4/24/08

Rights bus unlikely to leave depot
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The inaugural session of the 2020 Summit featured a video clip in which Kevin Rudd declared "we've all got to be on the same bus". ...
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Bus plunges into gorge in Kashmir, 14 killed
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
JAMMU, India (Reuters) - A bus veered off a mountainous road in Indian Kashmir on Monday and crashed into a gorge, killing at least 14 people and injuring ...
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Chaos reigns on Delhi bus corridor
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The Bus Rapid Transit System, which has been designed by the Delhi government to ease traffic woes, has become a nightmare for people. ...
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2 die as Ferrari collides with bus in Lakewood WA
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
A 35-year-old Lakewood man and a woman were killed and three others injured when a red Ferrari struck a shuttle bus in Lakewood. Lakewood police Lt. Dave ...
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Group of girls threaten, rob pair on bus
TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
About a dozen teenage girls attacked two 15-year-old girls Saturday evening on a Metro Transit bus in Dartmouth. When the bus was on Booth Street, ...
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Bus damaged in 24-Parganas during bandh
Hindu - Chennai,India
Kolkata (PTI): A government bus was attacked and damaged and the driver injured by bandh supporters at Maheshtala in South 24-Parganas district during the ...
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Bottle thrown at bus hits woman
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A woman is recovering from injuries suffered when a beer bottle was thrown at a bus in Sydney's south, police say. Police say the woman's face was cut and ...
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Two injured in bus depot gas blast
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
TWO Brisbane council workers were lucky to escape serious injury when a gas explosion blew out the windows of a bus they were refuelling. ...
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Tech De Bus II a good move, says Holness
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
The occasion was the launch of 'Tech De Bus II', a computer-equipped bus, at Devon House, St Andrew, last Friday. Looking on is Canadian High Commissioner ...
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Nuggets' bus catches fire en route to playoff opener against Lakers
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
No players sustained injuries, but they were delayed 30 minutes along Interstate 10 waiting for the team's second bus to arrive. ...
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School bus rear-ended; no children aboard
No injuries were reported when a Granbury ISD school bus was rear-ended by a vehicle on Morgan Street before 8 this morning. No children were aboard the bus.
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Children in bus crash drama : 11:30 - 21 April 2008
A school bus and a car collided on the outskirts of a village this morning. Paramedics and firefighters from Stevenage were called to the incident in High Street, Walkern, and 56 children on the bus heading for a school in Buntingford ...
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Breaking News: Rush-hour bus smash leaves six injured
A RUSH-HOUR bus smash today left six people needing hospital treatment.
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School Bus Accident Sends 8 to Hospital
An early morning school bus accident has sent eight people to the hospital.
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Gas explosion rocks Brisbane bus depot
Thirty Brisbane City Council buses will be taken off the road later tonight as investigators look into the cause of a small gas explosion.
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17 killed as bus overturns in Bangladesh
AFP -
DHAKA (AFP) — At least 17 people died and 35 were injured, many seriously, when a bus overturned on a busy national highway in northern Bangladesh on ...
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Driver, 84, faces charges in bus shelter crash
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Ottawa police have criminally charged the 84-year-old driver of a car that struck and killed a woman while she waited for a bus with her five-year-old ...
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Bus veers off highway in Bangladesh
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Dhaka - A crowded bus went out of control and veered off a highway in central Bangladesh, killing at least 18 people and injuring 50 others Saturday, ...
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Man struck by Laval bus
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
A young man was in serious but stable condition in a hospital last night after he was struck by a Laval city bus at about 3 pm Friday, police said. ...
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Several kids injured as school bus overturns
Times of India - India
BEGUSARAI: At least 12 children were injured, six of them seriously, when the school bus they were travelling in overturned on Saturday on National Highway ...
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Bluffton bus crash survivor throws out first pitch
MLive.com - MI,USA
Berta is a former Bluffton baseball player who was critically injured in the team's bus crash a year ago that killed five players, the bus driver and his ...
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Bus accident kills 18, injures dozens in Bangladesh
International Herald Tribune - France
AP TANGAIL, Bangladesh: Police say at least 18 people were killed when a speeding bus lost control and plunged off the road in central Bangladesh. ...
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Elderly woman faces criminal charges in bus shelter crash
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA - Ottawa police have criminally charged the 84-year-old driver of a car that struck and killed a woman earlier this month while she waited for a bus ...
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Tejano Singer's Condition Improves Following Bus Crash
AHN - USA
The singer was injured in a bus accident in Texas. The 45-year-old singer was behind the wheel of his tour bus on March 23 when it slammed into a collection ...
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St. Cloud bus to run on french fry runoff
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The Husky Fried Ride, a 40-foot-long bus with 35 seats, is powered by a mix of 80 percent recycled vegetable oil and 20 percent diesel fuel. ...
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Amador Hotel still set to be refurbished, not become a bus station ...
By By Steve Ramirez Sun-News reporter
LAS CRUCES — There are concerns among some Las Cruces residents and southern New Mexico legislators that plans to refurbish Las Cruces' most prominent landmark, the Amador Hotel, might be.
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Victory for School Bus and Transit Workers in Omaha and Cologne, NJ
By Richard
This is a UK-based company, and is the largest school bus transport company in the United States and Europe. The parent company, FirstGroup is organized by T&G, which stands for the Transport and General Transport Union, part of Unite ...
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Bus Tours Showcase Foreclosed Homes In S. Florida
With thousands of homes going into foreclosure, a South Florida company says now is the time to buy. They are offering a tour to visit foreclosed and bank-owned homes free of charge.
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Green Wheels calls for bus feasibility study
By The Eureka Reporter
Category: Local News Topics: Briefs. Humboldt County’s sustainable transportation advocacy organization Green Wheels announced it sent a “Call for Feasibility Study” on Bus Rapid Transit for the Humboldt Bay Region.
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Deadly bus crash in Spain kills 8 Finnish tourists
By amyjudd
A seven-year-old girl is among eight Finnish bus passengers that have been killed in an accident near Spain's southern coastal town of Benalmadena. "Another 16 people on the bus were injured, some seriously, when it collided with ...
TDavis School District bus driver fired for using buses in private ...
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
District officials say they confirmed three incidents of misusing buses in October. There are allegations that the bus misuse went on much longer than that. ...
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Play turned threatening
Denton Record Chronicle - Denton,TX,USA
While most area schools say incidents of bullying are on the decline, officials say they take all reports seriously. “Everybody expects their child to be ...
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Bus Drivers Train To Improve Students’ Safety
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA
These incidents to not necessarily show the bus driver was at fault. Meanwhile, many bus drivers who competed at the Seminole County's annual Safety Skills ...
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EMS now has more control over decisions
Bowling Green Daily News - KY, United States
Ronnie Pearson, director of Warren County Emergency Management, wasn’t at the scene of the accident but said in such large scale incidents with multiple ...
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Sri Petaling folks recount horrifying experiences to MP
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
A group of them got together recently to recount the terrifying incidents that had happened to them and hope that something would be done to restore peace. ...
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Charges laid in crash
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
By KENNETH JACKSON AND JON WILLING, SUN MEDIA Ottawa police have charged an 84-year-old woman after a car drove through a bus shelter and killed a ...
5:31 AM, I-95 N, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, US 70 BUS
Traffic is traveling at 19 MPH at: I-95 N; MM 97; US 70 BUS.
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 20, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 19/04/2008 at 1430 hrs on NH 17 at Mulki Mangalore one Madhava driver of bus bearing Reg. KA-20-A-1173 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a lorry bearing Reg. No. KA-25-B-5301. ...
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That Damning Evidence of Other Incidents, Complaints
By Jane Genova
Those range from $60 million in a Flordia rollover case against Ford to $8 million in a Greyhound bus crash. As we have read in the blog before, the plaintiff bar is known for its creativity - think Motley Rice, Marler Clark [the latter ...
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Wash. Post confirms 2006 McCain-Renzi battle first reported in ...
By (Joe Sudbay (DC))
So, the McCain staffer admitted that this incident happened. Today, on "This Week" McCain lied about his temper. It was disturbing to watch McCain fake a smile as he discussed his own volatility. McCain tried to dismiss the incidents of ...
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Toronto transit strike averted after deal reached
CTV.ca - Canada
A transit strike in Toronto has been averted after a last-minute tentative deal was reached between the Toronto Transit Commission and the union ...
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Agency eyes bus rapid transit
Manila Standard Today - Philippines
By Rio N. Araja THE Metro Manila Development Authority is keen on adopting the bus rapid transit of highly urbanized centers in South America to dovetail ...
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Toronto Transit Reaches Union Deal, Averting Strike (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
By Joe Schneider and Hugo Miller April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Toronto transit workers and the city's transit operator reached a deal, averting a strike planned ...
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Gilliam to lead South West Transit Association; local Scout leader ...
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
The South West Transit Association electedFred Gilliam president of its 2008 board. Gilliam is the president and CEO of Capital Metro in Austin and was the ...
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Editorial: Crucial month ahead for Central Corridor
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
News of $115-a-barrel oil, and of gas prices headed toward $4 per gallon, ought to tell Minnesotans that the time to start building a modern rail transit ...
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Brace for manic Monday on BRT
Times of India - India
The trial runs on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor on this segment finally began on Sunday morning, and as apprehended all along by TOI, ...
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Pony up for better transit
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
The part that pays for public transit is expected to follow in 2011. The fund's main source of revenue is the federal 18.4 cent-per-gallon gas tax. ...
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Cash will be one of several options for paying road tolls
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Transit NZ northern manager Peter Spies says an electronic collection system for a toll of $2 for cars and $4 for trucks will operate from gantries at the ...
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Toronto Transit Strike Deadline Looms as Talks in Final Hours
Bloomberg - USA
By Joe Schneider April 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Toronto Transit Commission, which provides 1.5 million rides daily on its subways, buses and trams in Canada's ...
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Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson, an ex-Islander, says ...
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
"That's gone forever," Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson said of the funds that had been promised if Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial plan ...
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Bridging New York's Transit Gap
By making use of the infrastructure we already have -- our streets -- bus rapid transit can bridge the yawning gap between New York City transit's haves and have nots.
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Westmoreland Transit Authority buses filled to capacity
Seats have become a premium on Westmoreland County Transit Authority daily commuter bus routes to Pittsburgh.
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NJ Transit awards contract for Hudson-Bergen Light rail extentsion
By dkb(dkb)
New Jersey Transit has awarded George Harms Construction, Inc. a contract to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail network a mile south. Work will begin later this year, and the line should open in 2010. New tracks will be laid from the ...
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Transit strike looms in Toronto
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty won't say if he will end the looming transit strike that threatens to slowdown Canada's largest city. As the Toronto Transit Commission and its largest union continue to negotiate toward a 4 pm ...
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Transit strike in Toronto is averted after last-minute deal is reached
TORONTO - A transit strike in Toronto has been averted with a last-minute deal that will spare commuters from a chaotic start to the work week. The agreement was reached well after Sunday's 4 p...
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OK Tata - and Horn Please!
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
That may still leave the problem of the infamous Blue-line buses that split your eardrums with their loud and non-stop use of horn and kill people wantonly ...
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