Thursday, April 17, 2008

4/17/08

Salt Lake Residents Continue to Voice Rail Transit Concerns
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
Spurgeon concurred to Neighborhood Board-member Thomas Strout’s statement that the functioning rail transit itself would not be as noisy as the construction ...
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Former Dallas Transit Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
WASHINGTON, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lance Kendall Bonner of Dallas, Texas, a former police officer with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), ...
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Rapid Transit Feasibility Study: A Comprehensive Critique
Raise the Hammer - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The 22 page Rapid Transit Feasibility Study just posted on the City of
Hamilton's website is meant to be a preliminary analysis of the opportunities and ...
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Titan Worldwide Partners with Chicago Transit Authority to Launch ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The CTA is the second largest public transit system in the
United States, offering bus and rapid transit routes through the city, as well as to adjacent ...
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Fulton Street Transit Center Follies
Gothamist - NY,USA
What's another delay of 12 to 18 months for the
Fulton Street Transit Center? The proposed hub, which would link 11 different subway lines and has been in ...
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Transit center faces skeptics at Council
Keizertimes - Keizer,OR,USA
By JASON COX It's not so much the idea of a transit center – it's more of a question of which location is most workable, say Keizer's city councilors and ...
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Questioning a transit center
Keizertimes - Keizer,OR,USA
I have trouble visualizing the size of a transit station needed here in
Keizer. Would it be as big as the transit mall (as I call it, Fashion Victim Mall ...
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Toronto Transit Company Union Puts On Hold Transport Strike ...
AHN - USA
Toronto, Canada (AHN) - The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 temporarily held off announcing its final decision on a planned transportation strike ...
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City Transit Officer Accused Of Robbing Pennsylvania Bank
NY1 - NY,USA
A city transit officer is behind bars, accused of robbing a Pennsylvania bank at gunpoint. Christian Torres, 21, of
Queens is facing multiple charges ...
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Transit district receives donation
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
The Texarkana Urban Transit District received a hefty donation from local teen James Norton during Thursday’s TUTD Board meeting. As part of his Eagle Scout ...
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Fast-Lane Buses Hit Slow Road as Engines Delay Transit Plan
By rss@masstransitmag.com (By María Villaseñor,...
Even before bus rapid transit (BRT) pulls into Utah, it's off schedule and won't be rolling as expected later this month - not because of some snag at the Utah Transit Authority but due to a couple of glitches on the other side of the ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

For transit news, NY Times tops Inqy
By SEPTA Watcher(SEPTA Watcher)
"When Train Doors Open And No Platform Is in Sight" -- a rash of errors on NJ Transit trains "Proposal Would Relocate Arts Center to Transit Hub" -- the design of the transit center at the
World Trade Center illustrated with cool pix. ...
SEPTA Watch - http://septawatch.blogspot.com/

Clinton on crime; Obama and Clinton on Transit; Daily News on both!
By Dan Pohlig
The consensus among the transit experts spoken to by Lucey is that neither candidate really grasps the magnitude of this issue (do they ever “grasp the magnitude?”), preferring simply to throw a lot of money at the issue rather than ...
Y-Decide 2008 - http://supertuesdayblog.wordpress.com

Railway - Maryland Transit Administration to purchase locomotives
Maryland Transit Administration to purchase locomotives.
IET News Feed - Transport - http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/sector/transport/

Mayor wants to push forward on regional transit
Responding to concerns the process has been stalled, Mayor Brian McMullan has called for a meeting to see if the implementation of a regional transit system can be sped up.
NiagaraThisWeek News - http://www.NiagaraThisWeek.com

EFEATED - Congestion plan crashes in Albany
Amsterdam News - Baltimore,MD,USA
Some were convinced by Bloomberg’s claim that the plan that was aimed to clean the city’s air and improve mass transit; others were not. ...
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No transit strike notice yet
Toronto Sun - Ontario, Canada
By THE CANADIAN PRESS The head of the largest
Toronto transit union says there won’t be a transit strike, at least for the time being. ...
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WAVE Transit public hearing set for tonight
Lumina News - Wrightsville Beach,NC,USA
Tonight, concerned citizens will be given the opportunity to voice their support for or against WAVE Transit’s proposal during the council’s regular meeting ...
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Transit system offers service to all
Main Street Newspapers - Jefferson,GA,USA
BY CHRIS BRIDGES On any given day, vehicles used for the
Banks County transit can be seen in and around the county. In addition to local trips, the transit ...
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Sales tax considered for transit in Triangle
TMCnet - USA
Triangle Transit Authority officials David King and Wib Gulley briefed local officials on the move Wednesday. They cautioned that the bill's provisions ...
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• Tape Your Transit Rage...and Win a Prize
CTA Blog - Chicago Tribune Blog - Chicago,IL,USA
In our oil-addicted nation, it would behoove us to put public transit on our priority list and make sure we have ways to get around beyond four-wheeled gas ...
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Possible transit strike looms in Toronto
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
TORONTO (CNS) --
Toronto commuters might learn Thursday if Toronto transit workers will be going on strike soon. The transit union has called a news ...
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Welland teen backs need for mass transit
Welland Tribune - Ontario, Canada
Charles Owen wrote about how
Niagara needs a mass transit system, and how it would benefit Niagara. I would like to take this opportunity to reply to Owen's ...
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TO officials look to new transit system
Ventura County Star - Camarillo,CA,USA
Thousand Oaks officials will reach out to their counterparts in neighboring cities to explore the creation of a unified transit system to serve southeast ...
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Ghana Tops Transit Deal
Modern Ghana - Ghana
By Daily Guide CITY& BUSINESS GUIDE has learnt that
Ghana is the first ECOWAS country to launch the Inter-State Transit of Goods system, a convention which ...
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Wave Transit to offer shuttle to and from Azalea Festival parade
WILMINGTON
Wave Transit offers shuttle to parade
Wave Transit will offer a shuttle from Independence Mall to downtown Wilmington on Saturday for the NC Azalea Festival parade and other festivities.
news | http://www.starnewsonline.com - http://www.starnewsonline.com

Township to Enter into Negotiations with Dranoff Properties for ...
The Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners voted in favor of entering into negotiations with Dranoff Properties for the Ardmore Transit Center and Business District Revitalization Project following presentations by BET Investments ...
KnowledgePlex: News: Economic... - http://www.knowledgeplex.org

Met Transit Meeting
The Met Transit Department is seeking public comment on their routes and schedules for Billings. Two public meetings will be held Thursday for anyone who has concerns or ideas.
KULR - News - Montana State - http://www.kulr8.com/news/state

Transit cops seeking public's help in South Shore robbery
GARY | Transit police are seeking the public's help in finding two persons of interest in a strong arm robbery on a South Shore train Tuesday night.
/updates/breaking News from www.nwiti... - http://www.nwitimes.com/

Transit board says no to closing street
By El Paso Times Staff
The Mass Transit Board -- a group made up of the El Paso City Council -- Tuesday temporarily rejected a request by the city to shut down two blocks of Franklin Avenue in the Downtown to create a.
News - http://www.elpasotimes.com

Oil field workers die in Oman bus accident
MEED - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Their bus, which was carrying 59 workers, hit a truck at an intersection close to the Galfar camp. Galfar is one of the two main contractors on the $700m ...
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Police: Long Island schoolgirl made up story about bus stop grab
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
They haven't stated the charge, but the equivalent adult charge would be falsely reporting an incident. It's not the first time this has happened in Mastic ...
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Six lawyers burnt alive in Karachi
The News - International - Pakistan
There were more incidents of burning of vehicles on the MA Jinnah Road, where a rickshaw was torched near Gul Plaza, a bus was torched at Jubilee Market, ...
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Road rage contributes to deadly accident
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USA
There were no children on the bus and the bus driver was not seriously hurt. But incidents like these change the way driving instructors teach teens. ...
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Snow storm wreaks havoc on roads; school bus stranded
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
There have also been 35 reported incidents of vehicles in distress, four hit-and-runs and one crash with injury. Meanwhile, a school bus of students became ...
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Moses Lake student's hair set on fire
Columbia Basin Herald - Moses Lake,WA,USA
He said usually if an incident happens on a school bus, the district does not handle the situation. Chestnut said typically bus garage officials investigate ...
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New eyes on the bus
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
A rise in assaults against bus drivers has been noted in recent years, said Scott, with incidents ranging from assaults to operators being verbally ...
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Sikh boy in race attack
Liverpool Echo - UK
AN 11-YEAR-OLD Sikh boy had his turban ripped off and stamped upon by a group of racist thugs on a
Liverpool bus. Arjan Rhode was attacked by a gang of ...
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Essex Police in school bus crackdown
East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich,England,UK
Jody Greenfield, a crime reduction officer, said: “Since the introduction of CCTV cameras on buses we have seen a reduction in reported incidents of ...
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Idaho Falls Student Stabbed at Bus Stop
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
But they do say incidents like this are unusual. "It doesn't happen that often. We've had fights at the bus stops but not a stabbing like this," said Sgt. ...
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A Question of Race, Part 1
By CountryDew(CountryDew)
Stop after stop, little boys and girls fled the bus in terror and ran sobbing into their mother's arms. I did the same; I remember fleeing as quickly as my little legs would carry me, running the half-block to my grandmother's front ...
Blue Country Magic - http://bluecountrymagic.blogspot.com/

Roundabout, and Shortened, Route for Olympic Torch in San Francisco
By Mikey
Mr. Newsom defended his and his police department’s decision, but said he expected to be criticized for it anyway. “There were no major arrests, no international incidents,” he said. “Just a lot of hurt feelings..” source: click here.
Daily Action News - http://dailyactionnews.com

Sometimes Blogging is no Fun at All.
By Visible(Visible)
In the first case; this is one of several incidents where illegal settlement bus drivers have run down Palestinians on the highway. They actually speed up and cross into the opposite lane in order to do it. It’s all perfectly okay. ...
Smoking Mirrors - http://smokingmirrors.blogspot.com/

Crap! I fell off the damn bus today. This will add to my ever ...
By etherealhaze--*(etherealhaze--*)
This will add to my ever-growing number of maluating bus incidents. ): Previously... Forgot to tap in on the bus. I just headed to my seat and sat down, wondering why the bus driver was not moving for about 1 min, until the bus driver ...
T_T - http://etherealhaze.blogspot.com/

11-Year-Old Says He Stopped Bus To Save Brother
NewsNet5.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
CLEVELAND -- An 11-year-old boy said that he got behind the wheel of a runaway school bus to save his brother. "I was about to jump off, but I didn’t. ...
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Child Who Took Wheel of Runaway School Bus Goes Public
FOXNews - USA
A bus is seen after it crashed into the pillar of a bridge in Cleveland after rolling down a hill.
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland boy who steered a runaway ...
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Eaton Corporation Reaches Agreement With Guangzhou Armada ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Representing Guangzhou Yiqi Bus was director of the board Wu Wan Cheng. “We are very confident in the technology that Eaton is providing to Guangzhou Yiqi ...
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3 Teens Dead, 1 Critical, After Yesterday's School Bus Crash
WJR - Detroit,MI,USA
They tried to pass another vehicle, smashed into the car and careened across Gratiot into the norhtbound lanes into a
New Haven school bus. ...
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Good chuckles at 'Laugh Till Yu Belly Bus'
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Sunday evening's 'Laugh Till Yu Belly Buss' at Scotialink, Liguanea, St. Andrew, did not live up to the promise in its abdominal wall splitting title. ...
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Jeweller's kin held for UP bus robbery
Times of India - India
GHAZIABAD: The police on Tuesday evening arrested the businessman brother of a prominent Meerut jeweller for allegedly masterminding the armed bus robbery ...
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CHANCE TO WIN WHO'S MAGIC BUS..FOR A FIVER
UK Express - UK
Roger was just 21 and had been lead singer of The Who for a year when the Magic Bus prize van first hit the road in 1965. But standing next to the vehicle ...
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Woman accused in fatal bus crash near Marshall blames boyfriend ...
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
(AP) The woman accused in the deaths of four children in a bus crash near Marshall says her boyfriend was actually driving the van that struck the bus. ...
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Bus-pickup crash kills three L'Anse Creuse students
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
The impact forced the pickup to cross the center line and hit the northbound bus head-on, police said. "I don't know why he was driving so fast," said Kathy ...
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Counselors to help students cope with bus tragedy
WDAY - Fargo,ND,USA
Saturday, Weishair was killed in a bus accident and nearly 50 other students were sent to the hospital, after their bus tipped over on I-94 in
Albertville, ...
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Cleveland Boy Says He Took Bus Wheel to Steer Away from Semi
An 11-year-old said Wednesday he feels like a hero after steering a runaway school bus out of the way of an oncoming semi and into a bridge pillar.
Local News for MyFox Cleveland - http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox

Bus and truck crash in northeast Hillsborough
By tampabaycom
TAMPA -- A pickup truck has slammed into the rear of a HART bus at the intersection of Gunn Highway and Henderson Road in Odessa, seriously injuring the driver and passenger of the truck, according to Debbie Carter, spokeswoman for the ...
Breaking News | tampabay.com... - http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/

BCC denies withholding bus figures
The Brisbane City Council (BCC) says it expects to release last month's figures showing the number of full buses tomorrow.
ABC News : Queensland - http://www.abc.net.au/news/nt

C-SPAN campaign bus rolls into Akron
The Rolling Stones tour bus it wasn't, but the appearance of the C-Span's Campaign 2008 Bus on the University of Akron campus generated the same level of excitement from some political science students.
Local News - http://www.ohio.com/news

NYC Man Arrested in Albany Bus Terminal on Drug Charges : Local News
A New York City man was arrested in the Albany bus station as he was preparing to head to Utica with drugs in his pocket, police say.
BetaNews | Motorola bus tour brings some good news for WiMAX
Motorola bus tour brings some good news for WiMAX. By Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews. April 8, 2008, 5:06 PM. A live demo of mobile WiMAX was successfully ...

Take a class at SMC, ride the Big Blue Bus for free
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Regular Big Blue Bus riders: Now's the time to enroll in that intro to guitar class you've meant to take since you were a misunderstood adolescent. Why? ...
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MuleSource Builds on Service Bus Success
eWeek - New York, NY
Another pet project for Mason is "to build a prototype for a VirtualESB or ESAASB [
Enterprise Software-as-a-Service Bus]," he said, half in jest at his ...
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Land's End to John o'Groats by bus pass
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Sophie Borland A 61-year-old man has become the first person to travel for free from Land's End to John o'Groats by using his new bus pass for pensioners ...
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Radio star's bus stop discovery
The Argus.co.uk - Brighton,UK
A broadcaster has spoken of his shock after finding patients' confidential medical records at a bus stop. Gordon Astley discovered five envelopes containing ...
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Teen dies after truck slams into school bus
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Jennifer Noble had proofs of her Grade 12 grad photos with her when she boarded the school bus Wednesday morning and was anxious to show her friends. ...
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Woman accused in fatal bus crash blames boyfriend
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
The woman accused in the deaths of four children in a school bus crash near this southwestern
Minnesota city spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday and ...
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Microsoft adding routes to its Connector bus system
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
s free Connector regional bus system for employees will more than double under an expansion announced Wednesday. The service, which began in September, ...
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Limit bus drivers to four hours' driving: Miros
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
A recently-concluded study on driver fatigue revealed that ideally a person behind the wheel of a bus should not drive longer than the specified period or ...
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Runaway bus driver breaks his silence
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
"I keep hearing the screams and seeing the bus going. And nobody should have to do that every night and think about it. It was just an ungodly sight. ...
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Alberta family lost only child in school bus crash
CTV.ca - Canada
When Donna Noble heard that someone was killed in a school bus crash, she said she just knew it was her daughter. "I just knew it was her, ...
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GOP: Washington governor's bus has Oregon plates
By The Associated Press
Chris Gregoire's big biodiesel campaign bus has
Oregon plates. State Republican Chairman Luke Esser, who brought it to reporters' attention today, says it's a symbolic reminder that Democrat Gregoire is throwing small businesses under ...
Breaking News Updates from Portland... - http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/

Ohio Runaway Bus Driver Breaks His Silence
The driver of a runaway charter school bus which crashed on Monday tells the WJW Fox 8 I-Team he is haunted by the screams of the children he left alone on his bus. After dodging the media spotlight for three days, Michael Weir, 57, ...
National News for MyFox Cleveland - http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox

GOP: Gregoire's campaign bus has Oregon plates
State Republican Chairman Luke Esser brought it to reporters' attention on Thursday. He says it's a symbolic reminder that Democrat Gregoire is throwing small businesses under the bus.
KEPR - News - Local & Regional - http://www.keprtv.com/news/local

School bus driver cited in Lawrence crash
LAWRENCE and mdash; A small school bus crashed into a car at the intersection of Spruce and Park streets at about 4:30 pm yesterday. The driver, Julio Liriano, 68, of 9 Sebrina Court, Methuen, was cited for a stop sign violation.
EagleTribune.com, North Andover,... - http://www.eagletribune.com

Two men save kids on out-of-control bus
A long day of pothole patching became a lot more interesting Wednesday afternoon for a pair of road commission employees.
MonroeNews.com - Breaking News - http://www.monroenews.com/

Calgary Transit feted by industry
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Calgary Transit has scooped up an industry award for being a world leader in its commitment to the environment -- for its the Ride-the-Wind program. ...
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Transit use on the increase in Burnaby
Burnaby Now - Burnaby,British Columbia,Canada
One in four commuters in
Burnaby are choosing transit, a 52 per cent increase since 2001, according to the latest census figures. ...
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Eau Claire Looks to Improve Public Transit
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau Claire,WI,USA
According to the City Finance Director,
Eau Claire's Capital Improvement Plan includes building a new transit center next year and buying new buses in 2010. ...
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Many pols who vowed to fight for more transit funding instead OK cuts
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY PETE DONOHUE Scores of state legislators who vowed to fight for more mass transit funds stabbed straphangers in the back by voting to cut the MTA budget, ...
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Hovercraft transit firm makes bid to revive Toronto-Rochester ferry
Globe and Mail - Canada
Hover Transit Services, which proposes to use a Hovercraft that once plied the cross-channel route between England and France, was the only bidder for the ...
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Set transit priorities for upstate
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
As Nadler said during a visit this week to the Editorial Board, the transportation bill is to
New York, with its mix of mass transit and highways, ...
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SONOMA CO.: SONOMA COUNTY TRANSIT UNVEILS 10-YEAR PLAN
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Sonoma County Transit plans to offer service between Windsor and the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport and expanded weekday express service between ...
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Ringleader of attack on transit guards jailed
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The ringleader of an attack on two transit guards at the
Wellington Street bus station in Perth has been jailed for 28 months. The District Court in Perth ...
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Termez, Where the “T” Is for “Transit
Registan.net - Seattle,WA,USA
The United States worked painstakingly in recent months to repair bilateral relations with
Uzbekistan, and to obtain Tashkent’s approval for a transit ...
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Getting around on transit now a Google Maps option
Medill Reports - Chicago,IL,USA
Users are now able to get directions -- and transit options -- directly through Google's map service. by Adam Verwymeren Getting around on the CTA is a ...
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Orange County Transit Authority Isn't Moved by Traditional Modes
By rss@masstransitmag.com (David Reyes, staff...
Cities were given $100000 each for ideas to shuttle riders from Metrolink stations to residential areas, major employers, resort areas and shopping malls. To the planners' chagrin, however, most cities wanted trolleys, shuttles or "fun ...
MassTransitMag.com: Top Transit News - http://www.masstransitmag.com

Transit board approves moving Sun Metro hub
By By Gustavo Reveles Acosta / El Paso Times
The first step toward moving the Sun Metro transfer hub away from San Jacinto Plaza was made Tuesday by the Mass Transit Board, when it voted to begin the initial design phase of a new hub to the Union Plaza parking garage next to the ...
News - http://www.elpasotimes.com

Washington DC transit authority pulls YouTube video showing ...
Associated Press - April 9, 2008 6:33 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The transportation agency for the nation's capital has pulled a promotional video from YouTube after the Archdiocese of Washington...
WLFI - News - WLFI.com - http://www.wlfi.com/global/category.asp?c=99904

Ringleader of attack on transit guards jailed
The ringleader of an attack on two transit guards at the Wellington Street bus station in Perth has been jailed for 28 months.
ABC News : Western Australia - http://www.abc.net.au/news/wa

Transit focuses on safety
Every bus in Winnipeg could be equipped with five security cameras within two years, as Winnipeg Transit has beefed up its plan to increase surveillance. On Tuesday, city council's public works committee approved a plan to shovel $1.8 ...
wfpLIVE Local News - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local

Stelmach hints at new plan to prevent bus accidents
Globe and Mail - Canada
While Mr. Stelmach said each incidents has its own circumstances, he added: "I hate to call them accidents, because all of this is preventable."
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Parents on the march to save bus
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
"The assessor shows very little knowledge of the route - it mentions no accidents despite records showing 53 in total for the whole of the route, ...
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Alberta premier says too many drivers are passing school buses ...
Orleans Star - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
But Stelmach says the key factor is preventing school bus accidents from happening. "I hate to call them accidents, because all of this is preventable," he ...
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Roadblock throws city traffic out of gear
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
In the back drop if a rise in the bus accidents, they felt their jobs to be on the line. Blocking the road for half an hour, they demanded that the state ...
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6 killed in separate accidents in Jhenidah, Jessore
The New Nation - Bangladesh
Witnesses and Police sources said a minor boy named Polash, 8, was killed when a passenger bus hit him while he was crossing the road at Putahati point of ...
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Bus policies outdated
Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Fergus Falls,MN,USA
While accidents can always happen, school boards can take an immediate step towards protecting our children with one simple school district policy: The bus ...
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Serious action to be recommended against bus company
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
“This is the fourth serious accident involving the same bus company and serious action will be recommended against it at the next hearing, ...
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Public transportation
By Mary(Mary)
RESULTS: Malta roads are jam packed, it can take two hours to get from St Paul's Bay to the university by car if it has rained, depending on construction blockages and accidents. Most cars--like the
US, only on a tiny space--have one ...
Malta Adventure - http://maltaadventure.blogspot.com/

Really Boleh-lah
By WSL(WSL)
But...just as he was about to get his hands into solving more critical matters...bus accidents and train tragedy started to happen almost simultaneously. You may think that these are petty matters that should not bother the ...
Elife-sl - http://e-lifesl.blogspot.com/

Daily Crime Incidents for April 10, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
A case of
Non Fatal Road accident has been registered in Mangalore North Police Station. On 08/04/2008 at 2025 hrs at KB Katte circle Mangalore one driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-A-3112 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Sneezy
By Clarice(Clarice)
Then there was a jolly hour and a half-plus wait from Crowchild to Glenmore, where I discover the ramp to Glenmore has been closed due to two more bus accidents. -______- Weather aside, I have 2 more weeks until vacation, yay! ...
Clarice's Journal - http://bloodtail.livejournal.com/

A Day in the Life of a Brooklyn Driver
By WhiteTrashBBQ(WhiteTrashBBQ)
I don't know for sure, since the driver didn't speak to anyone before leaving the scene of the accident, but the registered owner is a woman who's name matches the ethnicity of presumed driver. I hope I get to do a police lineup. ...
WhiteTrashBBQ - http://whitetrashbbq.blogspot.com/

Two minor school bus incidents
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
At 3:18 pm a passerby reported white smoke coming from the back of a school bus travelling near Occidental and High School roads. ...
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Time to toughen up safety laws
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
By NEIL WAUGH There was a catch in Premier Ed Stelmach's throat this week when he talked about the latest school bus tragedy on Highway 53 near Rimbey. ...
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The high cost of Bolton bus vandals
Bolton News - Bolton,England,UK
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority was told 362 incidents were reported across the region during the 2007/8 financial year. ...
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Attorney will ask for adjournment in bus assault case
Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USA
The incidents are alleged to have taken place toward the end of the after-school bus route, when there were few students on the bus.
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Schools prepare for emergencies
Galesburg.com - Galesburg,IL,USA
The fact that these drills are cropping up across the country following incidents of school violence is a sign of the times, in much the same way the air ...
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Cops arrest man in Staten Island robbery
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
... by a New Springville bus stop last February. Though police have released strikingly similar physical descriptions of the suspects in both incidents, ...
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Cosco Busan pilot convicted of DUI in 1999
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Bourgeois was asked whether he would allow his children to ride a school bus operated by a driver who took the same medications. "They wouldn't get on the ...
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2:28 AM, 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/

Spooky bus rollover video
By Doug
... to require students riding on a schoolbus to wear seatbelts, but the other side of the question had argued that it’s expensive to retrofit the belts on existing busses and in some incidents the belts could actually create hazards. ...
Poinography! - http://poinography.com

Daily Crime Incidents for April 11, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 10/04/2008 at 1415 hrs at Sabarabailu Sonandoor village Belthangady Taluk one Padmanabha driver of KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-F-2380 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a motorcycle bearing Reg. ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Dear Parents,
By Dory
Just a few minor incidents occurred throughout the day. One young boy was wearing an Underarmour long sleeve shirt under his t-shirt. He got very overheated and nearly passed out. It was frightening to see his white face and lips. ...
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Good Riddence Vietnam
By Cheeky D
Neither of us were in good moods due to the impending journey so we put a brave face on and ventured out to buy essentials for the bus. The people of
Hanoi were being particularly obnoxious today. After a number of minor incidents, ...
Last Train to Lhasa - http://bigplace.org.uk/blog

Two minor school bus incidents | Santa Rosa Press Democrat // News ...
AROUND THE EMPIRE - WEST COUNTY. Two minor school bus incidents. The CHP responded to two school bus incidents Wednesday afternoon in Sonoma County. ...

More than 40 children are killed after school exam bus plunges ...
Times Online - UK
BAMROLI A bus lies on a bridge after being lifted out of the
Narmada canal in western India. It left the road and plunged into the water yesterday, ...
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Policewoman prayed for Egyptian bus driver to wake up
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
A POLICEWOMAN who saw a bus run off an Egyptian highway killing five Victorians and a Queensland man, says she prayed for the driver to wake up. ...
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17 dead as train hits bus in Bangladesh
CNN International - USA
(CNN) -- A train slammed into a packed bus at an unmanned railway crossing in central
Bangladesh early Wednesday morning, killing 17 people and injuring 25 ...
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Grandmother's grief after Ecuador bus crash
Hemel Gazette - Hemel Hempstead,UK
A grandmother from Hemel Hempstead who lost her granddaughter in the Ecuador bus crash spoke yesterday of her grief. Stefanie Logie, of Connaught Close, ...
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Canadian bus maker plans 300 new jobs for northern NY plant
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP ALBANY, NY — A new transit bus assembly plant scheduled for completion in January will bring 300 new jobs to
New York's North Country in the next ...
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Bus firm celebrates £125m contract
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
Ballymena-based Wrightbus has announced its largest ever order of £125m - to manufacture vehicles for FirstGroup, Britain's largest bus operator. ...
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Bus romance blossoms for commuter couple
Seattle Times - United States
By Susan Gilmore Troy Kleweno and Christie Hsieh are planning a summertime wedding next year after Kleweno hijacked a Metro bus Tuesday to broadcast his ...
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School bus driver injured in crash
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
An elderly school bus driver was airlifted to Sunnybrook hospital after a collision in
Pickering this morning. There were no children on the bus when it ...
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Dozens of children die as bus taking them to school plunges into canal
Scotsman - United Kingdom
AT LEAST 44 schoolchildren and three adults were killed yesterday when a bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western
India. ...
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Valley Forward event features 'green' bus tours
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Valley Forward's annual Livability Summit scheduled for Earth Day, April 22, will include a Green Scene Bus Tour that will take participants to ...
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40 children killed in bus accident
By Alex
news, breaking news, latest news, news archives, celebrity news. At least 47 people, nearly all children heading to school for final exams, drowned yesterday when their bus plunged off a bridge in western
India, According to Reuters. ...
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Bus plunge claims 44 kids
At least 44 schoolchildren and three adults were killed yesterday when their bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western India. Four children were rescued.
The Standard - Latest News - http://www.thestandard.com.hk

Provincial bus group files P0.50 fare rate increase
MANILA, Philippines - Saddled with increasing diesel prices, a group of provincial bus operators yesterday filed for a P0.50 fare increase.
GMA News.tv - http://www.gmanews.tv/

India bus crash kills 47
A bus has veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western India, killing at least 44 school children and three adults, police say.
World News Australia - http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/

Sheryl Crow to build nursery in tour bus
By news@nme.com
Sheryl Crow is preparing to take her toddler son on tour this summer by having a nursery added to her tour bus.
NME.COM - News - http://www.nme.com/news

Transit cops in BC say safety top of mind when passengers jolted ...
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER — The use of Tasers by transit police in Metro Vancouver will also be examined at next month's inquiry into their overall use by police, ...
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Red Line summit must focus on the future
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Gerald Neily
April 16, 2008 On May 10, Baltimore is sponsoring a "summit" to discuss the Red Line - a rail transit project proposed to connect Bayview, ...
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Time to cut a deal, guys: A TTC strike would be a disaster
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Amalgamated Transit Union 113, which represents about 9000 employees at the Toronto Transit Commission – 3500 maintenance workers, about 4500 bus, ...
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Expert questions use of Tasers on Vancouver transit cheats
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Using Tasers to stun non-violent transit fare evaders does not comply with normal police protocol on the use of the electronic stun guns, according to an ...
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Students could have 7-day transit passes by fall
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Edmonton's two school boards have approved a plan that would allow 40000 junior high and high school students to use their student transit passes on the ...
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Trammell Crow to oversee Carrollton transit-oriented developments ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
... Morning News The City of Carrollton said Wednesday that it has picked a Trammell Crow Co. subsidiary to oversee new transit-oriented developments. ...
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Ford unveils production Transit Connect SportVan
MotorTrend Magazine - USA
Ever since Ford announced it would be bringing its Transit Connect small utility van stateside next year, the automaker has displayed it in various guises ...
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Our growing love affair with transit
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
A tipping point, critical mass ... call it what you like, but Edmonton is embracing mass transit. Maybe it's the price of gas, the $5 an hour downtown ...
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Why governance reform for local transit would not work
Crosscut - Seattle,WA,USA
By contrast, with the current federated board, a voter might dislike the way, say, a Pierce County councilmember is performing on the Sound Transit board ...
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Transit riders tasered for trying to avoid paying fares
Globe and Mail - Canada
VANCOUVER -- The country's only armed transit police have been tasering passengers who try to avoid paying fares. According to documents provided in ...
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Fears time running out for Gold Coast rapid transit scheme say
A Gold Coast community action group says it is concerned time is running out to get its point of view across regarding a rapid transit system on the Gold Coast.
ABC News : Queensland - http://www.abc.net.au/news/nt

Local man challenges Clinton, Obama on mass transit
Bensalem’s Rick Booth posted this video online this week, inviting the presidential candidates to meet him at the Cornwells train station. Booth said he’s disgusted by the high cost of mass transit in a country that’s trying to reduce ...
The BCCT News Blog at phillyBurbs.com - http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/bcct-news

Praise for Albuquerque's Mass-Transit
By Dan McKay
Rapid Ride,
Albuquerque's express bus service, gets a mention, as does Transit Director Greg Payne, who has presided over the expansion since 2005. He is credited with focusing resources on frontline services, rather than upper ...
ABQ News - http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews

Students could have 7-day transit passes by fall
Edmonton's two school boards have approved a plan that would allow 40000 junior high and high school students to use their student transit passes on the weekend.
RedTram News Search Engine |... - http://en.redtram.com/

Grand Valley looks to hire combo athletic director/transit supervisor
Grand Valley School District officials are looking to a fill a new combination administrative position of athletic director and transportation supervisor.
The Star Beacon; Ashtabula, Ohio--Loc... - http://www.starbeacon.com

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