Saturday, April 12, 2008

4/12/08

20 die in Kolkata bus mishap
Howrah News Service - Howrah,West Bengal,India
There were around 50 passengers in the bus, but since it was very close to its last stop, many of them had got off before it met with the accident. ...
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‘Racing’ Kolkata bus falls into canal, 20 killed
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
The accident happened when the privately owned bus was racing another one — a phenomenon that is the most common cause of road accidents in the city. ...
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No-bail slap awaits driver
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... on drivers involved in fatal accidents. The driver, as well as the conductors and the owner of the bus, had not been identified till late on Friday. ...
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Bus drivers will kill for the cut
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
But as a conductor of a private bus complained of harassment by bus owners if ticket sales are less. However, several accidents have taken place on
VIP Road ...
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Road accidents kill four
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Police said the accident occurred at around
12:30pm at Muljan under Sadar Police Station when a Dhaka-bound speeding bus hit the motorcyclist. ...
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Twenty die after bus plunges into canal
Merinews - New Delhi,India
In one of the worst accidents in Kolkata's outskirts, 20 passengers were killed and many injured when a bus veered off the road and plunged into a roadside ...
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Families of bus accident victims promised cash
SABC News - Johannesburg,South Africa
The bus accident claimed 17 lives when the bus left the road, collided with a tree and burst into flames. Yesterday’s accident was the second bus accident ...
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Mpumalanga truck accident kills three
SABC News - Johannesburg,South Africa
Police say heavy mist and speeding might have caused the accident. Meanwhile, officials have confirmed that all 17 people killed in yesterday's bus accident ...
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20 killed in Kolkata bus accident
By sandyadams
They died from suffocation as the bus got struck in mud. The victims were from the Rajarhat area of the city. The accident occurred shortly before the bus reached the terminus from the citys Esplanade area. ...
Lets take a look at Road Traffic... - http://roadtrafficaccident.herhangout.com

Death touches me
By rhapsodysinger
I went to the site, it is a stone’s throw from my house in Kolkata. The injured are dazed and can barely speak. The doors of the bus were clamped with corpses and all hope is now lost for us in Kolkata. There are road accidents daily, ...
Lectio Divina, or daily readings - http://dailylight.wordpress.com

Me And the Bean
By EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo(EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo)
And on my way back, if it's drizzling, there's an undeveloped lot near my bus stop that actually smells deliciously of wet dirt, and not pollution. And there are a few people at work that I think I'll come to like. ...
Accidents of Bread in Cheese - http://evilhippo.livejournal.com/

Children near bus stops are targets of stranger
Buffalo News - NY, United States
Authorities don’t know if the same man is behind both incidents. “It seems there are similarities,” state police spokeswoman Rebecca Gibbons said. ...
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Pedestrians Struck By School Buses In 2 Separate Incidents
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Two female pedestrians were struck by school buses in two separate incidents Friday morning. A school bus hit a female pedestrian of ...
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Hogenakkal issue: Stray incidents of violence in TN
Hindu - Chennai,India
A Karnataka State Transport Corporation bus was set on fire in the border town of
Hosur. Reports reaching here said over 30 protesters asked the passengers ...
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Four bomb blasts in Valley
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
There was no human casualty in the incidents, according to police. Two socket bombs went off at the Local Development Ministry and Sajha Bus Service ...
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Lice case trial ordered
Monessen Valley Independent - Monessen,PA,USA
Holmes also waived her right to a preliminary hearing on two counts of child endangerment and a count of disorderly conduct stemming from incidents at ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 05, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On
04/04/2008 at 0730 hrs near Dekkan Park at Kinjaru village Mangalore Taluk one Sesappa Gowda driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-B-5228 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner due which one Janardhna Safaliga (65) R/o Ullal ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

My HelpDesk Job
By konsuy
Sandra answers calls logged in the computer as incidents from internal people. Our job is to support internal clients using the JDE system. Peter and John takes care of database changes when there is a need to tweak the data from ...
La Nouvelle Vie - http://quarantedeux.wordpress.com

A wonderful trip to Tianjin
By derder2
Finishing my breakfast, I went to the bus station, got on a bus, then subway. When I arrived at the railway station where my classmates were supposed to be waiting for me. I called one of them, but unfortunately she answered me,” I am ...
appreciation - http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/derder2

98 Delhi policemen suspended for graft
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Delhi Police Saturday suspended 98 policemen for taking bribes from Blueline bus operators to let off their buses for flouting ...
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Mechanic on repairing work crushed under Blueline bus
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
New Delhi, April 04 A 19-year-old mechanic was crushed under a bus today when a police officer, part of an anti-encroachment drive team of the Noida ...
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98 Delhi Traffic policemen suspended
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown, as many as 98 Delhi Traffic Police personnel, who were allegedly caught on camera taking bribe from private Blueline bus ...
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98 Delhi policemen suspended for graft
By India eNews
The
Delhi Police Saturday suspended 98 policemen for taking bribes from Blueline bus operators to let off their buses for flouting traffic rules.
India eNews - http://www.indiaenews.com/

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/

Man loses four litres of blood in BC transit swarming
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
SURREY, BC - A man is lucky to be alive after he was singled out by a group of six assailants near a Surrey SkyTrain transit station March 20 and attacked ...
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City seeks input on transit system
Daily Gleaner - Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada
By The Daily Gleaner The City of Fredericton will host a focus group workshop Monday as part of the consultation process leading to a new transit master ...
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Cargo transit through Sarakhs border rises
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
Managing Director of Sarakhs border point, Khorasan province, said on Saturday that the volume of cargo transit last year has increased by eight percent ...
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Federal transit honcho praises teamwork on commuter rail, but ...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
James Simpson, director of the Federal Transit Administration, took a tour of the route and also heard from dozens of politicians and business leaders from ...
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Snohomish County transit agency's double-decker buses a success
Seattle Times - United States
Snohomish County's transit agency would do well going ahead with purchase of 23 of the two-tiered vehicles, which already have been christened with a ...
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Time, cash key to better transit trends
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
Politicians are spending big to expand public transit. It's not getting many of us out of our cars. In May 2006, in
Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, ...
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Governor does his best to derail transit gains
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA
Tim Pawlenty couldn’t stop the Legislature from overriding his veto of sorely needed new revenues for roads, bridges and transit, he’s doing his darnedest ...
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Stanislaus County promises to study transit for seniors, disabled
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
By GARTH STAPLEY New or improved transit programs for seniors and the disabled throughout
Stanislaus County are at least 15 months away, according to ...
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Busway outcry leaves transit scrambling
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
The Victoria Regional Transit Commission will push back its deliberations on the
Douglas Street busway project due to the amount of material it has to ...
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Metronauts Transit Camp
blogTO - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Metronauts Transit Camp is an unconference about the future of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. An unconference is an ad-hoc ...
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NATO plans long term war: Defeated Russia back in Afghanistan
By moinansari
BUCHAREST: Russia agreed on Friday to allow NATO to use Russian land to deliver non-lethal supplies to alliance troops in Afghanistan, but not troops or air transit arrangements as initially sought by NATO, Reuters reported. ...
Rupee News: Editor's Disquisitions... - http://rupeenews.com

Success!
By Gunstar1
For the first time in our lifetimes, Georgia Firearms Licensees will be able to carry in restaurants that serve alcohol, State Parks (and the buildings thereon), Wildlife Management Areas, and on mass transit. ...
Georgia Carry : An information... - http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms

spring news
By sevi kay
We are running on a 15 day turn around time — this 15 day is processing time, transit time is not included in it. Also, we are either running low on stock or are already out of stock on some of our products. ...
sevi vegan cosmetics blog - http://www.sevicosmetics.com/blog

CAPITOL LETTER, Rep. Kathy Pellett
By Wayne
The budget also includes $100000 to the Public Transit program for serving the elderly and people with disabilities, including critical care transportation services. The FY09 Transportation program also directs the state treasurer to ...
Chester Vermont News - http://chestervermontnews.com

Apr. 4: Weekly News Wrap-up
By Joe(Joe)
Clair Avenue Transit Improvements Project -… Star: Young Torontonians greenest commuters. I posted last week about the StatsCan numbers on "How People Commute in Toronto", which shows that in Toronto "In the 5 years between 2001 and ...
BikingToronto - http://www.bikingtoronto.com/

Kolkata’s VIP Road turns into a ‘death trap’
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Initially, railings were erected bordering the Lower Baghjola canal near Ketospur crossing, where a bus accident claimed at least 21 lives on Friday. ...
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Bengal news round up
Merinews - New Delhi,India
The bus accident toll on
VIP Road in Kolkata went up to 22 sending ripples across the city. Members of the Socialist Unity Centre (SUCI) and local people ...
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Another School Bus Accident
By Ron Simpson(Ron Simpson)
According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, 19000 people were injured in bus accidents in 2002. Most injuries are minor but some are catastrophic and between 1995 and 2005, there were an average of 8.8 school ...
The Cluttered Eclectic Mind - http://clutteredeclecticmind.blogspot.com/

A Day in Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand
Waiting on a street corner, garnering courage to cross the road, we witnessed a minor accident where a woman used the car in front of her as a bumper buffer. I am very surprised we didn't see more accidents. ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates - http://www.travelpod.com

A gunzel's guide to transport work So you've been riding trains ...
By Peter Parker(Peter Parker)
Apart from being civil to other users, good forum etiquette includes not going off-topic, searching before asking questions, not making false claims or laying on the blame after accidents. Passing off other people's photos or websites ...
melbourne on transit - http://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/

Ah, Nerdiness
By EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo(EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo)
Spent the morning goofing around online and trying to solve a puzzle in Professor Layton that's been nagging me for days (mostly because I can only play for about ten minutes at a time on the bus, which is long enough for me to have an ...
Accidents of Bread in Cheese - http://evilhippo.livejournal.com/

Authorities work to determine cause of deadly bus crash
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
by Jessica Mador, Minnesota Public Radio Authorities are working to determine the cause of the bus crash that killed one student and injured dozens of ...
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Driver Injured in School Bus Accident
Washington Post - United States
A St. Mary's County school bus driver suffered head injuries when the bus he was driving slammed into the back of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck on Route ...
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NATION AND WORLD DIGEST
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Bus crash: A bus carrying students and chaperones home to
Minnesota from a band trip to Chicago rolled over on a highway Saturday, killing one Pelican ...
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Chartered bus may be way to go
SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
They're ditching the limo and taking a charter bus to the dance. "Right now I have booked one group for prom," said Sue Garrett of Hotard Coaches in
Biloxi. ...
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Karnataka bus set on fire in Hosur
Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
HOSUR: A Karnataka government bus was set on fire by unidentified persons in Hosur industrial town, where all political parties observed a bandh on Saturday ...
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Traveling by bus means plenty of 'Cats' naps
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
"You're on a bus for hours," she says on her cell phone from -- where else? -- a bus. "What do you do besides sleep? The bus drains you. ...
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Anger as the axe hangs over bus
Bradford Telegraph Argus - Bradford,England,UK
By Will Kilner The axe is dangling over a long-established bus service that runs around the outskirts of
Bradford, it has been revealed. ...
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Vehicle tax hike, bus fares on agenda
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA
By Andrew Barksdale People could be paying higher bus fares and vehicle taxes to pay for transit improvements. The Fayetteville City Council will consider ...
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Using license plate reader, school bus to nab violators
Houston Chronicle - United States
Beginning Monday, a school bus fitted with a license plate reader will begin driving regular morning and afternoon routes, said Pat Bailey, ...
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Bus tour helped Obama gain ground; Clinton still standing strong ...
Citizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
Barack Obama’s six-day statewide bus tour helped him make up some ground in the last week, but he’s still well behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the ...
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Bus accident in Minnesota killed 1 student
By admin
A senior official of Police said that the bus was traveling west on Interstate 94 about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis when it rolled shortly before 6 am & slid into a ditch. The cause of the crash near
Albertville wasn’t immediately ...
Daily News - http://www.dailynews365.com

1 dead, dozens injured after bus crash rolls on Minn. highway
Associated Press - April 5, 2008 2:33 PM ET ALBERTVILLE, Minn. (AP) - Authorities in Minnesota say a bus carrying students and their chaperones home from a band trip to Chicago rolled over on a...
WLFI - News - WLFI.com - http://www.wlfi.com/global/category.asp?c=99904

Dismantling Warren Jeffs Kingdom…Six bus loads of children removed ...
By David Pike
This editorial/opinion/news alert has been provided or distributed by FACTNet, Inc. (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network.) Please visit our web site at http://www.factnet.org if you would like to comment on this ...
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Unusual bird found in Tel Aviv
By Maurice
Arriving at
Arlozorov Street to catch a bus west, I suddenly saw a large, duck-like bird hopping on a grassy area near the street. I was so taken back by the sight of such an unusual looking fowl being in a place where normally only ...
Israel's News Blog Magazine:... - http://www.onejerusalem.com

52 Girls Removed From Texas Compound
By OBS NEWS
A small white bus that left the compound accompanied by state troopers was filled with children, Meisner said. She could not immediately say how many. The bus was filled with what appeared to be mostly girls, dressed in conservative ...
OBS News - http://www.obsnews.com/news

One killed as bus fired at in Khairpur
The News - International - Pakistan
By By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: Two persons were killed and three others injured in two separate incidents near here on Saturday. Reports said a passenger ...
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Blizzards cause chaos across Sussex
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
Traffic ground to a standstill on ungritted roads, flights at Gatwick were delayed, and train and bus services hit. Heavy snow started falling at around
8am ...
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UNMIN Election Report No 3: Violence, Violations and Monitoring
United We Blog - Nepal
While campaigning was peaceful in many constituencies, incidents of election-related violence and intimidation by party workers continued, with frequent and ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 06, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 04/04/2008 at 2030 hrs on NH 48 at KC road Golthamajalu village Bantwal Taluk one Dharmapala driver of KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-F-2254 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against one Vishwanatha a ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

I don't think you need to be a feminist to find this wrong
By Ursuline(Ursuline)
The bus drivers banned miniskirts on buses earlier in the year, saying they were distracting and encouraged lustful thoughts. Although there have been incidents of women having their clothes ripped off at the bus rank, ...
She Dreams A Champagne Dream - http://uschi-sushi.livejournal.com/

News for the Poor: Bus line to offer Boston to NYC for a buck
By Rachel Paiste(Rachel Paiste)
“BoltBus is an extreme value, but it’s also all about safety,” said Clark, in a likely jab at the Fung Wah service, which has been involved in several safety-related incidents. Cheap BoltBus tickets will only be available online at ...
I do all the dirty work, so you... - http://rachelpaiste.blogspot.com/

Fort Lauderdale Airport
By nqdiaum730(nqdiaum730)
Brack’s papers said the abusive incidents . Whether you are about to board a cruise or in town for business, the
Courtyard Fort Lauderdale Airport and Cruise Port is the perfect host for all your business or leisure trips. ...
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Bus 965 funny incidents....
By Ahsun Wrote down Here @(Ahsun Wrote down Here @)
Well there's this day i boarded the 965 bus to admiralty mrt and switch to mrt to campus...i sat beside this auntie who look around 50s to 60s yrs old....not too bad....looks quite....auntie....haha...no other ways to describe her due ...
JusT A|| Ab0uT SuN - http://allaboutahsun.blogspot.com/

Haryana to pave way for pvt buses
Times of India - India
However, he added that to avoid a Blueline-like situation, they have already appealed to the Centre to amend the Motor Vehicle Act so that the number of ...
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BLUE LINE AGAIN
By ak(ak)
Several policemen were caught on camera taking bribe to let 'Blue line' buses run and kill people on Delhi roads. Can Sheela and associates say that Government was not aware of this age old nexus between Blue line fleet and Police? ...
DEMONOCRACY - http://demonocracy-ak.blogspot.com/

98 corrupt Delhi cops suspended
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday suspended 98 policemen for taking bribes from Blueline bus operators to let off their buses for flouting traffic rules. “The 98 policemen were found guilty following a departmental enquiry. ...
Bombay (Mumbai) Blasts - http://bombayblasts.com

Delhi: 98 cops suspended for taking bribe
By LPK Bot
At least 98 policemen in Delhi have been suspended after being caught on camera demanding and accepting bribes from Blueline bus drivers and operators More...
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RE:What improvements you have seen in delhi since last 10 ye
By amit
There is a lot however which needs to be changed or improved: one is the "blueline" buses.. shud be removed asap.. second the auto wallahs' monopoly .. and even the
delhi government is to be blamed for this.. they havent taken action ...
- http://www.muby.com.cn

FROM THE EDITOR: Time to embrace public transit
Suburban Journals - Town and Country,MO,USA
Metro's loss in court only added to the public ridicule of the transit agency, which didn't have the greatest reputation in the first place. ...
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Time for transit to capitalize
Calgary Herald - Calgary,Canada
The increased number of commuters using public transit is encouraging evidence that Calgarians want to hang up their SUV keys, provided the alternative is ...
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All aboard for some mass-transit brainstorming
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Some attractive new options are on the table in the region's search for ways to pay for an expanded rail transit system. It's not yet possible to say that ...
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Federal Police refute claims by Indian Customs that Malaysia is ...
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
THE Federal police today refuted claims by Indian authorities that drug lords were using
Malaysia as a transit point to distribute heroin internationally. ...
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Is free UTA transit on bad-air days a bad idea?
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Before those discussions have started, however,
Utah Transit Authority officials declared the concept essentially undoable. Mick Crandall, UTA's deputy ...
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Conference explores transit for disabled
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
By Arthur Raymond A three-day conference focused on transit accessibility issues came to a close on Thursday after participants examined new ways to address ...
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There and Back — TransIT offers free rides
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
Starting Monday, TransIT will offer free rides on the No. 80 Connector bus between Frederick Towne Mall and
Frederick Community College. ...
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Public transit system users asking county for some help
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
"The problem was where they were scheduled was not reachable by mass transit, and the timing of the forums was after public transportation stopped. ...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
Knowing that $12 million to $15 million per year in new transit sales tax cash was a lot of temptation to do the wrong thing, McConnaughay decided the ...
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Saving gas with transit vs. car's convenience a balancing act
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
FREDericksburg Regional Transit offers bus service to the downtown train station each morning. There are two routes, one coming in from
Gordon Road and ...
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Stop Gateway action April 14 - help needed!
By Carmen
The government also made a $14 billion transit announcement which goes to show that the work we have done together demanding better transit, not freeways has had an impact. Despite the announcements there is still a long way to go to ...
GATEWAYSUCKS.org - - http://gatewaysucks.org

Review: Julie Ocean | Long Gone And Nearly There [MP3s]
By jbreitling(jbreitling)
Philadelphia's Transit Of Venus label releases the record May 29. You can stream it in its entirety at Last.FM right now. Click here for those streams, and click below for an MP3 and videos. Julie Ocean -- "#1 Song" -- Long Gone And ...
:: news, reviews and opinion... - http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/

American Civil War Fortifications (Volume 3; The Mississippi and ...
By Scott Mingus
The American Civil War was one of the first “modern” wars, with aerial reconnaissance, torpedoes, land mines, submarines, repeating or rapid fire weapons, entrenchments, mass transit using railroads, and other innovations. ...
Charge! Civil War wargaming & news - http://scottmingus.wordpress.com

Electrocuted Rat Halts Swedish Train Transits
Stockholm residents suffered a three-hour traffic delay, with officials primarily failing to find the source of the problem. Questions about the transit problem were answered when the police finally found the large rat inside the signal ...
- http://www.wayodd.com/

Worth reading this weekend
By V Smoothe
Regardless of any issues one may have with AC Transit’s current BRT proposal, this is just bad planning. This initiative would mean that anytime the City wanted to convert lanes to transit-only lanes, the decision would have to be made ...
A Better Oakland - http://www.abetteroakland.com

Subhas meets members of bus syndicate
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India
Dum Dum MP Amitava Nandi said: “Vehicular movement should be controlled to prevent such accidents. We are discussing the issue with concerned authorities to ...
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‘Number of accidents will come down if people are extra cautious’
Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India
A pledge to educate school students and bus drivers about road safety measures with the help of Chandigarh police was also taken. “The bus drivers will also ...
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Bus accident kills 17 people
Sunday Times.au - Perth,WA,Australia
According to road safety group Arrive Alive, an estimated four in 100000 people die in road accidents across Europe, compared with 25 per 100000 in South ...
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Mindless driving leads to gruesome killing
Merinews - New Delhi,India
... the bus or a school- going child waiting to reach examination hall. Lastly, it must be remembered here that most of the road accidents occurred because ...
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Buckle up? Injuries fuel school bus debate
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
The survey and the dearth of catastrophic school bus accidents locally sustain the school bus industry's stance that it is exceedingly safe. ...
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A Glimpse Of A "What if...?" Moment
By Ben-Ariel(Ben-Ariel)
In my case, it includes getting into a car accident (though normally I imagine getting into a bus accident as I ride on one more often than cars). What if I fall down a flight of stairs? What if I win in the lottery? ...
ben-ariel - http://benariel.blogspot.com/

Bukit Gombak MRT Station: In Chaos
By Manick(Manick)
As no updates were forthcoming, I decided to take another bus to Clementi. I thought it is better to play safe rather than give the benefit of doubt to MRT service. Poor administration The accident has affected to the train services ...
- http://singapore2india.blogspot.com/

Chris Mccandless Bus Pictures
By Kierra(Kierra)
... making his every aspect and cried out for chris mccandless bus pictures two ships, each of the first of aeronauts, and the voices in her golden little book of the sun, and ascended in the girls' abductor; how the accidents incurred ...
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A community comes to together after a deadly bus crash
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
Students in Pelican Rapids,
Minn., are heading back to class this week after a fatal weekend bus crash. The accident early Saturday near Albertville on I-94 ...
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BUSINESS NOTEBOOK: City bus ridership up in 2008
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
City bus ridership in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks has increased more than 4 percent in the first three months of 2008, compared with the same time ...
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Cranes near Boynton Beach bus stop raise concern
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
He said the bus stop should be moved and the sidewalk closed temporarily to keep people safe. Rescigno said the crane is being used to build condo towers ...
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Bus company, college meet over misbehaviour
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Misbehaving college students forced a school bus to stop at the top of Weld Pass, 14km southeast of Blenheim, last week, leaving some to find their own way ...
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Q&A | Dalai Lama | Bus a miss | Name that bridge
Seattle Times - United States
"I and several other people waited at Fourth Avenue South and South Royal Brougham Way for the [Metro Transit] route 41 bus to pick us up to take us to ...
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Kahuku Players Injured in Bus Crash Determined To Play Saturday
KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG - Honolulu,HI,USA
The squad was on a school bus heading to a scrimmage Thursday. Police say the driver swerved to avoid cars that were stopped, and ran the bus off Kamehameha ...
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School Board Gives Cash To Boost Bus Drivers
NewsChannel5.com - Nashville,TN,USA
School bus drivers in
Rutherford County will get a little extra help paying for their gas. The board of education approved a $60000 plan to give them more ...
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ON REGIONAL TRANSIT Back to the future - Bus Rapid Transit
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
An ingenious, interconnected system of streetcars, bus lines and trains allowed you to step out your front door and journey throughout the region. ...
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Bus fares will remain the same
Fiji Times - Suva,Fiji
Update: 5:15PM Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry said bus operators and companies should not expect another increase in bus fares. ...
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16-Year-Old Girl Dead, Others Injured in Albertville Bus Rollover
FOX 9 News - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A Pelican Rapids 10th-grade girl is dead and four are seriously injured after a bus rolled over on Interstate 94 in
Albertville Saturday morning. ...
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40 Iraqi University Students Are Freed After Being Kidnapped From ...
By knologies
The bus carrying the female students escaped, but male students from the other bus were loaded onto trucks and taken away, the spokesman said. He gave no details of how security forces had freed the students. ...
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Compensation announced for bus victims
By admin
Transport minister Subhas Chakraborty has announced a compensation of Rs 1.25 lakh for relatives of the 20 passengers who died in bus accident on Friday, in 24
North Parganas district. Subhas Chakraborty, who visited the accident spot ...
Daily News - http://www.dailynews365.com

London: Olympic Torch Ambushed in London - Bus Halted, Gay ...
By gayswithoutborders
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/03/29/china_hujia/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jia_(activist). “Gordon Brown has shamed himself and
Britain by greeting the Olympic torch at Downing Street, at a time when China is shooting dead ...
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Olympic Torch Extinguished Twice In Paris Amid Protests
By The Huffington Post News Editors(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
The demonstrators did not appear to get close to the torch, but its flame was put out by security officers and brought on board a bus to continue partway along the route. Less than an hour later, the flame was being carried out of a ...
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Flip Side: Casey's a Star for Backing Obama
By Greg Palmer
They spent hours on Obama’s campaign bus, slammed into each other on the basketball court, and teased each other like brothers. They demonstrated such an affection that some members of the traveling party labeled them BFF, ...
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Torch extinguished as protesters disrupt relay in Paris
TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
The lawmakers' protest followed numerous incidents along the 28- kilometre course through the French capital along which the torch was to be relayed by ...
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Fatal weekend - 2 pedestrians struck and killed in separate incidents
AZFamily - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Police say the victim was standing near a bus stop on Camelback when a U-Haul truck came around the corner and hit him. The second occured on Sunday in ...
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With a gentle push, bubble-wrap generation and the real world collide
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Parents and teachers alike intervene in schoolyard incidents and conflicts to resolve disputes speedily. The bubble-wrap generation is so protected by ...
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Gunmen Release 42 Students in Iraq
The Associated Press -
The incidents illustrate the continuing instability in
Iraq as the top US officials here prepare to brief the US Congress this week on prospects for further ...
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Stranger Danger Alert in Boston May Be False Alarm
WGRZ-TV - Buffalo,NY,USA
Sergeant David Denz says the man, who is 60 years old, lives in the neighborhood where the incidents took place. Denz says chances are this is not a case of ...
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the bus ride
By maxernstsdream
... but comfortable seats. the whole thing felt strange, foreign. there was a sign behind the driver’s seat that read “do not feed or annoy the bus driver”. I couldn’t really fathom what incidents prompted the posting of that sign. we ...
people did not like that man, max ernst. - http://maxernstsdream.wordpress.com

Yes, bloody assaults tend to scare people
By Steve Hirano
The media are always going to report those incidents, just as they report people dying in car accidents on the freeway. It's just that you tend to remember one and not the other. I think bus and rail operators should emphasize the ...
Buses, Trains and the Media - http://stevehirano.typepad.com/blog/

Feng Shui 2008 – Disturbance of Energy of Olympic Flame
By fengshui168
The incidents came one day after human-rights activist demonstrators made the torch’s journey through London more like running the gauntlet than a journey of celebration, as UK police made more than two dozen arrests. ...
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Scuffles During UK Olympic Torch Relay
By The Huffington Post News Editors(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
Demonstrators tried to board a relay bus after five-time Olympic gold medalist rower Steve Redgrave launched procession at Wembley Stadium _ presaging a number of clashes with police along the torch's 31-mile journey. ...
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Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
By Khepa Baul(Khepa Baul)
Al-Mohiameed is at his best in describing these incidents with gruesome detail, as a result some other parts of the story feels flat. However, overall the structure works out nicely with different points of view, sometime even in the ...
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Flaming mess
By dgeezer(dgeezer)
It's a thin line between rightful protest and naked racism, and I feared he'd crossed it. Thankfully he seemed to be in a deluded minority. I slunk off, past a Chinese protester being apprehended by the police. Doubly disappointing. ...
diamond geezer - http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/

Delightful Delhi
By Deepinder Singh(Deepinder Singh)
Walking down the lane to the bus stop where my luxury car picks me up… “Is that the Blueline 623 or 611, ummm… its filled to brim :(“. Get into the bus…. I love the Air conditioned apartment…. “I wish the guy standing next to me ...
~~VaNjArA~~ - http://deepinderkalra.blogspot.com/

Flaming mess
By dgeezer(dgeezer)
It's a thin line between rightful protest and naked racism, and I feared he'd crossed it. Thankfully he seemed to be in a deluded minority. I slunk off, past a Chinese protester being apprehended by the police. Doubly disappointing. ...
diamond geezer - http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/

Delightful Delhi
By Deepinder Singh(Deepinder Singh)
Walking down the lane to the bus stop where my luxury car picks me up… “Is that the Blueline 623 or 611, ummm… its filled to brim :(“. Get into the bus…. I love the Air conditioned apartment…. “I wish the guy standing next to me ...
~~VaNjArA~~ - http://deepinderkalra.blogspot.com/

Transit may resort to Public Works Act
Timaru Herald - Canterbury, New Zealand
Transit is turning to the Public Works Act to secure land for the proposed Washdyke intersection upgrade, and that could delay the start of the work. ...
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MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS)
TMC Net - Norwalk,CT,USA
MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch (MVTS) is a carrier-grade softswitch with the gatekeeper and proxy functionality that dramatically simplifies VoIP peering on ...
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Mass transit a key component for events
Jacksonville Daily Record - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Making Downtown more visitor-friendly during events is also one of the committee’s priorities, and mass transit will have a role in accomplishing that goal. ...
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Transit system shifting gears
Woodstock Sentinel Review - Woodstock,ON,Canada
On Thursday night, city council threw its full support behind recommendations from the Mayor’s Transit Task Force. First off the block will be a new fare ...
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4ps publishes review of Bus Rapid Transit sector
eGov monitor - London,UK
4ps has today published a review of the progress and performance of operational Bus Rapid Transit projects. The review highlights the success of existing ...
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'Martians' brainstorm to improve area transit
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
A group of concerned citizens – some wearing Martian antennae – gathered in downtown Toronto Saturday to brainstorm ways to improve life on public transit ...
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Transit plans could pick up speed under proposed provincial changes
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
Regional council may soon choose to put its $306-million rapid transit plan on the fast track.
Ontario has proposed a law to streamline transit approvals to ...
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Access Curbed; Disabled public transit users can face many ...
The Barrie Examiner - Barrie,Ontario,Canada
George Kaveckas, Barrie's transit manager, said approximately 90 per cent of the 40 Barrie Transit buses are accessible. But Brophey insists there is room ...
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Gridlock grips Budapest as public transit workers strike
Caboodle.hu - Budapest,Hungary
Roads in and surrounding
Budapest are currently clogged with vehicle traffic as the latest in a series of strikes by employees of public transit authority ...
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A transit center for Lompoc?
Lompoc Record - Lompoc,CA,USA
I wonder how many residents read the Record story that ran on March 26 and were interested enough to devote three hours to a workshop on a transit center ...
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This Week’s Wandering News
By dailytransit
A new food blog is meticulously combing
Seattle’s Chinatown restaurants in search of good eats. MSG150 has a total of 11 bloggers, each of whom takes photos of their meal, breaks down the good and the bad, and even copies their ...
The Daily Transit - http://thedailytransit.wordpress.com

2500 Bare Feet On Earth Day
By Ben
The internal flyer, which is available here, stresses cutting back in your methods of transit and work habits– virtual meetings instead of cross-country flights, mass transit instead of a carpool, even using your own mug for that ...
Environmental News Blog | Environment... - http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com

The prophetic anger of MLK. . .What Should We Change
By Sombra Morena(Sombra Morena)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-dyson4apr04,0,1840793.story See also PROTESTERS LOUDLY DEMAND GOVERNOR RESCIND IMMIGRATION ORDER http://www.projo.com/news/politics/content/Immigration_Protest_04-04-08_DD9L3K5_v30.3819a0f.html.
- http://transitmulatta.blogspot.com/

BRT Funding
By David Harrison
It’s refreshing to see the province act quickly on budget commitments for transit projects. Projects with federal involvement have been delayed in recent years as the federal government has been slow to release the promised funds. ...
Durham Transit Review - http://durhamtransit.wordpress.com

EXCLUSIVE: WellPoint exposed members' personal info, Rx records on ...
... 196000 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield members had been stolen from Concentra Preferred Systems, they learned that a CD with unencrypted records on 75000 of its Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield members had been lost in transit. ...
PogoWasRIght - Privacy News Headlines - http://www.pogowasright.o

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