were hit at a bus stop by drive-by gunfire. In another, a white Cadillac was pumped full of bullets in broad daylight. ...
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Search Search Go
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
A spokeswoman for Dublin City Council said opening up bus lanes is done on a case by case basis. "In relation to incidents like the Port Tunnel closure and ...
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Why can't the Whitehall elite catch a bus?
Daily Mail - UK
Incidents are downgraded, tricks are used to stop people reporting thefts, officers who know they cannot clear up a crime are reluctant to record it. ...
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Friday night crime beat
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Montreal police reported several incidents in the city overnight, including a stabbing on St. Laurent Blvd. and an assault on a city bus. At about 8:30 pm, ...
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Police say Heights 7th-grader brought gun to school
Indianapolis Star - United States
By the numbers Hamilton Heights Middle School expelled or suspended six students from 2004-05 through 2006-07 for drugs, alcohol or weapons incidents. ...
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3:27 PM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 28 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Daily Crime Incidents for March 01, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 29/02/2008 at 1215 hrs at Keremoole Kuvettu village Belthangady Taluk one Mohammad Sameer driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-20-AB-2277 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a Maruti Omni car bearing Reg. ...
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At least 47 dead in Guatemala bus accident
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
Guatemala City - In one of the worst accidents in this Central American country in years, 47 people were killed and dozens were injured when a bus crashed ...
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At least 45 dead in Guatemalan bus accident
AFP -
The reports quoted witnesses as saying speeding was a probable cause of the accident. They said the bus overturned at about 2315 GMT when the driver, ...
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Guatemala Bus Crash Death Toll Rises To 54
Javno.hr - Zagreb,Croatia
... it one of the worst of the impoverished Central American country's frequent road accidents. The number of injured stood at 23 the day after the bus, ...
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At least 45 dead in Guatemalan bus accident
AFP -
The reports quoted witnesses as saying speeding was a probable cause of the accident. They said the bus overturned at about 2315 GMT when the driver, ...
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Up to 60 killed after bus spills into Guatemalan gully
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Up to 60 people are feared dead after an overcrowded bus plunged off a motorway in Guatemala late last night. The latest death-toll from the accident site ...
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At least 45 dead in Guatemalan bus accident
AFP -
The reports quoted witnesses as saying speeding was a probable cause of the accident. They said the bus overturned at about 2315 GMT when the driver, ...
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Sixteen killed, 31 injured in two China traffic accidents
Xinhua - China
A bus and a truck collided on an expressway in Wucheng, northern
Shanxi Province, according to the Shanxi Expressway Administration Bureau on Saturday. ...
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Bus Accident in Guatemala Kills 45 People, AFP Reports
Bloomberg - USA
By Feiwen Rong March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Forty-five people died in an accident when a passenger bus in Guatemala heading toward El Salvador overturned late ...
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At least 45 dead in Guatemalan bus accident
AFP -
The reports quoted witnesses as saying speeding was a probable cause of the accident. They said the bus overturned at about 2315 GMT when the driver, ...
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At least 47 dead in Guatemala bus accident
By amyjudd
At least 47 people are dead in
Guatemala after one of the worst accidents in this country in years." Guatemala City - 47 people were killed and dozens were injured when a bus crashed down a ravine near the capital city, fire and rescue ...
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At least 47 killed in Guatemala bus accident
By India eNews
In one of the worst accidents in this Central American country in years, 47 people have been killed and dozens injured when a bus crashed down a ravine near the capital city, officials said.
India eNews - http://www.indiaenews.com/

Guatemala bus crash death toll rises to 54
The death toll from a bus crash in Guatemala has risen to 54, police say, making it one of the worst of the impoverished Central American country's frequent road accidents.
ABC News: Breaking Stories - http://www.abc.net.au/news/

At least 47 dead in Guatemala bus accident
By dpa
Guatemala City (dpa) - In one of the worst accidents in this Central American country in years, 47 people were killed and dozens were injured when a bus crashed down a ravine near the capital city, fire and rescue officials said ...
preciseNews Daily - http://www.preciseNews.us/pt/daily/

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