3/3/08

İstanbul sees first Metrobus accident
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
The driver of one of the buses reportedly froze in shock at the accident and would not open the bus doors for minutes. The two drivers were identified as ...
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DCSS stresses bus safety
WALB-TV - Albany,GA,USA
A lot of people don't pay attention to a school bus. We have a number of accidents every year because people just run into the back of a school bus parked ...
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Bus firm won't axe "speed hump" route
Bolton News - Bolton,England,UK
There were eight accidents on the two roads between 2002 and 2004, leaving nine people injured. Five of the injured were children, four who had been walking ...
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Johnson aims to scrap bendy buses
BBC News - UK
"The truth is they were never suited to London's roads and the facts show they have twice as many accidents as normal buses," Mr Johnson said. ...
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Thirteen die on Nigerian road: witness
Africasia - London,UK
He said the accident was caused as police pursued a lorry Sunday. "In a bid to escape arrest, the driver ran into a passenger bus that was parked along the ...
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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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Seatbelts A Necessity
By Josh
Just this morning outside Atlanta, a school bus overturned after hitting two utility poles. Relatively speaking, injuries were minor, but it’s clear that accidents are going to continue to happen. Why not do everything we can to protect ...
Double-A Zone - http://www.doubleazone.com/

Kindergarten Registration
By Amy
I’ve thought about the bus but then I REALLY stress thinking of news stories of bus accidents. I don’t understand why there are no seatbelts in those things! For now, the bus is out. Emma wants no part in it and really I don’t either ...
P2P - http://www.sabennett.com/wp

Daily Crime Incidents for March 03, 2008
By spdk(spdk)
KA-01-F-7775. As a result one Sundara Shetty driver of said KSRTC bus sustained simple injuries. A case of Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Puttur Town Police Station. On 02/03/2008 at 1815 hrs at Bolwar Puttur Town one ...
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School bus & Caddy Crash in KY
By Apostolic
Three students taken to hospital after school bus crash | LOCAL NEWS | WHAS11.com | News for Louisville, Kentucky WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY :: Three children injured in JCPS bus accident.
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The Complete Streets Act of 2008
By WalkBikeBerks(John)
... those using the street— including motorists, bus riders, bicyclists, and pedestrians, including people with disabilities. Between 1993 and 2003, nearly 52000 pedestrians and more than 7400 bicyclists were killed in road accidents; ...
Walk and Bike Berks County - http://walkbikeberks.blogspot.com/

Blueline mows down cyclist, toll 15
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: The Blueline toll in the Capital this year touched 15 on Thursday morning with a speeding bus mowing down a cyclist on Mehrauli Badarpur Road in ...
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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...

alley Transit connects with riders
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA
By Ed Lowe "It's the cost of owning a car," said Fiorentino, 46, of Appleton, explaining his loyalty to the Fox Cities' mass transit system while waiting ...
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Nashua should consider running transit system
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
Why, and I repeat, why are we still paying a private management company (First Group) to run the Nashua Transit System? From what I hear, First Group’s ...
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A boost for mass transit
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Larry Carson | Sun reporter March 3, 2008 The idea of mass transit hasn't exactly been popular in Carroll County, where leaders traditionally have viewed ...
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Cops and transit security join forces to clean up Coliseum LRT station
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
I'm at the Coliseum LRT station, witnessing a joint undercover operation of police and transit security staff. I see a man in handcuffs, braying with ...
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Metro Mass Transit breaks new ground
The Statesman Online - Accra,Ghana
Northern Regional Minister, Mustapha Idris in a speech read on his behalf said the extention of the services of the Metro Mass Transit to the Tatale area ...
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Plan's goal: Move bus riders to trains, attract new mass transit users
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
That popularity makes it the region's least taxpayer-subsidized route, according to Metro Transit. Yet, it's going to take a beating from the planned ...
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Transit Plan Released Today
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
City Staff will present four possible transit options to meet the needs of Ottawa residents, with the idea of designing a network from the "core out. ...
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Lane Ranger applauds grants for transit study
Inside NoVA - Prince William,VA,USA
A Potomac River ferry and bus rapid transit on US 1 are two ideas that garnered the county $325000 from the Secretary of Transportation’s Multi Modal office ...
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Corzine's cuts spare schools, transit
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
The governor is also giving New Jersey Transit, which operates the Bergen, Main and Pascack Valley lines, a $60 million increase in his budget. ...
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Two Metro Transit Buses Involved in Rear-End Collision Sunday
Around 6:17 pm Sunday, a Metro Transit bus rear-ended another Metro Transit bus at 7th and Nicollet in Minneapolis.
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Public meetings to be held on regional mass transit
A public meeting this week in Avon will help the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority gather input on a mass transit system.
WISH - Local News - http://www.wishtv.com/global/category.asp?c=1506

Province pays fare-share for London Transit expansion
By LondonTopic.ca
The future of London Transit is looking bigger, better and faster, on the heels of a major funding announcement by the Province of Ontario for the city's transit system.
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